Toddler Bitten by Father's Python in Fruitland Park Yard
In Fruitland Park a toddler was bitten multiple times and restrained by a python weighing about 80 pounds. The father, Bill Broyles, pinned the snake after it wrapped around the child as Nickolas Graham played near a concrete paving area. The boy required elastic surgery to repair damage to his ear. The snake was captured shortly after the incident.
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Gunman fires at businesses kills three in Pelham Alabama
Police charged 34 year old Eugene Miller with three counts of capital murder after a shooting spree in a Birmingham suburb. He reportedly left for work with a 7 Up and sausage biscuits before allegedly firing at co workers and a former workplace. He was arrested after officers spotted him on Interstate 65 and forced him to pull over.
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No death penalty for murderers of homosexual in Rockford
In Rockford Alabama two men who killed a homosexual, Bully Jack Gaither, were spared the electric chair after Gaither’s family opposed the death penalty. Charles Butler Jr., 21, was convicted of capital murder for beating and burning Gaither on kerosene tires. Judge John Rochester gave Butler life without parole at the family and prosecutor’s request. Steven Mullins, 25, who pleaded guilty and testified against Butler, faces life without parole as the prosecution seeks the same sentence.
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Cincinnati crash kills 4 on I 275 north of city
A multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 275 near Cincinnati killed four people during the Thursday rush hour. Dozens were trapped and emergency crews freed occupants, with injuries ranging from critical to released. Fire Chief Bill Jetter confirmed the toll and conditions.
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Texas executes 'bathroom slayer' in Huntsville
Charles Anthony Boyd, 39, an ex convict who confessed to abducting and killing three women, was executed by injection in Huntsville Texas. He became the second killer put to death in Texas in as many days and the 18th overall this year.
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Firefighters free 800-pound man from wall in Los Angeles
Fire crews used crow bars and saws to tear down apartment walls and extract John Swaney a 57 year old attorney and former KFWB announcer described as stable after a long rescue. Rescue teams from Urban Search and Rescue built a plywood and steel pipe gurney and ferried him to an ambulance with a forklift. Swaney was first taken to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank but was moved to County USC Medical Center due to weight capacity.
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Tax cut battle shapes GOP effort to win public support
The Senate approved a sweeping 792 trillion tax cut plan amid White House veto threats. Clinton vowed to veto as Democrats and moderates call for a smaller compromise. The package shifts 2003 and 2005 tax rates, phases out the estate tax, and lowers capital gains, with wide business and education provisions.
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Spending battles loom as Congress returns in September
Congress plans a September session to complete 11 fiscal year 2000 spending bills after adjourning with only two of the 13 annual measures approved. President Clinton faces partisan pressure as GOP leaders seek to protect Social Security surpluses for tax cuts and to advance farm and education funding amid potential vetoes.
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D-Conn
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D-Mass
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