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Huntsville City Schools is taking the first steps to shed a37-year-old federal desegregation order. The systems

attorney, though, warns that after years of federal scrutinyand potential upheaval to achieve unitary status, the

school board may not get the result it wants. It is going tobe painful, and it is going to be disruptive, says J.R. Brooks.

Do westill needthe fedsto walkus toschool?

Sonnie Hereford IV holdshis fathers hand in 1962after troopers stoppedthem from entering FifthAvenue Elementary School.Soon, though, Herefordbecame the first blackstudent in Huntsville CitySchools. In 1970, a federaldesegregation order wasissued under which thecitys schools still operate.

Huntsville Animal Services Director Karen HillSheppard is tired of the pattern she sees with the six or

so pit bulls brought into the shelter on a typical day.Many are mangy, malnourished, abandoned. Traits that

make these dogs so valuable strength, tenacity, atough reputation also make them victims. Rarelyadopted because of their aggressiveness, most end up

having to be euthanized.

A days tollis 6 pit bulls

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Michael Foote of New Hope shows one of his pit bulls strength as it hangs suspended in theair by its teeth, where it will stay until he gives an order to let go of the rope. Foote, whoruns Mercy Kennels, takes his gentle dogs to nursing homes to cheer up residents. Thesedogs are this way because they were raised in a good Christian home, he tells people whoequate pit bulls with viciousness. For a story on the positive side of the breed, see A13.

You dont have manyopportunities to developa business school fromscratch, says Dr. DavidBillings, wholl retire as

dean of the newlyrenamed UAH College

of Business Administration. It is anentrepreneurial activity in academia,

and like most entrepreneurial

ventures, theres a high risk.

A recipe for successmixes UAH, business

IN BUSINESS: How the school grew. PAGE C1

IN LOCAL: How the federal order hampers local decisions. PAGE A13

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Michael Cometa, accused ofvideotaping a nude teen girl in hisHuntsville office, and his seriously illwife die from self-inflicted gunshot

wounds in Baldwin County.

Psychologist in porncase, wife found dead

IN LOCAL: Trial was to begin Oct. 29. PAGE A19

The past is not forgotten at

Grambling, where the memory ofEddie Robinson still looms large.

A proud history

IN SPORTS: A&M falls 31-6. PAGE B1

A senior Iraqi official says investigators have avideotape that shows guards from a private U.S.

security contractor shot at civilians without

provocation, killing 11 people last Sunday.

Blackwater under fire

IN NEWS: Diplomats avoid each other. PAGE A3, A5