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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A writer desperate to get a movie script read suffered the ultimate rejection Thursday when police blew up a briefcase he said contained the screenplay after an agent refused to read it, police said. The bizarre story was set in Beverly Hills, where a man visited the office of a literary agent and left behind a briefcase that he said contained a computer, police Sgt. Brad Cornelius said. The man left instructions for it to be delivered to someone at the business, who told another person in the office, "This guy's been kind of pestering me...

May 30, 2004 Student Charged With Murdering British Literary Agent The Associated Press LONDON (AP) - Authorities have charged a student with murdering the prominent British literary agent Rod Hall, whose clients included the writers of films such as "Calendar Girls," "The Full Monty" and "Billy Elliot," police said Sunday. Hall, 53, was found dead in his southeast London home on May 23 after a friend reported him missing. An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdomen. Usman Durrani, 20, a student from east London, was charged late Saturday with his...