Nuclear worm sale nets man fraud charges
Thomas Stanley Huntington pleaded no contest to six counts of fraud and one of issuing a worthless check after bilking at least a dozen people of 15 000 by selling California Red Superworms that he claimed ate nuclear waste. Eight charges were dismissed in a plea deal. The worms sold at 500 dollars for four pounds with a brochure promising easy work and claiming the stock would supply a federal nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad.
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Aztec
N.M
California
Thomas Stanley Huntington
Carlsbad
Dragging victim James Byrd Jr wake draws dozens in Jasper
Dozens of area residents attended a wake at a funeral home for James Byrd Jr. a Black man dragged to death on a country road. The scene featured flower arrangements around a gray and silver casket and a framed Byrd portrait while community members mourn and seek healing after the tragedy.
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Jasper
Texas
James Byrd Jr
Oleather Cooper
Byrd
Gardening divides longtime pals over hedge fatality
In Providence Rhode Island a long time friends dispute ended in tragedy as James Gallagher pleaded no contest to second degree murder for shooting Ronald Volpe three times with a shotgun in 1994. Gallagher was sentenced to 40 years in prison. The men had known each other since childhood and shared homes where they grew up.
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Providence
R.L
James Gallagher
Ronald Volpe
Ron
Gallagher
William Ferland
Rhode Island
Discovery returns Thomas to Earth from Mir mission
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP space shuttle Discovery lands bringing home the last American to live aboard Mir and ending three years of U S Russian cooperation aboard the aging station Thomas a 46 year old engineer who spent 4 1/2 months in zero gravity was carried to Kennedy Space Center for meals and medical tests NASA officials praise the mission as a learning bridge to the international space station and note the first ISS crew will not arrive until July 1999 NASA plans the next shuttle flight with Senator John Glenn in October when he will be 77 years old.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
Earth
Mir
Space Station
Mission Control
Andrew Thomas
Thomas
Kennedy
NASA
Daniel Goldin
International Space Station
Charles Precourt
Precourt
Russia
Space
Clinton shifts focus to oceans and extends offshore ban
President Clinton used the Monterey Bay venue to spotlight ocean resources and announce an extension of the offshore oil drilling ban until 2012. He unveiled a $224 million package and sought $194 million more to monitor fish stocks and curb overfishing. The plan also suspended new Atlantic swordfish sales, while expanding harbor upgrades with an eight hundred million Harbor Services Fund.
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Monterey
Calif
Clinton
Monterey Bay
U.S
Oceans
Blue Bay
Congress
North Atlantic
Pacific
Florida
New England
Mid-Atlantic
Alaska
California
National Marine
Teenager blames occult in Pearl High School shooting
Luke Woodham testified that heartbreak over a failed relationship and occult influence fueled his killings at Pearl High School in Mississippi. He described meetings with Grant Boyette who urged him to kill his mother and seek revenge, contributing to a deadly rampage that left two teens dead and seven injured.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Luke Woodham
Woodham
Pearl High School
Christina Menefee
Grant Boyette
Christy
Menefee
Lydia Dew
Mary Woodham
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East Walnut Garden City
Catholic Health Initiatives
Dad
E. Kansas Ave
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Big Ape
Kansas
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