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...Mongla sprawls across a spacious valley bound by dark hills. I drove along the high street, where many old buildings had been demolished and replaced by the standard-issue shophouses, some of which doubled as cheap brothels. Most residents had retreated inside to escape the sweltering heat, and the streets were empty apart from a grimy Akha woman sifting through the trash cans...
...February of 1999, a freshman guard named Jenn Monti drove the length of the floor in 5.7 seconds and hit an off-balance three at the buzzer to propel Harvard over Brown...
...vote to overturn a death penalty--the notorious case of Missouri cop killer James Johnson. In 1991 a sheriff's deputy arrived at Johnson's house after Johnson threatened his wife and daughter with a gun. Johnson shot the deputy in the back, then in the head. He then drove to the home of the local sheriff and shot the sheriff's wife five times during a holiday party; she died in front of her family. He wounded another deputy and killed two more outside the sheriff's office before he was captured. His insanity defense was unsuccessful...
Sometimes the known is the unknown. On the way back from dinner, Stahl drove up Ortega Highway, which runs from San Juan Capistrano east over the hills to Riverside, about 30 miles from their home. The detectives think Godley, a.k.a. Satton, was waiting for the car, a silver 1996 Dodge Stratus. They theorize that Godley decided to kill both people in the car, either to eliminate all witnesses or because he was jealous of Stahl's affair with Vasco--or both. "Ken didn't see it coming," says Villalobos. "He thought he was taking care of her, and then--boom...
...married to Love's current beau, Geffen Records executive JIM BARBER. In the $1.5 million suit, Love claims Barber is "obsessed" with her and has engaged in a "20-month campaign of stalking" and "harassment," blaming the end of her marriage on Love. According to the suit, Barber drove a car straight at Love last June. Love says she jumped out of the way, but the car rolled over her foot. As a result, the suit claims, Love was unable to complete training for a "heavily physical" role in Halloween director John Carpenter's next film, Ghosts of Mars...