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entally ill inmate
executed Wednesday
By Michael Graczyk
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
nterpol putsfom
(resident of PeriiN
riost-wanted list
HUNTSVILLE, Texas— A
mentally ill murderer spared
from execution five months ago
by a last-minute reprieve was
executed Wednesday for fatally
stabbing a woman during an
attempted rape.
“None of this should have
happened and now that I’m
dying there is nothing left to
worry about,” James Colburn
said in a brief final statement as
he was strapped to the death
chamber gumey. “I know it was a
mistake. I have no one to blame
but myself” he said.
Colburn added that it was “no
big deal” about whether he knew
the difference between right and
wrong, which was an element of
his appeal. He prayed “that
everyone involved overlooks the
stupidity. Everybody has prob
lems and I won’t be part of the
problem any more. I can quit
worrying now.”
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PARIS (AP) - Interpol
eru's disgraced former p
ent, Alberto Fujimori, oni
lost-wanted list WednK
suing a "red notice" callii|l
le exiled leader's arrest!"
xtradition on murder and t:
apping charges in Peru, f
The move by the
— James Colburn
executed inmate
He then said he could feel
the drugs in his system. “It’s
going to be like passing out on
drugs,” he said. Colburn gasped
slightly and his eyes closed. He
was pronounced dead at 6:21
p.m., eight minutes after the
flow of drugs began.
Colburn, 43, didn’t deny
killing the woman at his Conroe-
area home in 1994, but his attor
neys contended it would be bar
baric to execute the ninth-grade
dropout because he suffers from
paranoid schizophrenia.
The execution was the 12th
this year and third this month
in Texas, the nation’s most
active death penalty state. With
three more set for next month,
Texas remains on a pace that
would top the record 40 carried
out in 2000.
“The state we fought so hard
to help with his illness just killed
my brother,” a bitter Tina Morris,
Colburn’s sister, said after watch
ing him die. “The state has killed
a very mentally ill man.”
Prosecutors didn’t dispute
Colburn’s mental illness but con
tended the repeat offender who
was on parole when arrested for
capital murder was competent
and understood why he was fac
ing lethal injection.
Stricter curriculum for automatic
admissions tentatively approved
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pan, where Fujimori flee
icape a corruption scandal
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[tradition by his Japanese®
inship.
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iccessful campaign
aoist guerrillas, faces
arges for allegedly authoi
■ath squads who massacr
spected rebel sympathizer!!
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AUSTIN (AP) — High school students
eligible for a program that guarantees automatic
admission to a Texas college under legislation
that won final approval in the Senate on
Wednesday.
High schools now offer three levels of curricu
lum: minimum, recommended and advanced.
Students can take any level to qualify for a pro
gram that requires Texas public universities to
admit students who rank in the top 10 percent of
their graduating class.
The bill would require students who want to be
eligible for the program to take at least the rec
ommended curriculum level, which includes more
foreign language, science and math classes.
“Kids are smart and they’ve learned that if
they take the easier courses, the minimum cur
riculum, they improve their chances of graduating
in the top 10 percent of their class,” said bill spon
sor Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio.
The bill would apply to students who will be
freshmen next fall.
Wentworth said that for the summer/fall 2001
school year, 12.4 percent of the students who had
qualified for the top 10 percent rule took the min
imum level of curriculum in high school.
All schools in Texas offer the recommended
curriculum level, he said, but the bill makes an
exception for students who are not able to take
all of the courses under the curriculum level
because necessary courses were not available at
appropriate times during their high school
career.
rst woman choii
> lead Judaism's
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JEW YORK (AP) - Caini
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dying to become Reform(d I
are female,
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belong to the Silicon Vat
gregation near Stanif
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ctor for Reform's synagep
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synagogue with an outiea'
ays and lesbians to be actff
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rdiologist wants
help build new
qi democracy
USTON (AP) - If Saddai
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dad wants to help build 1
ocracy in Iraq,
hdi Al-Bassam, 58, is 1
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sing Saddam and belpi!
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OPEN TALENT CALL
Maximilian Alexander
Newest Cast Member of
“All My Children”,
Playing the role of “Carlos”
Michael Vitulli
Signed with
Superior Talent Agency, LA
Valarie Renter
Recording Demo with
Michael Jay,
Jambo Productions, LA
HERE ARE JUST A FEW
STUDENTS OF NIKKI
PEDERSON TALENT WHO
HAVE BEEN SIGNED WITH
TOP AGENTS AND
MANAGERS
The Nikki Pederson Model & Talent
Academy is pleased to announce it will
be hosting a scouting event in Bryan on
Saturday, April 5 at 4:00 pm, and
Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 pm for the
International Modeling &
Talent Association Convention,
“Hooray For Hollywood” 2004.
Actors, Actresses, Singers, Dancers and
Models are encouraged to audition. The
IMTA is a distinguished and legitimate
avenue to meet agents and begin learn
ing about a career outside the Brazos
Valley Market. If you are selected to
attend the LA Convention and
Competitions you will have the opportu
nity to audition for and interview with
scores of modeling and talent agents,
you might never have the chance to
meet otherwise. It is truly a once in a
lifetime event for the aspiring model and
talented individuals. Nikki Pederson
Talent had an Outstanding 95% Agency
callback rate at the last International
Model & Talent Convention &
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Stars like Katie Holmes, Elijah Wood,
Jessica Biel & Cover Girl Model, Jessica
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Crystal Wiseman
Signed with
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Class of 2002
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Signed with
Stein Entertainment, LA
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Signed with
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