North Carolina rescue ends week at sea for two teens
Josh Long and Troy Driscoll, both 17 from North Charleston, were rescued off the North Carolina coast after surviving on faith, raw jellyfish, and seawater for nearly a week. They set out April 24 from near Sullivans Island to fish for sharks and were treated at the Medical University of South Carolina.
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Medical University of South Carolina
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Witness testimony on shooter’s mental state in Columbus shootings
Dr. Mark Mills testified for the insanity defense of Charles McCoy Jr., who admits to 12 Columbus-area highway shootings in 2003 2004. Mills said McCoy acted due to untreated paranoid schizophrenia and aimed to stop perceived voices in his head by dropping concrete or firing at cars.
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Finger in North Carolina Custard Shocks Shopper
Clarence Stowers found a severed finger in a pint of Kohl’s Frozen Custard purchased Sunday night in a Wilmington shop. Owner Craig Thomas said an employee severed part of a finger while operating a custard-dispensing machine after a bucket was dropped. Police and state officials investigated the incident.
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WWAY
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Supreme Court to rule on campus military recruitment rights
The Supreme Court will hear the Bush administration challenge to the Solomon Amendment. The case pits government funding against free speech as the Pentagon seeks equal campus recruitment access despite the military's don’t ask don’t tell policy and campus nondiscrimination standards.
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Florida governor signs tough sex offender bill after killings
Gov Jeb Bush signed a harsh new Florida law tightening penalties for child sex offenses and mandating lifetime GPS tracking for many released offenders. The Jessica Lunsford Act sets a 25 years to life minimum for certain crimes against children 12 and under, with electronic monitoring for life after release. The measure, passed unanimously by both chambers, follows Jessica Lunsford death and was boosted after another girl, Sarah Lunde, was found dead.
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Mark Lunsford
Florida
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John E. Coney
Georgia
Jilted groom plans to marry runaway bride in Duluth
John Mason, the jilted fiancé of Jennifer Wilbanks, says he still intends to marry her despite her run from a lavish 600 guest wedding. Wilbanks' disappearance timeline includes a bus trip to Austin, then Dallas, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque where she called Mason claiming kidnapping before retreating to seek help and space.
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John Mason
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