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... “Early this morning, the execution of Roy Lee Ward was carried out, delivering accountability for the brutal rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne on April 16, 2001,” said Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita in an an early Friday statement. “Following his 2007 conviction and death sentence, Ward’s case was thoroughly reviewed, culminating in the Indiana Supreme Court setting his execution date and Governor Mike Braun rejecting his request for clemency.” ...

Gunman who at one point was holding eight people is taken into custody early Thursday. AP

  Easy investment not meant to beArticle Courtesy of Houston Chronicle   Easy investment not meant to be Easy investment not meant to be By THOM MARSHALL Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle Maybe you can relate to this: I hear about other people reaping spectacular rewards on investments, but when I get wind of some amazing deal in the works, something always happens. For example, I recently got a lead on a house scheduled for public auction that might have been an amazing deal. You could move into it or rent it out like the current owner has been doing. The only hitch was that...

I was intrigued by the Chronicle's April 19 editorial declaring Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, to be a "fanatic" for what he said at a recent conference in Pearland. I was the organizer of the conference and heard DeLay's entire speech; the Chronicle's reporter and editorial board did not. So how did this "fanaticism" of DeLay's get exposed? Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, or AU, is a national group in Washington, D.C. -- a group notorious on Capitol Hill for its anti-religious bigotry, intolerance and demagoguery. Americans United opposed the National Day of Reconciliation, which Hillary...