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Best man charged with setting Hampton newlyweds' house on fire Associated Press © April 28, 2005 Last updated: 12:05 PM HAMPTON -- Police have charged the best man at a couple's wedding with setting the newlyweds' house on fire while they were away on their honeymoon. Joseph Overton, 27, of Hampton, was charged with burning and destroying a dwelling and manufacturing and use of an explosive device, Fire Marshal Rick Rickett said. He would not say what the motive was, but said it was not racially driven. Del. Thomas Gear, R-Hampton, the bride's father, had feared the blaze could have...