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Texas Truck-Bodies Jury Fails to Reach Verdict

HOUSTON – A jury in the trial of a man accused of driving and abandoning an airtight tractor-trailer packed with more than 70 illegal immigrants ended its second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Jurors were scheduled to resume deliberations on Wednesday in the trial of Tyrone Williams (search), …

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House Bill Would Help Natural Disaster Victims

WASHINGTON – People who receive federal grants to relocate or safeguard their homes from hurricanes, flooding or other natural disasters wouldn’t have to pay taxes on that money under a bill approved by the House on Monday. The Internal Revenue Service (search) determined last year that these hazard mitigation grants …

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Jordan Court Sentences Al-Zarqawi

AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan’s military court sentenced wanted terror leader Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi (search) to 15 years jail and a detained associate to three years behind bars Sunday for planning an attack on the Jordanian Embassy (search) in Baghdad. The court convicted al-Zarqawi, Iraq’s most wanted terrorist, and Al-Miqdad Mohammad al-Dabbas, …

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