Pittsburgh killer Baumhammers sentenced to death in racially motivated shootings
An unemployed immigration lawyer, Richard Baumhammers, 35, was sentenced to death by a Pittsburgh jury for a string of racially motivated killings. The jury had found him guilty of the April 28, 2000 attacks, with options for life without parole. Baumhammers showed no emotion as the sentence was delivered. Prosecutors say he selected victims by ethnic background. In a separate incident, Maghfoor Mansoor, 35, was killed in a Times Square lobby during a shootout with a joint FBI task force after being confronted by agents and detectives. no officers were seriously hurt.
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James Myers co author of Rock Around the Clock dies at 81
James Myers co author of Rock Around the Clock died of leukemia at 81. He wrote the 1953 song with Max Freedman, later recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 and rising to hit status in 1955 as The Blackboard Jungle theme. The track helped break racial barriers by blending rhythm and blues with rockabilly.
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Indiana drug trafficker next up on federal death row
A Texas man named Juan Garza, 44, remains the sole other inmate with a scheduled execution date on federal death row. He was convicted of operating a drug pipeline from Mexico and of killing one man while ordering two others killed as suspected informants. Garza is set for June 19, with his lawyer urging a delay based on FBI document admissions in the McVeigh case.
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Denise Quinones Wins Miss Universe Puerto Rico Pageant
Denise Quinones of Puerto Rico won the 50th Miss Universe pageant held in Bayamon Puerto Rico after 77 contestants. Evelina Papantoniou of Greece placed second and Kandace Krueger of USA was third. Eva Ekwall Venezuela and Celina Jaitley India were fourth and fifth runners-up.
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Thomas breaks down in tears over custody case memory
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas cried while addressing Savannah lawyers about the custody fight for his grandnephew. The event in Savannah sparked applause as he paused to thank the lawyer who handled the 1997 case. Thomas, 52, grows up in Savannah and now lives in Fairfax with his wife.
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Students urge Kerrey to resign at New School
About 80 of 1,000 students at New School University attended a Graduate Faculty Student Union meeting to back a resolution calling for former Sen. Bob Kerrey to resign as president. The vote stood 30 to 19 with one abstention, and a prior resolution for a congressional probe into the Feb 25 1969 massacre passed overwhelmingly. Kerrey offered to meet students May 28 or June 4.
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