Jasper Faces Past as Executions Loom in Byrd Case
Jasper Texas community weighs its history after three white men dragged James Byrd Jr. behind a pickup in 1998, a hate crime that prompted local appeal as the convicted ring leader John King faces execution Wednesday. Brewer already died by execution in 2011.
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North Carolina man arrested after road rage shooting
Byron Donnell Green of Mount Airy, 41, faces charges including assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a weapon into an occupied property after a road rage incident left a 9-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl wounded. Bond set at 600000 dollars. The boy was treated and released. the girl remained in stable condition after surgery. In Raleigh, a police involved shooting left a male suspect dead at a shopping center on North Rogers Lane. No further details released. In Vermont, Ethan Allen Interiors to expand production, moving half NC case goods to Vermont and half elsewhere, impacting about 420 Vermont plant workers. The Associated Press.
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Raleigh
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Kevin Spalding voices books from church to classroom
Kevin Spalding, a Gastonia resident and former Navy captain, works as a professional audiobook narrator in his home studio. He has voiced nearly 50 titles, mainly religious and military nonfiction, choosing projects he would read and would be comfortable placing in high school libraries, while also coaching speech and exploring theater work.
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Martin J. D'Amore
Lou Gehrig
D'Amore
Audible.com
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Gastonia Toastmasters
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