Fear and crime myths in a deadly Boston case
Ellen Goodman analyzes the Carol Stuart murder and its impact on women's sense of safety. She links media coverage, urban fear, and the rise of private security, noting that most female homicide victims are known to their killers while condemning the politics of fear and gun promotion.
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Oston
Charles Stuart
Carol
Boston
Central Park
Tom Wolfe
People Magazine
Willie Horton
Tobin Bridge
Chuck Stuart
Montreal
Stuart
Carina
Smith and Wesson
Lady Smith
Carol Stuart
Suit claims state knew bypass fog risk before 1988 crash
Jurors heard that state highway officials allegedly knew for a decade that steam from the ADM plant could create fog on the Highway 30 bypass near Cedar Rapids. Arlene Sullivan sues the Cedar Rapids estate and city for Diane Sullivan’s death in the January 1988 multi vehicle crash.
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Dick Hogan
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Arlene Sullivan
Diane Sullivan
Sullivan
Tom Riley
Gazette
ADM
Riley
Perkins
David McGuire
Kirkwood Community College
Jeffrey Wickwire
Belle Plaine
A Ave
Marion
Bender
Highway 30
Steam
Frost Road Embankment Crash Kills Motorist near North Liberty
A Solon man, Stephen Starr Eckels, 38, was killed when frost on a Johnson County road caused his two door Blazer to roll 290 feet down an embankment. He was thrown from the vehicle and died later at University Hospitals Iowa City. The crash occurred Monday morning on F-28 two miles north of North Liberty. Eckels was alone.
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Stephen Eckels
Solon
Kevin and
Melinda Fischer
Lyle Muller
Jazette Johnson County
North Liberty
Stephen Starr Eckels
Lake Macbride State Park
Eckels
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Iowa State Patrol
Johnson County
Kevin
Hannah
Kevin Fischer
Fulton
Ill
Highway
Sabula
Vicki McCune
Iowa
Jackson County
McCune
Savanna-Sabula
Mississippi River
Paul Koob
Pair admit prize claim was prank
New York AP report says Charlene Taylor and Alan Abel admitted the $35 million Lotto hoax after a reporter identified Abel as the prank's planner. Taylor staged a champagne party at the Park Central Hotel with a fake winning ticket copy bearing numbers 18 25 26 32 42 44.
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New York
Donald Trump
Malcolm Forbes
Charlene
Charlie
Taylor
Alan Abel
New York Times
Donahue
The
Daily News
Park Central
Midtown Manhattan
Abel
Omaha couple claim 3.2 million Iowa jackpot
Judy and Jerry Habraken of Omaha claim the Iowa Lottery top prize after buying 50 Lotto tickets in Council Bluffs. Jerry’s after tax share totals 120000 dollars, with Judy receiving 30 dollars for a smaller prize and the couple planning no early retirement.
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Omaha, Neb
Iowa
Habrakens
Council Bluffs
Judy Habraker
Habraken
Union Pacific Railroad
West Virginia Lotto America winner plans modest life change
Marietta Coffman, 56, and her husband Carl of Parkersburg won a 17.3 million dollar Lotto America jackpot. She will keep her part time insurance job and use winnings to help the less fortunate and perhaps install aluminum siding. Coffman called the win a test from God and said she rarely plays.
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Charleston
W.va
Marietta M. Coffman
Carl
Parkersburg
West Virginia
America
Coffman
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