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Wills also offered his services to people who fell behind on their car payments -- not an unusual situation in the economically depressed steel towns of Bucks County. His customers included a computer-software manufacturer, hairdressers, truck drivers, restaurant workers, anybody. One Wills crony, Albert Falls, would hang out at a local diner, the Golden Dawn, spreading the word that customers could ditch their cars in the parking lots of shopping malls -- after first placing $200 under the floor mat. The car owners were asked to wait two weeks before reporting the car stolen and collecting the insurance. By then...
Jury selection began for the trial of two of the young men accused of beating truck driver Reginald Denny during the riots in Los Angeles last year. Damian Williams, 20, and Henry Watson, 28, were allegedly hitting and kicking Denny when they were captured on videotape by a news helicopter. The two men are charged with attempted murder and other felonies in the attack on Denny and seven other victims. Another defendant in the case, Antoine Miller, 21, is also charged with attempted murder, but will have a separate trial...
...were going to shoot that house," says Doug, pointing down the street. "Just about now I'd cut the lights and slow down. Then bang, bang, bang, and I'd punch it out of there." The truck lurches forward. Doug turns the stereo louder...
...Settles Truck Suits...
...feckless bureaucrats. Most recently, FEMA was blamed for mishandling relief efforts after Hurricane Andrew. Witt has brought to the agency the frontline verve he had shown in official posts in Arkansas where, when snowstorms closed rural roads, he could be found standing on the tailgate of a pickup truck, spreading salt to clear the way for motorists. In times of flood, Witt stacked sandbags and drove a bulldozer...