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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 2007
Page
9
In Houston a man facing eviction at a luxury complex shot and killed the manager and then himself after notifying friends he had died. Two other people were injured as the gunman moved through the building, pistol whipped a server, and neighbor shots prompted evacuations.
Jerry Miller, freed after 25 years, had been convicted of rape, robbery, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated battery for a 1981 attack. DNA evidence proved he could not have been the attacker, and Judge Diane G. Cannon dismissed all charges amid cheers from the courtroom. Miller now plans to rebuild his life.
Joe Francis, founder of the Girls Gone Wild video empire, pleaded guilty to contempt of court and received a 35 day jail sentence. He apologized in court to the seven women who were minors when filmed during a settlement talks related to a federal lawsuit over 2003 Panama City Beach production.
Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin died at 76 after guiding the nation through the collapse of the Soviet Union. President Putin praised him as laying the groundwork for a new democratic Russia. Yeltsin will be buried Wednesday at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
In Blacksburg Virginia Tech resumes classes as counselors support mourners after Seung Hui Cho killed 32 and himself. Students and staff share grief while most students return to campus with about 75 percent attendance and dozens of counselors in classes.
U S officials signaled they may rethink a three mile concrete barrier around Azamiyah in Baghdad after Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki objected to gated community style segregation. Insurgents carried out seven bombings killing at least 48 across Iraq while residents protested the plan as turning their neighborhood into a prison. Ambassador Ryan Crocker defended the barrier as protection for Sunnis from surrounding Shiite areas.
A bomb exploded on a long distance bus near Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka, killing at least three passengers and injuring 35. The attack, part of a series this month, heightened fears of a government offensive in the Tamil federal conflict. Israel honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day in Jerusalem with Olmert leading a wreath ceremony.
On Memorial Day Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel is ready for far reaching compromises with the Palestinians and will pursue painful concessions. He warned militants would be destroyed as fighting continued after nine Palestinians died. The address followed memories of 119 Israeli soldiers lost in last summer’s Lebanon war. A South Korean environmental activist and colleague protest Seoul government policy at a rally.
U N sponsored scientists draft a plan to avert severe warming by deploying technologies from nuclear power to manure control. In a best case, global growth could shrink by 3 percent points by 2030 if emissions cuts are adopted, but major emitters like the United States China and India must join Kyoto Protocol nations to impose cuts.
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