Virginia inmate executed after marriage bid shocks world
VIRGINIA Appeals rejected, inmate executed hours after getting married. Joseph Roger O'Dell III, 4, died by injection at 9 16 p.m. after the Supreme Court rejected his last minute plea. Gov George Allen denied clemency while federal appeals court refused to order new DNA tests on semen from the victim. O D Ells lawyers argued tests could prove innocence in Helen Schartner slaying.
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Cypress Freeway Reopens After 1 Billion Repairs
The Cypress Freeway, damaged in the 1989 quake that killed 42 on the double-deck span, reopened to traffic after a billion dollars in repairs. The rebuilt five-mile stretch now has a single deck designed to withstand an 8.5 magnitude quake, with 67 Bay Area deaths in the disaster and seven billion in damage nationwide.
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Jewell sues New York Post over defaming coverage
Richard Jewell filed a $15 million federal lawsuit in New York against the New York Post alleging libel and defamation from fictionalized coverage after he was named a suspect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. His attorney Lin Wood said the paper created a false negative image of Jewell. The suit cites articles headlines photographs and cartoons from days after the Atlanta Journal Constitution first reported the suspect status.
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Flooding in Southeast causes train, deaths, and missing child
Severe rain from remnants of Hurricane Danny drenched the Southeast, washing out a railroad bridge in Charlotte. A CSX coal train derailed, spilling diesel as crews evacuated a nearby public housing project. A 59-year-old woman died in Charlotte while driving through floodwaters and a 27-year-old man died in Georgia in a head-on collision. A 5-year-old girl remains missing after falling into a Charlotte creek as rescuers search flooded Sugar Creek and evacuations reach about 2,000 residents. Emergency crews rescued 22 people from flooded homes and crews reported rapid water rise across the city. Northwest of Atlanta, uprooted trees disrupted Kennesaw State University.
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