Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Globe Lets Carp Get Away in Chicago

Who would want to go fishing with them? 

Feds to step up hunt for Asian carp near Chicago

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"Long prison term for 4th convicted in fatal beating" July 20, 2011|Associated Press

CHICAGO - A Chicago man convicted in the 2009 videotaped beating death of a high school honors student was sentenced to 32 years in prison yesterday, the fourth of five defendants in the case to receive lengthy terms behind bars.

Eugene Riley, 20, could have walked away from the 2009 attack on 16-year-old Derrion Albert, but instead, he jumped out of his car, grabbed a wooden board, and slammed it into the high school sophomore’s head while the teen was lying on the ground, according to James Papa, Cook County assistant state’s attorney.

In a cellphone video that circulated worldwide after it was posted online, Derrion’s attackers are seen punching and kicking him, slamming him over the head with large boards, and finally, stomping on his head....

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