The death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Within an hour, Georgia, then Missouri carried out the nation’s first executions since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April raised new concerns about capital punishment. Neither execution had any noticeable complications. Another execution, the third in a 24-hour span, […]
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Within 24 Hours: Three Black Men Set to Be Executed in Three States
(Updated 6/17/2014) ST. LOUIS (AP) —Convicted killers in three states were facing executions within a 24-hour period starting Tuesday night, potentially the first lethal injections in the nation since a botched execution in Oklahoma seven weeks ago. All the states planning executions — Florida, Georgia and Missouri — refuse to say where they get their […]
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Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, Sweet-Swinging ‘Mr. Padre,’ Dies at 54
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tony Gwynn could handle a bat like few other major leaguers, whether it was driving the ball through the “5.5 hole” between third base and shortstop or hitting a home run off the facade in Yankee Stadium in the World Series. In this Oct. 7, 2001 file photo, San Diego Padres’ […]
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Freedom Summer 1964: A Glimpse of Two Caught in the Historical Evolution of the ‘Ole’ Racist South
In this April 4, 2014 photo, Roy DeBerry, left, and Aviva Futorian speak during an interview in Futorian’s Chicago apartment. The pair have been friends since they met 50 years ago during “Freedom Summer,” when hundreds of volunteers, most of them young white Northerners, traveled to Mississippi in 1964 to launch a campaign to register […]
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EVENT MONDAY: Cardin to Address the Maryland Military Installation Council and Military Alliances
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 June 13, 2014 *** MEDIA ADVISORY *** CARDIN TO ADDRESS THE MARYLAND MILITARY INSTALLATION COUNCIL AND MILITARY ALLIANCES Monday, June 16 at 11:30AM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a member of the Senate Committees on Finance, Small Business, and Environment & Public Works, will meet in Crownsville with […]
