Peterson juror removed as deliberations restart in murder trial
In Redwood City California a juror who reportedly did own case research was removed and replaced with the next alternate. Judge Alfred A Delucchi ordered the panel to start deliberations over as the trial teeters on possible deadlock in the Peterson murder case involving Laci Peterson. The juror replacement follows a warning to base verdict solely on trial evidence. the jury now faces deciding first or second degree murder with possible death penalty if convicted.
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Alfred A. Delucchi
Associated Press
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Mistrial Declared in Williams Half Sister Killing Case
In Compton California a judge halted the Williams murder case with a mistrial for Robert E Maxfield 24 after a separate juried deadlock in the co defendant Aaron M Hammer 25 The lope indicates Price Yetunde 31 of Corona was shot in Compton while riding in an SUV in September 2003 prosecutors say the fatal shot came from Maxfield A November 22 hearing will address Hammer case.
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Hammer
Yetunde Price
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Price
Compton
Hostage-taker wounded by police outside Los Angeles consulate
A man seeking media attention took a female clerk hostage at the Mexican Consulate in downtown Los Angeles. Police shot the assailant in the head. the hostage was rescued unharmed. The hostage taker, in critical condition, demanded media coverage. No terrorism link found.
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Los Angeles
William Bratton
Bratton
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James Hahn
Polar bears at risk as Arctic sea ice fades
A four year Arctic Climate Impact Assessment by 300 scientists warns polar bears could go extinct by century's end as sea ice halves or vanishes. Warming Arctic temperatures, four to seven degree winter increases in parts of Alaska, western Canada and eastern Russia, and earlier ice breakup threaten hunting and ecosystem stability across the region.
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Arctic
Robert Corel
American Meteorological Society
Alaska
Canada
Russia
Michael MacCracken
Washington
Pittsburgh student finds new amphibian species generation
A freshman geology student on a field trip found a fossil of an oversized amphibian with crocodile like teeth. Paleontologists confirm a new species and a new genus, tentatively linked to the trematopid group. The fossil was uncovered near Pittsburgh International Airport and later analyzed by Carnegie Museum scientists.
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Pittsburgh
Striegeli
University of Pittsburgh
Adam Striegel
Pittsburgh International
Charles Jones
Jones
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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