Texan loses bid to seize czar exhibit items in Mobile
Lee Alexander Magness, a Texas lawyer, failed to seize items from the Nicholas and Alexandra exhibit in Mobile to satisfy a $234 million federal judgment against Russian cultural agencies. Judge Charles R. Butler ruled foreign state art and cultural objects immune from seizure even when used commercially.
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Mobile
Ala
Russia
Lee Alexander Magness
Texas
Charles R. Butler
Butler
Man Threatens to Shoot If Casino Fails to Pay $100000
Ronald Cherry, 52, demanded Treasure Bay Casino deliver $100,000 to his Biloxi home within two hours or he would start shooting. He supplied his address. police arrested him at his home, charging him with telephone harassment and setting bail at $25,000.
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Biloxi
Miss
Ronald Cherry
Treasure Bay
Cherry
William Kirk
Gary Dubuisson
Midland man dies in alley Shooting
Midland detectives investigate the Friday evening death of a 60 year old man struck by gunfire while walking to his car after leaving What A Deal resale shop on East Texas Avenue. Police say a white male suspect chased him through an alley behind the store and shot as he crawled atop a minivan. The victim’s name is being withheld pending kin notification.
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Midland
East Texas Avenue
Tina Jauz
N. Fort Worth St
Jauz
Wall Street
Texas Avenue
Memorial Hospital & Medical Center
Rabies outbreak in Sanderson prompts state program debate
Sybilla Baker and her children suffered a rabid fox attack near Sanderson as part of a three month rabies surge that has watchdogs urging a state vaccination program. Eight gray foxes within a one mile zone near the Baker home tested positive, amplifying calls for action in the border town.
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Sanderson
Terrell County
Texas
Sybilla Baker
Cameron Baker
Mikayla
Baker
Cameron
Mikayla Baker
Bakers
Bakers’ House
Pace on death row will speed up in Texas
Houston AP reports Texas officials describe January’s seven executions as a coincidence, while experts warn it signals a shift driven by appellate changes. If trends hold through May, Texas may surpass its 1997 yearly high of 37 executions as orders and dates cluster under the 1996 Anti Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act affect.
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Houston
Texas
Heather Brown
Texas Attorney General’s Office
Catherine Burnett
South Texas College of Law
Oil roller coaster ends as World Oil predicts 2000 boom
World Oil magazine forecasts a easing of the oil boom bust cycle in 2000 with price stability between 25 and 28 dollars per barrel. Global drilling expected to rise 21.9 percent to 60,343 wells, while US activity climbs 30.6 percent to 24,416 wells and Texas up 31.9 percent to 1,573 wells.
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Houston
World Oil Magazine
Texas
the Magazine
Immigrant Swim Past Border Patrol On Polluted New River
Two Border Patrol agents shouted warnings to six illegal immigrants in underwear as they floated into the United States clutching an inner tube along the New River near Mexicali. They evaded capture while river pollution and debris highlighted the dangerous crossing route into southern California.
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Calexico
Calif
Border Patrol
North America
United States
George Wetten
The
Mexicali
Mexico
California
San Diego
U.S
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