National News Roundup Highlights NYC Fire Safety Upgrades
NIST urged cities to raise skyscraper fire standards and install fire protected elevators for responders. In Dallas an inmate on work release killed an ice cream vendor, then returned to jail. In Iowa a video shows youths torturing opossums. In New York Joseph Massino was sentenced to life in prison after admitting involvement in eight mob slayings.
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Wildlife smuggling second to drugs in global trade
U S Wildlife Inspector Ed Marshall notes wildlife smuggling rivals drugs in size and danger. Cases include two white tigers seized near the border and a 2001 African elephant driven across the Gateway International Bridge. The trade, valued at about 4.2 billion dollars annually, fuels organized crime and spreads diseases like SARS and avian influenza.
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Graham ready for final rally in New York City
Rev Billy Graham opens his final American crusade in New York City as Franklin Graham, his son and successor, prepares to lead the event. The elder Graham, 86, will preach about 35 minutes nightly for three nights in a park near Shea Stadium, despite health issues and hearing loss. Franklin Graham, 54, has taken over leadership of the ministry and says the rally could be the last in America.
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Former Klansman Killen sentenced in 1964 civil rights slayings
In Philadelphia Mississippi Edgar Ray Killen, once a Klansman and preacher, was sentenced to 60 years in prison for manslaughter in the 1964 killings of James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman. He appeared in a wheelchair, offered no remorse, and received the maximum term as the case closed a brutal chapter in the fight for civil rights.
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