Two found dead in torched van outside News & Advance
In Lynchburg Virginia authorities investigated a homicide after firefighters found two bodies inside a 1994 Chevrolet van set on fire in the News and Advance parking lot. Victims were Sharon Gilliam 29, an employee, and Dennis Alan Oxford 34. A flammable liquid container and a nearby note were recovered. One victim allegedly blamed the other for medical problems. Lt Wingfield provided the preliminary details.
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News & Advance
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Dennis Alan Oxford
Wingfield
Village reverses its smoking ban in Friendship Heights
Friendship Heights Village Council voted to withdraw an ordinance banning smoking in public places. The 5,000 residents would have needed Montgomery County approval since the village is unincorporated. Signs reading thank you for not smoking will be posted at events and cessation classes offered.
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Defense chief orders Navy Air Force sex harassment probes
Defense Secretary Perry and Deputy Secretary White order training-program reviews across the Navy and Air Force after Army bases report rape and abuse allegations. Pentagon says no evidence yet of similar problems in other services, but probes will seek how units communicate a zero tolerance policy and professional conduct standards.
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Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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John Dalton
Sheila Widnall
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White
Dalton
Widnall
Togo West
Sam Griggle
Grizzle
Fort Leonard Wood drill sergeant sentenced in sex case
Sgt Loren B Taylor, 29, admitted breaking the ban on sex between commanders and subordinates by having consensual sex with three women recruits at Fort Leonard Wood. He received five months in prison and a bad conduct discharge. Two other instructors at the post face charges as the Army sex scandal expands to Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Sam Houston reports of trainee misconduct. Taylor sought leniency to care for his 7-year-old son.
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R-Texas
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D-Fla
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Gibbons
Packwood Returns as Capital Lobbyist in Washington
Former senator Bob Packwood resumes lobbying after a year moratorium, forming Sunrise Research and soon lobbying for a business coalition on estate tax issues. He joins a growing list of ex-officials moving into lobbying, amid debate over revolving door abuses and weaker enforcement.
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