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Driskell and Burton's critics say the lack of results from their efforts is evidence of the pair's lack of ideas...
Driskell and Barkley agree that bitterness remains from the failed attempt to remove Burton from office. In February, a majority of the council --but not the two-thirds necessary for removal--voted to remove Burton on an impeachment charge stemming from alleged violations of campaign rules...
...above Black Rock Desert, the pilots of Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 set the controls for a midnight landing in Salt Lake City, Utah. As the tower radioed clearance, flight attendants in the back of the Boeing 737 began collecting Coke cups and pretzel bags. Suddenly, Jonathan Burton, 19, jumped into the aisle from his seat near the wing and started pacing back and forth. Then he bolted to the front of the plane and turned around. His eyes revealed his hysteria. "Everybody just sit down!" he yelled. "Everybody just sit down...
That was the start of one of the most bizarre episodes of in-flight violence in U.S. commercial-aviation history. Only hours later Burton was dead. It was first thought he had suffered a heart attack, but an autopsy later revealed he had died from injuries suffered at the hands of other passengers. Last week a U.S. Attorney decided to press no charges in the Aug. 11 event. But the mystery of what happened aboard Flight 1763 has not relented...
...Burton calmed down quickly after his first eruption, returned to his seat and buckled up. But panic washed over him again as the plane descended, and he stood in the aisle. A flight attendant, assuming he was just a nervous flyer, asked if he needed anything. "I'm fine," he told her. "It's just the drugs...