Word: heard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Were you bothered by the fact that the Million Woman March was not a highly publicized event? That very few people had heard...
Soon Rasor and investigator Robert Bauman heard of Swan's work. Intrigued, they began working with Packard to obtain records listing the cause and place of death for every Californian who died from 1986 to 1993. More than 300,000 had died in nursing homes...
...Gunsmoke, a hunting camp in northeastern Pennsylvania owned by Dillon's family. According to Scher, as the two of them blasted clay pigeons, Dillon caught sight of a porcupine and, after grabbing Scher's 16-gauge Winchester pump-action shotgun, ran off after it. Scher told police that he heard a shot, ran toward it and found Dillon 250 ft. away with a fatal wound to his chest. He had apparently tripped over a shoelace and fell on the gun. Splattered with blood from trying to revive his friend, Scher said he was so overcome with emotion that he smashed...
...Dillon's death. On June 2, 1976, Scher said, Dillon looked him "right in the eye" and asked if he was having an affair with his wife. "What could I do? I said yes." The two men proceeded to argue and, Scher said, Dillon grabbed a gun. "I heard a scream or a yell, and I saw he had the 16-gauge in his hand. I knew I had to get that gun away from him. There was a struggle, and the gun went off." Why did he lie throughout the past two decades? "Because of the pain...The pain...
...Wichita parents and teachers still marvel at what they see happening to their kids. When Beth Loos' son David started third grade at Dodge-Edison, he was unable to read, period. A year later, in fourth grade, he is reading at third-grade level. "Before I arrived here, I heard many negative things about the school," says Loos, who teaches Spanish. "Now I feel blessed to be here." Last week David read The Boxcar Children to his mom. --By Kevin Fedarko/Wichita...