Wednesday July 23 2003 news item
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 2003
Page
2
Insanity Defense Ends in Guilty Verdict in Panama City Trial
Cornell Jackson, 29, accused of aggravated battery, interrupted his insanity defense by shouting cuckoo cuckoo and mooning the jury before jurors, after which he was found guilty. He was dragged from the courtroom by bailiffs as deputies secured him during the trial proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Fla
Cornell Jackson
Bay County Sheriff's
Jackson
Georgette Beller
Soldier Pride and Loss from the 507th
Pfc Jessica Lynch expresses pride in serving as a soldier in the Army and with the 507th. She honors comrades who returned home alive while lamenting those in her company who did not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
507Th
West Virginia greets returning hero Jessica Lynch
Former POW Jessica Lynch returned to Elizabeth to a media friendly homecoming four months after she was wounded and captured in Iraq. Seated in a wheelchair she thanked American and Iraqi doctors for her care and mourned Lori Piestewa, her best friend who died in the Nasiriyah attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Pfo
Jessica Lynch
Elizabeth's Town Park
Spc
Greg Lynch Jr
Lizabeth
Elizabeth
Lori Piestewa
Nasiriyah
Lynch
Lori
Saddam Hussein's sons die in U S raid on villa
U S forces storm a northern Iraq villa after a tip from an Iraqi informant. Odai and Qusai Hussein die in gunfire and rockets as the six-hour operation ends. U S military says the deaths will blunt Iraqi resistance and boost troops amid frequent attacks. News of the sons' deaths triggers celebratory gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osus
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Odai
Qusai
U.S
Saddam Hussein sons killed in Mosul gunbattle
Odai and Qusai Hussein were killed during a fierce gunbattle at a cousin’s villa in Mosul as 101st Airborne surround the residence and engage Iraqi forces in a high profile assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddam
Odai
Qusai Hussein
Mosul
Saddam Hussein
101St Airborne
Teen Drowns After Helping Others Near Bluewell Reservoir
Mercer County Sheriff's Department reported that 18 year old Craig R. Lucion of Bluewell drowned while trying to assist two other juveniles at the Bluewell reservoir extension. The drowning occurred at about 5 30 p m Monday and the body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluewell
Mercer County
Craig R. Lucion
R.M. Combs
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Witnesses accuse Bennett of shooting in Mercer trial
Barbara Hawkins reports on the opening day of the Mercer County Circuit Court trial for Floyd Mack Bennett. Witnesses say Bennett fatally shot a Lashmeet man at his home in June 2002 amid first degree murder charges.
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Princeton
Floyd Mack Bennett
Mercer County
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