Panhandle duo detained in Las Vegas after running
Jimmie Hays and Shannon Ludington, both Panhandle High School alumni and on America's Most Wanted, were detained in Las Vegas after allegedly kidnapping and robbing a Amarillo car salesman. Hays, 29, in custody. Ludington, 17, likely headed to a juvenile facility. The pair had fled since February in a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee stolen from an Amarillo dealer.
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Carson County Sheriff's Department
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Shannon Ludington
Panhandle
Carson County
Loren Brand
Amarillo
Mnty Detention Center
Hays
Ludington
Gil Reeves
Hays and
Wheeler County
Ameri
GM in heated battle as workers strike to save jobs
GM faces a bold push to streamline amid a widening UAW strike over job losses. In Flint and Delphi plants, production delays threaten a wider shutdown, with about 50,500 workers laid off across 13 assembly and 59 parts plants in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, while the UAW accuses GM of breaking its social contract and exporting jobs abroad.
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UAW
Delphi
Flint East Parts
United States
Mexico
Canada
Thailand
South America
Harley Shaiken
University of California-Berkeley
Holberg case: Botsford leads Holberg appeal defense
Austin criminal defense attorney David Botsford, former Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association president, is appointed to represent Brittany Holberg on appeal. He previously worked on Karla Faye Tucker’s case since 1989, filing a clemency brief in 1997, and notes death penalty limits.
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Karla Faye Tucker
Brittany Marlowe Holberg
David Botsford
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Botsford
Holberg
Patrick Pirtle
Tucker
Wake for James Byrd Jr. draws Jasper crowd
Dozens gathered at a funeral home for the wake of James Byrd Jr. a 49 year old man dragged to death on a county road. The slaying, described as racist by friends, prompted calls for unity as Byrd’s burial was planned.
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Jasper
James Byrd Jr
Oleather Cooper
Byrd
Cooper
Lawmakers disclose money and travel across the globe
Congressional members disclosed extensive travel funded by interest groups from London to Rome and as far as Greece and Uzbekistan. They also reported stock investments, private business involvement, and real estate holdings. Notable figures include 95 year old Sen. Strom Thurmond on a Boy Scouts advisory council and Sen. Patrick Leahy as a trustee for Bread for the World and World Hunger Year.
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London
Rome
Greece
Uzbekistan
Congress
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Boy Scouts
Patrick Leahy
Vermont
Hastings Narrows IPO for Hastings Entertainment Inc
Hastings Entertainment announced the initial public offering of 3,377,333 shares at 13 dollars each. The company will trade on The Nasdaq National Market as HAST, with underwriters Salomon Smith Barney A.G. Edwards & Sons Furman Selz LLC holding an option to purchase 506,600 more shares. Hastings operates about 120 stores in 16 states and plans 60 new or remodeled locations, targeting 170 stores by end of 2000.
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Salomon Smith Barney
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc
Fur
Man Selz LLC
Hastings
Dennis McGill
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