Show me Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday February 25 2004 — A9 Nation In brief Ruling: Age discrimination not applicable in reverse Q Columbine report to be released to Officials evidence from school massacre WASHINGTON (AP) — Age has its benefits the Supreme Court said Tuesday ruling that younger workers can’t sue their employers when older colleagues get preferential treatment In a 6--3 decision that affects tens of millions of workers the justices said the law that protects older employees from age dis- crimination doesn’t apply in reverse Groups such as the AARP the largest advocacy group for that will protect people 50 and over praised the decision e the most vulnerable in the work force “If the court had decided the other way it would have ignored that older workers face very significant problems in this country and always have” said Laurie McCann a lawyer for the AARP The Supreme Court ruled in a Case brought by about 200 General Dynamics Corp workers who claimed they suffered a type of reverse discrimination because they were too young to get benefits being offered to colleagues age 50 and over The workers all in their 40s sued Genual Dynamics when it changed its retirement benefits in 1997 Until then longtime company employees could retire and receive full health bene- fits Under the new union contract at plants in Lima Ohio and Scranton Pa only longtime workers 50 or older could receive full health benefits after retirement ' The workers claimed they were protected by the 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act which forbids age discrimi-natio- n of any worker 40 or older About 70 million US workers are 40 or older roughly half the nation’s work force LITTLETON Colo (AP) — Nearly five years after the Columbine High massacre officials will release a new report and thousands of pieces of evidence that may explain why authorities parents and friends missed so many warn- ing signs from the teenage killers Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar led the investigation into contacts between the gunmen and sheriff’s investigators long before the attack ' He will disclose his findings to victims’ parents Wednesday and make them public the following day Eric Harris 18 arid Dylan Klebold 17 marched through as-on- the school on April 20 1999 scattering pipe bombs and gunning down 12 classmates and a teacher before taking their own lives It remains the deadliest school shooting in Justices stop execution of man who blamed lawyers of wrongful practice WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court acting on a case that has become a cause celebre among capital punishment opponents overturned the death sentence of a long-serviTexas inmate who claimed prosecutors played dirty and with- -' held evidence at his trial The court’s action announced Tuesday came in the case of a man who came within minutes of execution before the body stepped in last year to stop it Delma Banks one of the country’s longest-servin- g death row ' inmates was sentenced to die for the 1980 killing of a 16-- y ear-ol- d former at a fast food restaurant Prosecutors said Banks wanted the victim’s car and shot the teenager three times “for the hell of it” The high court’s 7-- 2 ruling means Banks can continue to press his appeals in lower courts ' Banks maintains he is innocent and that hie was framed by lying witnesses who were bought off by the state Banks was able to document how prosecutors kept quiet as key witnesses against Banks lied pn the stand and now the state hid those witnesses’ links to police through rdund after round of appeals Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for the high court majority US history ' ng co-wor- ' 94-min- ’ majority Chief Justice William H Rehnquist and Justices John Paul Stevens Sandra Day O’Connor Anthony M Kennedy David H Souter and Stephen Breyer fully agreed with Ginsburg Some parents believe investigators school officials parents and others ignored signs that the two teens were dangerous Salazar’s investigation in fact began after an anonymous report about death threats made by Harris in 1997 turned up in a folder at the sheriff's department last October Among the material to be displayed this week for the first time are the murder weapons ballistic reports and shell casings There will also sheriff's video be a of thecrowd in a nearby park immediately after the shoot-ing- s k and a of videos made by the killers before the attack including footage shot inside the school “It will be all the physical evidence in the Columbine case” sheriff ’s spokeswoman Jacki Talman said 38-min- “When or impeaching material it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight” Ginsburg wrote for the high court ' f unveil ' patch-wor- AP photo The auditorium at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds is roped off with crime scene tape and Jefferson County Sheriffs vehicles to guard the Columbine case's evidence Tuesday in Lakewood Colo What will not be released is the school’s awn investigation into the massacre and a deposition given by Wayne Harris father of one of the killers Both remain sealed Some parents also believe authorities have withheld other evidence While parents hope Salazar ' will shed light on lingering questions they are upset that some information will probably never become public “There is a ton of information that is being hidden in some cases by a federal court” said Brian Rohrbough son whose Daniel died atColumbine: “They are hiding things that are absolutely important to understanding this and preventing it in foe future” In 1998 Randy and Jqdy Brown repeatedly warned investigators when they learned Harris was making death threats against their son and others on a Web site At' " about the same time the two bold describing' a Columbinelike slaying of “preps” in another class In a probation report Harris talked of violent and suicidal tendencies The Browns also say one of the teens’ pipe bombs was found at a pizza parlor whgre they worked during the summer of 1997 and fellow employees heard them say they wanted to blow up the school “Look at all these people that knew that knew that ' knew!” Judy Brown said Of particular interest is an investigation begun by former-DetectivJohn Hicks in 1998 after the Browns complained about the Web site threats Judy Brown said she remembers calling Hicks and leaving a message saying she had seen Eric Harris in a supermarket buying a copy of a gun magazine just days after five people were slain at a school in Jonesboro Ark She said she left a message on the detective's answering machine: “Eric's into guns You have to call me back It's going to happen here” A warrant was drafted to search Harris’ home- but it was never executed and the investigation was dropped Headache Pain? 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