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A group of TSU students in the Big Apple for a leadership conference was supposed to fly home today. They're now shooting for Saturday because the airport is closed. 14 students and the Associate Director of the University's Honors Program rode out Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan. They're staying at the Hilton Hotel, about 6 blocks from the broken crane you've heard so much about, and 14 blocks from the flooding and major power outages in lower Manhattan. In a phone interview this afternoon, Dr. William Latham told us he and the students ventured out this morning to find themselves virtually alone in Times Square and along Broadway.
"It was surprising, sort of a surreal moment to look around Manhattan and see no one at the time," says Dr. Latham. "Now it's kind of back up and running. People are back out again, but the subway is shut down, mass transit is still shut down."
Tonight on FOX17 NEWS, how the TSU group is absorbing the cost of a longer stay and why Dr. Latham thinks residents are poised to bounce back from this storm.
"It was surprising, sort of a surreal moment to look around Manhattan and see no one at the time," says Dr. Latham. "Now it's kind of back up and running. People are back out again, but the subway is shut down, mass transit is still shut down."
Tonight on FOX17 NEWS, how the TSU group is absorbing the cost of a longer stay and why Dr. Latham thinks residents are poised to bounce back from this storm.
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 10:26 PM CDT
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Houston brother will be his own attorney in court
June 18, 2013 13:02 GMT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Roane County man will face federal gun violation charges next month without an attorney.
The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/17VlXpM ) reported Rocky Joe Houston will represent himself on a charge of possession of a gun by a felon.
The charge came after Houston earlier represented himself in state court on charges stemming from a police chase. He was convicted of evading arrest and reckless endangerment.
Houston and his brother, Leon Houston, were tried, but not convicted, in the 2006 shooting deaths of a Roane County deputy and his ride-along companion.
In federal court, Rocky Joe Houston is claiming the officer who charged him with the felony had no legal authority.
Information from: Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
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