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Former AIM spokesman runs for US presidency

Los Angeles

Former American Indian Movement spokesman, Russell Means, has announced his candidacy for the president of the United States.

The Sioux Indian will run on the Libertian Party ticket. He ran in 1984 on a ticket with Larry Flint, publisher of Hustler Magazine.

"The nation has become one big Indian reservation," said Means at a May 12 press conference. "We do not want more dependence on the federal government. We don't want to be dependent. We want an opportunity to take care of ourselves."

Reporters auction off shoes, proceeds to go minorities

Miami, Florida

Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, the Miami Herald reporters who wrote the story that crushed ex-presidential candidate Gary Hart's career, are auctioning off their shoes. They claim that the shoes are the actual one they wore during their stake-out of Gary Hart's home. The stake-out resulted in a story that linked model Donna Rice with Hart in an intimate affair.

Many journalist condemned the techniques used by the Miami Herald reporters ? some questioned the ethics of the story.

The proceeds from the sale of the shoes will go toward a scholarship for minority students studying journalism.