Teens shot on Good Friday pilgrimage road near Santa Fe
A 17 year old boy Richard Martinez of Alcalde and his girlfriend Karen Castanon of Arroyo Seco, both Los Alamos High School students, were found shot to death along a popular Good Friday pilgrimage route north of Santa Fe. Police said the killings were homicides with no suspects yet.
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Richard Martinez
Alcalde
Santa Fe
Karen Castanon
Arroyo Seco
Martinez
Los Alamos High School
Rayleen Ross-Weaver
Florida teen convicted in mom murder case
In Florida a 17-year-old Tampa girl Valessa Robinson was found guilty of third-degree murder for the June 1998 death of her mother Vicki Robinson after a 17-hour trial. The jury rejected first-degree murder and also convicted her on petty theft and grand theft auto related to the incident. Davis was convicted of first-degree murder and awaits death row.
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Valessa Robinson
Vicki Robinson
Adam Davis
Valessa
Daviso
Pentagon faces backlog in security clearance checks
Defense Department Inspector General reports a backlog of over 900000 people awaiting background investigations for security clearances. The Defense Security Service has begun but not completed checks on about 400000 personnel including military members civilian Pentagon staff and private contract workers amid computer problems.
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Defense Department
Defense Security Service
Forecast predicts two decades of stronger Gulf and Atlantic hurricanes
Top forecaster Bill Gray warned at the National Hurricane Conference that storm activity will continue to rise for about 20 years, with damage five to 10 times higher. He linked cycles to ocean salinity and currents, noting population growth from 24 million in 1930 to 64 million in 1990 increases risk.
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Atlantic Coast
Bill Gray
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Colorado
State University
Fort Collins
Colo
Gulf and Atlantic Coast
Texas
Virginia
IRS notices repeat for millions as GAO flags wasteful costs
Washington AP reports a GAO audit found about 39 percent of 14.8 million collection notices were sent repeatedly for the same tax assessment and many involve five dollars or less. Another GAO audit noted 1.5 million error notices affected amounts under five dollars or refunds under one dollar. IRS promises improvements and modernization to cut burdens and speed notices.
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Internal Revenue Service
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IRS
House
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