Postal worker seizes New Orleans post office in hostage standoff
A distraught mail handler Warren Murphy took over the downtown New Orleans post office at 8 30 p m and shot three people then held two hostages overnight. FBI negotiators and postal officials reported progress but the standoff continued as 800 000 pieces of mail backlog built up and workers were urged to report to a nearby hotel to resume duties once secured.
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New Orleans
UPI
Warren Murphy
FBI
Vonne Hayes
Murphy
Ray Holman
Post Office
Cesta Ayers
Don Durken
Minkow convicted of fraud in high profile case
Barry Minkow, once a teen carpet cleaning magnate, was found guilty of 57 counts of conspiracy and fraud for masterminding the ZZZZ Best securities scam. The jury ruled after four days of deliberations in Los Angeles, with Minkow facing up to 403 years in prison and $14 million in fines at sentencing.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Barry Minkow
Minkow
Zzzz Best
U.S
Dickran Tevrizian
Norman Rothberg
Marina del Rey
Doctor in Malpractice Suit Accused Nazi Ties Sealed
In Cook County Illinois a medical malpractice case against 69 year old surgeon Dr Karl H Siedentop was sealed to protect his reputation amid claims he may have been a Nazi doctor The plaintiff Rahman K Sheriff seeks damages alleging an experimental treatment caused strokes and permanent brain damage A gag order barred discussion while an emergency appeal to the Illinois Appellate Court sought to overturn the seal
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Chicago
Cook County
Thomas P. Quinn
Neil Quinn
Illinois Appellate Court
Rahman K. Sheriff
Karl H. Siedentop
Sheriff
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