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...Eric Volz was found guilty of murdering his Nicaraguan ex-girlfriend Doris Ivania Jimenez. She had been found hogtied, raped and strangled to death in the back of her clothing boutique in the touristy beach town of San Juan del Sur on Nicaragua's Pacific coast. However, a second man, Julio Martin Chamorro, a small-town bully with the reputation of being a "tourist leech," stood trial alongside Volz and was also found guilty of the murder. Both he and Volz were sentenced to 30 years in prison...
...school football history: With two minutes to go in a semifinal playoff game on Dec. 7 at Miami's Orange Bowl, the hitherto undefeated state champion Miami Northwestern Bulls were watching their season - and their ranking as the nation's top high school football team - slip away. The Deerfield Beach Bucks were leading 14-12 in the game, and had the ball on Northwestern's 1-yard line. But the Bulls not only kept the Bucks out of the end zone, they marched 99 yards with just one timeout left, converting two fourth-down plays, to score the winning touchdown...
Which, of course, a lot of people do. And despite the fact that, as Harris puts it, his current literary mode "is not beach reading," they may find that they are keeping up with his academic writings more avidly - and nervously - than they do his bestsellers...
...takes skill to earn the respect of big-wave riders in Oahu, Hawaii. Locals there nicknamed Monterey, Calif., surfing icon Peter Davi the "Outer Reef Chief" for his fearlessness. One of the now legendary surf spots he helped popularize is Ghost Trees, near California's famed Pebble Beach golf course, where Davi drowned Dec. 4 while trying to tackle 70-footers with friends...
...cheering, of course. Detractors accuse the openly leftist mayor of spending public money to provide circuses for poor Mexicans in exchange for their votes. Ebrard is having none of it, retorting that such criticism comes from the rich élite who can afford to take vacations on the beach or at ski resorts. The mayor is laying on recreation for the city's millions of have-nots who can barely afford to feed their families, let alone take a holiday. "The ice rink has been an incredible success," the mayor said recently. "Look how many people have come...