Former IRA Soldier Granted Political Asylum in U.S.
Immigration Judge Phillip Williams ruled Brian Pearson, an ex-IRA member who came to the United States in 1988 after serving 12 years for a 1975 police barracks bomb, qualified for political asylum. The judge deemed the bombing a political act under immigration law, not terrorism.
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New York
United States
Phillip Williams
Brian Pearson
Ireand
Williams
U.S
Estranged wife used Elmo doll to assault husband in Somerset
Heidi J. Souza, 34, was charged after authorities say she struck her estranged husband Thomas K. Souza, 34, with a red Tickle Me Elmo doll during a domestic dispute in Somerset Massachusetts. Police say he was knocked down and bleeding from the cheek. she faced restraining order violation and assault charges and was arraigned in Fall River District Court.
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Somerset
Mass
Fall River
Thomas Souza
Heidi Souza
Elmo
Souza
Discharge urged for Marines over Dateline hazing video
Maj. Gen. Patrick H. Howard at Camp Lejeune urged discharge for two platoon leaders in a 1991 hazing case shown on Dateline NBC. The commander recommended dismissal of the platoon commander and platoon sergeant, with writt en reprimands for two others and verbal cautions for the remaining six active Marines who endured the gold wings pounding.
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Camp Lejeunk
N.C
Patrick Howard
Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps
Howard
NHC
Private investigator claims Perot smear plot was a hoax
Scott Barnes tells The Dallas Morning News he and a former BBC producer orchestrated a deception to convince Ross Perot that Republicans planned to smear him in 1992. He says the claims included phone taps and a daughter’s compromising photo. FBI found no evidence. Perot quit then reentered the race.
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Ross Perot
Texas
Scott Barnes
Dallas Morning News
Geran
Perot
FBI
Barnes
Erot
Sketch of suspect in Notorious B I G shooting released
Police in Los Angeles released a detailed sketch of a man believed to be the shooter based on two occupants in a vehicle with The Notorious B I G when he was killed. The description notes a heart shaped face light mustache receding hairline and attire of an oxford shirt and dark bow tie. The 24 year old rapper Christopher Wallace was shot as he prepared to leave a party in a GMC Suburban.
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Los Angeles
Christopher Wallace
Prosecutors snub McVeigh bid in delay appeal
Denver prosecutors refuse to formally respond to defense efforts to delay the Oklahoma City bombing trial. They call the appeal by Stephen Jones “a bad Hollywood script,” asserting no international terrorist coalition and that McVeigh and his co-defendant acted alone. The trial is scheduled to begin Monday.
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Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Hollywood
Stephen Jones
Als
U.s.ircuit Court of Appeals
McVergus
U.S
Joseph Hartzler
Thursder
McVeigh
Oklahoma Oy
Hartzier
Heaven's Gate leader linked to Rancho Santa Fe deaths
Herald-Journal notes Heaven's Gate followers at the Rancho Santa Fe mansion died in a mass suicide. Marshall Applewhite, 66, identified as Do, led the group once known as the UFO Cult. Investigators cite 39 victims, 21 women and 18 men, who drank phenobarbital and vodka to join a hoped for UFO rendezvous with Hale–Bopp. The group’s web postings and writings link the deaths to their apocalyptic beliefs and a new book combining Christianity with space lore.
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Heaven's Gate
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San Diego
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Cults
Bonnie la Trusdale Nettles
California
Colorado
Oregon
Nettles
Robert Balch
University of Montana
Total Overcomers Anonymous
Balch
Paul Carden
Centers For Apologetics Research
Heaven’s Gate
Total Overcomers
Peep
Syracuse
Jwnady
Crmm
Jesus
Heaven's Gate leader Applewhite remembered as loving brother
Marshall Applewhite's sister Louise Winant described the Heaven's Gate founder as intelligent and musical after his death with 38 followers in a mass suicide at a Rancho Santa Fe mansion. She recalled his early seminary studies, singing talent, and the split from relatives, while authorities detailed the scattered, methodical death scene and the group's Higher Source business.
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Calif
Marshall Applewhite
Louise Winant
ABC
Applewhite
Richmond
Winant
Houston
Bonnie la Trusdale Nettles
Nike
Au Etre
Heaven's Gate
Brian Blackbourne
Higher Source
New Mexico
Mike Dew
Tew
Mountainair
N.M
Scholars link celestial signs to mass suicide in California
Religious scholars debated how dates, comets, eclipses and the approaching millennium influenced the San Diego area mass death at a Spanish style mansion. They cited Hare Bopp, the Solar Temple link, and New Age ideas while noting recurring patterns in apocalyptic cults and UFO beliefs.
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Heaven’s Gate
CNN
Nightline
J. Gordon Melton
Institute For the Study of
Sata Barbara
Calif
Buddha
Solar Temple Cult
Solar Temple
Switzerland
France
Canada
San
James P. Richardson
University of Nevada At
Reno
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