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State Rep. Beth Coulson, one of the most moderate Republican candidates running for Congress, will be meeting with Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele tomorrow in Illinois to discuss her campaign – and the need for Republicans to have a big-tent party so it can compete in Democratic-minded districts.

A former FBI agent involved in the convictions of hundreds of terrorists spoke Thursday night at the University of Florida about the lack of power the FBI has that in part allowed the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to happen. Danny Coulson, the founder of the FBI's Counter Terror Force Hostage Rescue Team, was involved in the arrest of Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. "One of the most difficult things was going into the nursery and seeing shattered baby bottles and little bloody palm prints on the walls," said Coulson, who left the...

Man who killed 5 in family executed By MIKE TOLSON Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle HUNTSVILLE -- Almost 10 years after he killed his adoptive parents, two sisters and brother-in-law in a gruesome scheme to claim his inheritance, Robert Coulson was put to death by injection Tuesday night, still insisting he was wrongfully convicted. "I'm innocent," Coulson said in a brief final statement from the gurney. "I had absolutely nothing to do with my family's murder. I want to thank the people who supported me. I hope they will continue the fight. That's all." As the flow of lethal drugs was...

June 23, 2002, 9:08PM The last chapter in horrific crime Man who killed 5 in family to be executed on Tuesday By MIKE TOLSON Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Mike Gherman, the neighbor, remembers the shock of seeing his back yard filled with smoke so thick that his dog collapsed, unable to breathe. Bob Tucker, the friend, remembers the shiver of fear that hit him when he saw all the cars in the driveway outside the blazing house but none of their owners in the yard. And Chuck Rosenthal, the prosecutor, recalls the ominous words from a woman standing beside him...