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A Chicago man with a long criminal history was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after he was convicted of firing a gun into the open grave of a man murdered just two days prior, authorities said. U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp Jr. handed down the sentence Wednesday after Elston Stevenson, 57, pleaded guilty to one count of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, according to a news release Monday from the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago.

Voter in Ward 9 attempted to vote as a dead man, caught by moderator who knew dead man, Herald's Katy Jordan reports And: Staff_reports @jordankaty Voter who attempted to use dead man's ID was testing system: "I could have gotten away with it. Couldn't I?" he reportedly said

BAGHDAD, Iraq - DNA tests have confirmed that a man shot to death by British forces was a leading al-Qaida militant who embarrassed the U.S. military by making an unprecedented escape from a maximum-security military prison in Afghanistan, the U.S. command said Tuesday. Omar al-Farouq was shot and killed Sept. 25 after he opened fire on British forces during a raid on his home in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad. British forces had said at the time that they had hoped to capture the suspect, but had returned fire on him when he started shooting at them. "After taking...

A really cold case: Fulton tries to prosecute dead man By RHONDA COOK The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 06/07/05 Jason Warner was killed last fall, but that didn't stop Fulton County prosecutors from bringing drug charges against the Atlanta man this spring. "Judge, I think he's dead," a probation officer said when Warner's marijuana possession case was called before Judge Alford Dempsey last week. Dempsey shook his head and said, "I guess we're indicting the dead now." The judge ordered the case "dead docketed," a legal status akin to being in permanent limbo. Warner's mother, Virginia, said she was "shocked"...

LOUISBURG, N.C. -- Relatives say a North Carolina man who was hit by a car and mistakenly declared dead has started talking again. Larry Green was hit by a car in January as he walked home after buying beer at a grocery store. He was examined on the scene by paramedics and a medical examiner, declared dead and his body taken to a morgue. More than two hours after the accident, the same medical examiner realized Green was still alive. He was hospitalized for two months after suffering a severe head injury, broken leg and other injuries. He's been in...

NAACP calls for federal investigation into death of black student at Bourbon Street bar 1/4/2005, 5:12 p.m. CT By DOUG SIMPSON The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans' district attorney said he planned a "complete and thorough" grand jury investigation into a black college students death following a New Year's Eve scuffle with white bouncers at a French Quarter karaoke bar. District Attorney Eddie Jordan made the announcement after the NAACP called for investigations by local prosecutors and by the U.S. Justice Department. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said his office has discussed the matter with the FBI and...

I recieved a strange phone call tonite. Just wondering if anyone else has been contacted. I thought at first it was going to be another poll. The girl had a very irritating voice. She asked a few questions about my viewing habits; How many hours a week I watched TV. (My tv and my computer are in the same room, and the TV is on FoxNews from the time I hit the door til I go to bed, whereupon I turn on FoxNews on the bedroom set) Did I watch sitcoms? (never); Did I watch dramas? (depends) Then came a...

Sunday, January 18, 2004 By SHANNON D. HARRINGTON and CLINT RILEY SEE ALSOSPECIAL REPORT: PAY TO PLAYAs an attorney with the politically juiced Teaneck law firm that bears his name, Edward N. FitzPatrick often joined his partners in doling out contributions to New Jersey's politicians.The lifelong Republican gave to governors and senators, county executives, and town councilmen. He gave long after his political career ended as mayor of Allendale.And, if state campaign finance records are to be believed, FitzPatrick continued to give more than a year after he died.FitzPatrick died in January 2000. Still, in the months following his...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- When mourners showed up in north Alabama for Finley Christopher Farley's funeral, they were told that the dearly departed had not departed. He was just being detained in a New Orleans jail cell. Farley's parents, Eugene and Marion, made funeral arrangements in Decatur, Ala., for their son after the Orleans Parish coroner told them their son had died in a hotel room. A death notice was put in their local newspaper and a service was set for Thursday. But as the death notice rolled off the presses, Farley was sitting in jail after being booked on...

Reported Sightings of Hussein Increase Killing of Sons Reinforces View of Some U.S. Officials That Ex-President Is Alive By Dana Priest Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 24, 2003; Page A12 U.S. military and CIA officers in Iraq are receiving and trying to verify a significant increase in the number of Saddam Hussein sightings by Iraqi citizens, according to a senior administration decision maker. "We are getting a lot of different sightings every day," the official said. The killing of the former Iraqi president's sons, Uday and Qusay, on Tuesday reinforced the view within U.S. intelligence agencies that Hussein is...

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