Blue Bandit Skydives From 70th Floor in Houston Stunt
David Adcock Jr., 20, known as the Blue Bandit, climbed the Allied Bank Plaza with suction cups and parachuted to the street amid cheering onlookers. He landed in a bank-adjacent block, was jailed on a $10,000 bond, and faces federal probation status for a similar offense. his father, Houston resident, hadn't seen him in two years and described him as carefree.
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Houston
David Adcock Sr
Allied Bank Plaza
Adcock
David Adcock Jr
Dallas
Dare blamed in random killing on fashionable street
Police say a dare led a passenger to shoot at a passerby as he walked a stylish main street. Miami man Jon Thomas Van Wormer, 35, was killed near Palm Bay after Emilio Moya, 22, and Modesto Perez, 21, were arrested in Brevard County on first degree murder charges.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Jon Thomas van Wormer
Miami
Friends of Friends
Emilio Moya
Modesto Perez
Brevard County
Don Smith
Palm Bay
Melbourne
Moya
Perez
van Wormer
Damaged Demo Car Suit Ends With Big Punitive Award
A Virginia jury awarded Elizabeth Smallwood 7,484 in compensatory damages and 2.1 million in punitive damages against Rosenthal-Hayman Pontiac Inc. for selling a badly damaged demonstrator car in 1979 without disclosure. The judge trimmed the punitive amount by 100,000, citing the requested cap of 2 million.
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Alexandria, Va
Alexandria
Elizabeth Smallwood
Washington, D.C
Donald Kent
Ms. Smallwood
Rosenthal-Hayman Pontiac Inc
Last-minute plea to halt Florida killer Hitchcock
A lawyer urged the Florida Supreme Court to stop the scheduled 7 am execution of James Ernest Hitchcock for killing his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter. If carried out he would be Florida's eighth since 1976 and the state would electrocute two inmates in that era. Governor Graham signed Hitchcock's death warrant April 21, his 51st such order. Only John Speakelink has died under Graham.
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Tallahasser, Fla
Florida Supreme Court
James Ernest Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Mate
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
Bob Graham
John Speakelink
Graham
Britain Greece at odds over Elgin Marbles return
London and Athens clash over the Elgin Marbles with Greece pressing for the 100 Parthenon sculptures' restitution. The British Museum cites legal acquisition and opposes removal while Greece and some Britons argue the marbles were taken unjustly as part of Greece's heritage.
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Britain
Greece
London
Parthenon
Athens
Mackasey Charged With Taking $400,000 Bribe in Canada
Montreal AP report says Bryce Mackasey a member of Parliament and former cabinet minister was charged with taking a 400000 dollar bribe from a company seeking federal contracts. Police officials disclosed the charge at a news conference. If convicted he faces up to 14 years in prison.
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Montreal
Bryce Mackasey
Fernand Boivin
Mackasey
Four Grand Slamm members indicted in rape case
Four members of the Newburyport based rock band Grand Slamm were indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on aggravated rape kidnapping and indecent assault in an alleged April 23 attack on an 18 year old female soldier who hitched a ride on the band bus. Corey Pirrotta Glenn Little John Fournier and Thomas Crowe were named in the indictment and scheduled for arraignment in Superior Court.
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Cambridge, Mags
UPI
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Corey Pirrotta
Glenn Little
John Fournier
Newburyport
Thomas Crowe
Salem
N.H
Superior Court
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South Korea
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Hwang In-kyu
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POE
Mrs
Mrs. Pauls
Cnsumer
Loysae
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