Mexico tense on eve of president's speech
Mexican troops and police increased alert as President Ernesto Zedillo prepared to address the nation after the Popular Revolutionary Army carried out attacks in Guerrero Oaxaca and Mexico states. One soldier was killed and three wounded in Michoacan with authorities blaming drug traffickers there. Zedillo denounced the rebels as criminals and vowed a hard response amid business leaders urging crack down.
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Dallas Morning News
Mexico City
Ernesto Zedillo
Tionary Army
EPR
Rogelis Benitez Gonzalez
Guerrero
Oaxaca
Mexico
Michoacan
Zedillo
Television Azteca
Deputies face punishment for mock executions
Five sheriffs deputies said the chair gag was a prank as inmates were strapped in and told they would be electrocuted. Internal affairs investigators say the incident raises serious concerns and warranted discipline.
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Sacramento
Calif
Deputies face penalties over mock executions in jail
Three deputies faced disciplinary actions from letters of reprimand to suspension after June mock executions using a restraining chair. Sacramento County Supervisor Roger Dickinson said inmates were told the chair was electrified as officers pretended to electrocute them. Capt. Bill Roberts said deputies were questioned, honest, forthright, and remorseful. The jail also housed Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski.
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Sacramento
Roger Dickinson
Sacramento Bee
Bill Roberts
Theodore Kaczynski
Iowa City Fatal Shooting Shocks Local Arts Community
Eric Shaw owner of Futon Discounter and Futon Manufacturers Outlet faces a fatal shooting at Iowa Vending on South Gilbert Street. Police report a rise in burglaries in the area as investigators work with family and business owners amid ongoing inquiries. Services for Shaw are pending at Lensing Funeral Service.
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Benson
Eric Shaw
Futon Discounter
Futon Manufacturers
S. Gilbert
Iowa City
Shaw
University of Iowa
Don Ahrens
S. Gilbert St
Jay Shaw
Eric
Iowa Wending
Patrick Harney
Harney
Iowa Vending
Ahrens Concrete Co
Lensing
Gazette
David Lee
Iowa City artist among sixth shot by Iowa officers this summer
A sequence of Iowa police shootings is tallied with six victims this summer. Names and ages include Judy Leppert 42 Dubuque wounded. Patrick Harville 29 Ottumwa killed. Stephen Rains 28 New Hartford wounded. Bret Weaver 27 Center Point died. Patrick Morgan 19 rural killed. Eric Shaw of Iowa City identified as a at least sixth.
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Iowa City
Eric Shaw
Iowa
Judy Leppert
Dubuque
Patrick Harville
Ottumwa
Harville
Stephen Rains
New Hartford
Waterloo
Rains
Bret A. Weaver
Center Point
Interstate 380
Weaver
Patrick Morgan
Linn County
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