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September 20, 2006
Crime Stoppers, a nonprofit organization, printed 5,000 decks of playing cards with pictures and information regarding 52 of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office 280 unsolved homicide victims. In a new, creative effort to solve crimes, it was announced on Tuesday that the cards would be passed out to county jail inmates. The incentive for inmates will be the reward being offered (up to $1,000) if the inmate is released from jail within a year to receive it. Hopefully guilt and reward money will drive inmates to provide needed tips to solve these crimes.
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September 6, 2006
A woman received two snake bites while shopping at a Lowe's Home Improvement store in Ocala, Florida. Officials say the woman, 42, was looking at plants when she felt a "stinging feeling" in her leg. She looked down to find she was bitten.
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July 26, 2006
The trial of a man who allegedly tried to shove a cell phone down a woman's throat has begun. Prosecutors stated that the accused, Marlon Brando Gill, 24, was angry and jealous, forcing down the phone into Melinda Abell's throat in December. However, Defense Attorney's claim the 25-year-old victim swallowed the phone intentionally in order to prevent Gill from finding out who she'd been calling.
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March 24, 2006
Topics music, university, tool, piano, korea, songs, military, art, teacher, play, china, love, death, life and reuters
A North Korean music prodigy risked his life to escape the communist country so he could pursue his love of jazz. Reuters reports Kim Cheol-woong, 31, first heard jazz piano while studying overseas. The classically trained pianist wanted to play the less regimented style of music, but could not do so in the dictatorial regime.
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March 15, 2006
A court awards $5. 6 million to the family of a man who had a screwdriver shaft implanted in his spine by an orthopedic surgeon. The jury found Dr. Robert Ricketson, 48, negligent after he attached the stainless steel screwdriver to Arturo Iturralde's spine in 2001.
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