Escapee's confession used in Rivas Dallas trial
Texas inmate George Rivas faces the death penalty or life in prison as prosecutors win the right to introduce his 21 page confession. He is accused of leading the Christmas Eve shooting outside Oshman’s Sporting Goods in Dallas where Officer Aubrey Hawkins was killed after a 13 December prison break.
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Dallas
Texas
George Rivas
Aubrey Hawkins
Rivas
Toby Shook
Hawkins
Shook
Texas Seven
Connal+ly Unit
Kenedy
Colorado
Lori Hawkins
Wayne Huff
Huff
Oshman
Dants
Wes Fer Tis
Gumouth
Ferris
Dallas County
Greg Fisher
Irving
Aubrey Dell
Ridgefield welcomes freed scholar Tobin home
Fulbright scholar John Tobin returns to Ridgefield after a Russian prison sentence for marijuana charges he calls a sham. Residents decorate the town square with yellow ribbons as Tobin, who says he was framed, greets well wishers and thanks his community and emigrant Clara Kalocsai for support. Tobin was paroled in August after political science work in Russia and arrest for marijuana possession and distribution.
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Ridgefield
Tobin
Clara Kalocsai
Hungary
United States
New York
Russia
Russian Federal Security Service
Defense Language Institute
Monterey
Calif
John Tobin
Conn
Bush signs farm aid bill to boost net farm income
President Bush signed a farm aid bill that raises net farm income to 479 billion dollars the highest since 1997. The ceremony featured farmers on hay bales with mixed views on the impact while Bush framed the program as essential to national security and family farm values.
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Bush
Tommy Garcia
Joe Aguilar
America
Haskell board eyes Colorado meeting on trafficway plan
Haskell board members plan a Colorado trip to hear SLT consultant and meet The Osprey Group as Kansas DOT pushes a contested trafficway project. Officials discuss environmental mitigations including 400 acres of wetlands and a Baker University link, with many details still unresolved.
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Haskell Board
Colorado
SLT
Swisher
Russell
KDOT
Osprey Group
Boulder
HNTB
Paul Brockington
Cincinnati
Lawrence
Douglas County
Bob Johnson
Ted Cable
Kansas State University
Baker Wetlands
Cable
Jayhawk
Roger Boyd
Baker University
Boyd
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mike Rees
Johnson
U.S
Eastwest
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