Tests on King slaying rifle inconclusive again
Memphis Tenn. The latest analysis of James Earl Ray's rifle failed to confirm or rule out its use in the 1968 King assassination. Court set July 18 for possible new tests as experts debate barrel residues and bullet markings.
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Simpson alleges jury pool manipulation in civil trial
In a CNN interview, O J Simpson claims Judge Fujisaki manipulated the Santa Monica civil trial to produce an all white jury. He says the jury panel excluded Black jurors while white jurors inclined to convict were seated. The nine white jurors, one Hispanic, one Asian and one mixed-Black-Asian member heard the case. Simpson faces a $33.5 million civil verdict.
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Lyons faces questions after Africa trip scandal
National Baptist Convention USA President Henry J. Lyons returns to St. Petersburg amid probes into his finances, sex life, and integrity. Lyons denies cheating or misusing church funds as his wife Deborah Lyons, arrested during his Africa trip, discusses damage at a waterfront home tied to Lyons and a 40 year old PR associate associated with the convention.
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Probers plan flight tests of Boeing jumbo jet
Investigators testing a Boeing 747-100 to explain the TWA Flight 300 disaster will place monitors on fuel tanks, measure vibrations and temperatures, and compare data to the Flight 800 case nearly a year after the Long Island crash that killed 230 people.
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Rabid rabbit captured after two week terror episode
Ashland Massachusetts residents celebrate the capture of a pet rabbit that escaped its cage and attacked three adults and a 2 year old. Police say the animal is to undergo a rabies test while its owners worry over the brain tissue sample. The Morrisons own a second pet rabbit seen as a possible attraction for the attacker.
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Suspected serial killer given death penalty in Florida
Glen Rogers, 34, was sentenced to the electric chair for the 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs in a motel bathtub after a cross country crime spree. He was convicted of stealing Cribbs’s car as she died and faced jurors who recommended the death penalty.
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