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Christopher Wright was a well-known businessman in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had a good life. A married man. Three children – including a newborn. The other day he was in downtown for a high school reunion – meeting up with alumni from The Baylor School. Mr. Wright was accosted on the street by a career criminal. He was shot in the head and he died at a nearby hospital. The killer is a man named Darryl Roberts. Over the years this thug has been arrested and charged at least 66 times. In 2003 he pulled a knife on a TJ Maxx...

ATennessee father and businessman was shot and killed in Chattanooga last week by a man with a lengthy rap sheet, according to police. Local businessman Christopher Wright, 38, was downtown in the city on Thursday to attend his 20-year high school reunion, according to The Chattanoogan. It reported Friday that he graduated from the city's private Baylor School in 2003 and went on to graduate from Yale University.

How listening to an iPod could stop your pacemaker workingBy DANIEL MARTIN - More by this author » Last updated at 23:27pm on 11th May 2007  Ipods can cause pacemakers to malfunction by making them go too fast, too slow or even stop altogether, according to a study. Researchers found that iPods could make pacemakers malfunction by interfering with the electromagnetic equipment monitoring the heart rate. As a result, the pacemaker was unable to effectively monitor how fast the heart was beating, making it unable to regulate its speed. The study may concern the increasing number of older people...

Lisa Marie Presley had a hit called "Lights Out in Memphis," but she never could have dreamed it up concerning her ex-husband: The lights could go out at Neverland today. It seems that Michael Jackson's famed ranch and retreat, the site of many good works, and also some nasty allegations, could be losing its staff. Sources have confessed to me that last Friday, for the second week in a row, the payroll was not met. Many operating expenses, including the phone and electricity bills, have gone unpaid as well. The blame for all this is being laid at the feet...