Soldier testifies in Akbar court martial for Kuwait attack
US Army investigator says Sgt Hasan Akbar confessed the March 23 grenade attack in Kuwait, claiming he acted because American soldiers planned to rape and kill Muslims. The hearing considers whether Akbar should face court martial for killing two officers and wounding 14.
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Florida cab driver linked to six serial slayings
Durousseau 30 was arrested after a seven week spree in Jacksonville and is charged with five murders plus suspected in a 1997 Georgia killing. DNA fiber analysis and cell phone data tied him to the slayings. two victims were pregnant. He had been jailed on probation violation since Feb. 6.
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Paul Durousseau
Jacksonville
Georgia
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Durousseau
Duval County
Nat Glover
Woman dies after amateur boxing match in Tama IA
Stacy Young, 90, died after a Toughman bout in Tama County as police opened an investigation into the amateur fight. Chuck Young said his wife joined the event on impulse after learning no other woman had signed up.
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Frank
Stacy Young
Chuck Young
Phoenix Bishop charged in fatal hit-and-run case
Bishop Thomas O'Brien of Phoenix faces a felony charge for leaving the scene after a weekend crash that killed pedestrian Jim Reed. The case comes amid prior settlements over clergy abuse and questions about his ability to remain as head of the diocese.
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Thomas O'Brien
Arizona
O’brien
Jim Reed
O Brien
Romley
O'Brien
Richard McBrien
University of Notre Dame
Vatican
McBrien
Paul Pfaffenberger
Iraq Plans New Courts Amid U.S. Crackdown in Baghdad
In Baghdad authorities announce a Judicial Review Committee and a Central Criminal Court to purge loyalists to Saddam and reform the justice system. Bremer says the measures aim to cut corruption and speed prosecutions, while U.S. raids and a soldier’s killing fuel anger and claims of occupation.
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L. Paul Bremer
Iraq
Saddam
Judicial Review Committee
Central Criminal Court
Bremer
Hammurabi
Qassem Ayyash
Iraqi Judicial College
Maui film fest honors Hopkins and peers with 8 Sword Award
Adrien Brod accepted the Maui Film Festival 8 Sword Award for Anthony Hopkins who sent a letter of regret for not attending. Rob Reiner and Geena Davis also received honors as the festival highlighted contributions to film and change. In Iowa Jesse Ventura is set to receive the Frank Gotch Award at the International Wrestling Institute and Museum ceremony. Kevin Costner commissioned a Lakota sculpture in the Black Hills exhibition near Deadwood linked to Dances with Wolves.
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Hawaii
Adrien Brod
Anthony Hopkins
Hopkins
Tam
Rob Reiner
Alex and
Emma
Kate Hudson
Luke Wilson
Geena Davis
Newin
Iowa
Jesse Ventura
International Wrestling Institute and Museum
Minnesota
Frank Gotch
Mike Chapman
America
Kevin Costner
Black Hills
Peggy Detmers
Deadwood
Costner
South Dakota
Dunbar
Say What Hancock speaks after voice restoring surgery
ST LOUIS woman in her 20s speaks for the first time since laryngectomy five years ago. She says thank you to the surgeon as family, doctors, and reporters witness at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The operation used a patent skin breathing tube after prior electrolarynx use.
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ST Louis
Amy Tarcock
Hancock
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Center For Advanced Medicine
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