Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #8
4/1/2015
1) Amanda Knox Conviction Overturned (Miami Herald)
Italy’s highest court overturned Amanda Knox’s and her ex-boyfriend’s murder conviction on Friday, bringing an end to the high profile 2007 murder trial that found her guilty of murdering her roommate. The exoneration of the murder charges is rare and there is no order for a new trial.
Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito were initially convicted in 2009, then acquitted and freed in 2011, and then convicted again in 2014 in Florence after another court overturned the acquittals and ordered a new appeals trial. Another man, Rudy Guede from Ivory Coast, was arrested, tried and convicted of the murder in a separate trial and is serving a 16-year sentence.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article16520396.html
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2) New Data Shows Student Loan Borrowers Suffering More Than Previously Believed (Huffington Post)
New data released by the Education Department shows that one-third of student loan borrowers are late on their payments. The figures are the first comprehensive look at the delinquency of student loan borrowers. Using new metrics for measuring the data shows that 33% of borrowers are five days late on one of their Federal student loan payments. The report details how the Federal government has four large student loan contractors, one of which has a delinquency rate of 38%. Less than 10% of student loans are run by small contractors who had lower delinquency rates of between 10 and 19%.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/27/federal-student-loans-delinquency_n_6957036.html
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3) Two Missing After Apparent NYC Gas Leak (Yahoo.com)
A possible gas leak caused an explosion and reduced two buildings to rubble Thursday. Inspectors from the utility company Consolidated Edison had visited the work site Thursday about an hour before the explosion and determined work to upgrade gas service didn’t pass inspection, locking the line to ensure it wouldn’t be used and then leaving. It’s possible that someone improperly tapped a gas line amid ongoing plumbing and gas work in one of the destroyed buildings.
http://news.yahoo.com/search-continues-least-2-apparent-nyc-gas-blast-061357432.html
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