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13-Year Old Pleads In Murder Case Date: June 12, 2002 Source: KRQE News 13 / AP Location: Albuquerque, NM A 13-year old charged in the rape and murder of his neighbor has reached a plea agreement with the District Attorney’s office. The unusually named Mister Saunders, is accused of participating in the robbery, rape and murder of 34-year-old Melissa Gilbert back in January. The other boy who allegedly participated in the murder, 15-year old Benny Mora, is being tried as an adult. Mora reportedly told police that Saunders raped Gilbert twice. Saunders pleaded innocent to the charges at a...

SWABI, June 8: The smallpox epidemic is rapidly spreading in these parts of the province, but the district health department has failed to take any step to contain this deadly disease, Dawn learnt here on Saturday. It has been reported from different parts of the Swabi district that a large number of children have suffered from smallpox, but the authorities concerned have failed to take any action to prevent this disease or immunize the people against it. Smallpox is a fatal disease which causes high fever, leaves permanent marks on the skin and spreads very fast. Timely treatment and precautionary...

Washington --- Police on Thursday sifted through rotting leaves and bushes on the wooded hillside where the bones of Chandra Levy were found the day before. Along with a skull and scattered bones, they found remnants of a University of Southern California sweat shirt, running shoes, a sports bra and a Walkman, plus a ring engraved with the initials CL. The terrain in that section of Rock Creek Park is too rugged and steep for jogging, Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Charles Ramsey said. He wondered aloud whether the 24-year-old former federal intern might have been killed elsewhere and her body...

<p>AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Cigarette taxes are expected to become the No. 3 revenue generator for the state this year and bring in even more than corporate income taxes.</p> <p>The state's latest revenue forecast shows that taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products are expected to generate about $95 million this fiscal year. Corporate income taxes are projected to be about $90 million.</p>

A loyalist group has said it was responsible for the killing of a Catholic taxi driver in Co Tyrone last night. In a call to a Belfast newsroom, the Red Hand Defenders, using a recognised code word, admitted shooting dead Barney McDonald outside a snooker club at Donaghmore, near Dungannon. The Red Hand Defenders has been used in the past as a cover-name for both the UDA and the LVF. There had been speculation the attack may have been part of a falling-out among republicans. Northern Ireland Security Minister Ms Jane Kennedy described the killing of Barney McDonald as a...