Former Klansman convicted in 1963 church bombing
In Birmingham, Alabama, former Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr. is found guilty of first degree murder for the 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four Black girls. The trial highlighted lingering questions about co-defendant Bobby Cherry's competency as prosecutors weigh pursuing his case.
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Birmingham
Ala
James Garrett
Cherry
Abraham Woods
FBI
Doug Jones
Blanton
Associated Press
Alpha Robertson
Jefferson County
Thomas Blanton Jr
Robertson
Carole Robertson
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Oklahoma Executes Second Woman on Death Row
Marilyn Plantz faced a lethal injection in McAlester after confessing to orchestrating her husband Jim Plantz's 1988 murder. Gov. Keating refused to block the execution despite questions raised about police chemist Joyce Gilchrist's testimony in related cases.
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McAlester
Okla
Marilyn Plantz
Frank Keating
Plantz
FBI
Keating
Tulsa World
Attorney General’s Office
Oklahoma City
Joyce Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Foren
Sic
Oklahoma
Wanda Jean Allen
William Clifford Bryson
Clinton McKimble
Bryson
McKimble
Jim Plantz
Energy firm allegedly offered deal to drop lawsuits
A secret 17 page letter from Duke Energy to Governor Gray Davis proposed monetary concessions and expedited high level talks to end state lawsuits and investigations into alleged price gouging. The offer, while admitting no wrongdoing, demanded end of inquiries in exchange for an unspecified payment. Davis rejected the idea, saying penalties would apply and stating the state would not back off. Attorney General Bill Lockyer’s office is investigating possible illegal practices by power generators.
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Los Angeles
Gray Davis
Duke Energy
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
Duke
Davis
Barry Goode
Bill Lockyer
Writers, producers pause talks after contract deadline
Hollywood writers and producers ended a 17 hour bargaining session without a new deal but agreed to resume talks. The writers contract expired at 12:01 a.m. with no extension and a news blackout in place. A strike vote by the Writers Guild remains possible, and a prolonged stalemate could delay TV seasons and film production.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Writers Guild of America
Cheryl Rhoden
Rhoden
Barbara Brogliatti
The
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
Writers Guild
Screen Actors Guild
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
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Ial
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WAAC
Tecu
Pulate
Ottawa Herald
Herald
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
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