Archive for July 6th, 2009

Slain SC serial killing suspect had long rap sheet (AP)

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A wrecker tows a vehicle from the scene of shooting in Dallas, N.C., Monday, July 6, 2009. South Carolina law enforcement officials say a burglary suspect slain in North Carolina is the serial killer who shot five people to death in South Carolina in recent days. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP – The serial killer who terrorized a South Carolina community by shooting five people to death before police killed him Monday was a career criminal paroled just two months ago, authorities said.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Robert McNamara, Vietnam War architect, dies at 93 (AP)

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FILE -  In a July 8, 1961 file photo, President John Kennedy, right, walks with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara towards a pier to board the Kennedy family cruiser on at Hyannis Port, Mass. Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara died Monday, July 6, 2009, according to his wife. He was 93.  (AP Photo/John Rous, File)AP – Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

China says over 1,400 arrested for Xinjiang riots (AFP)

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The burnt wreck of a car sits in a street in Urumqi in China's far west Xinjiang province on July 6. Police in the region arrested 1,434 suspects over deadly weekend riots, state media have reported.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP – Baton-wielding riot police have been deployed in China’s tense northwest city of Urumqi following bloody weekend riots, as authorities announced the mass arrest of more than 1,400 people.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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