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24May
2016

This Week in History – Bonnie & Clyde Killed in Police Ambush

Notorious bandits Bonnie Parker, left, and Clyde Barrow.  Clyde Barrow had exploited the pre-FBI “state line” rule that prevented officers from one jurisdiction from pursuing a fugitive into another – but his ...

16May
2016

This Week in History – Life Without Parole Ruled Unconstitutional

Florida Solicitor General Scott Makar, who grew up in Holmes Beach, gives the state’s oral argument to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Graham v. Florida case, in which life without parole was ruled unconstitutional in ...

09May
2016

This Week in History – Nelson Mandela Inaugurated

Nelson Mandela inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president May 10th, 1994. Also in 1994, Mandela published his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, much of which he had secretly written while in prison. West ...

07May
2016

CARP, Inc. Announces New Facilities

Kelly V. Landers, President, and the Board of Directors of the recently restructured C.A.R.P. (Comprehensive Alcoholism Rehabilitation Programs, Inc.), are proud to announce the new C.A.R.P. facility, previously located off ...

02May
2016

This Week in History – John Scopes Arrested for Teaching Evolution

Photo: Evangelist T.T. Martin’s books against the theory of evolution were sold at an outdoor stand in Dayton, Tennessee, scene of the Scopes Monkey Trial (Source: Associated Press). West Palm Beach criminal defense ...

25Apr
2016

This Week in History – Mutiny on the Bounty

In early April 1789, Captain Bligh of the British Royal Navy left Tahiti in the Pacific and sailed to England with his crew. However on April 28th, he woke on the HMS Bounty to face a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against ...

18Apr
2016

This Week in History: The Bay of Pigs

Photo: 29 December 1962, Miami, Florida. Address to the 2506 Cuban Invasion Brigade at the Orange Bowl Stadium. Mrs. Kennedy speaks informally with Brigade leaders Eneido Oliva, Jose Perez San Roman, Manuel Artime, former ...

11Apr
2016

This Week in History – All Charges Dropped in Duke Lacrosse Case

Photo:  After months of press attention and an irrevocable stain on the Duke athletic program, North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper declared on April 11, 2007 in exonerating lacrosse players Reade Seligmann, David ...

04Apr
2016

This Week in History – Martin Luther King, Jr. is Assassinated

Photo: Lorraine Hotel (Memphis, TN), April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed outside the Lorraine Motel where he was staying; he had come there to support sanitation workers in their strike.  Today the ...

28Mar
2016

This Week in History – President Reagan Shot

Featured photo above: President Ronald Reagan waves just before he is shot outside the Washington Hilton on March 30, 1981. From left are secret service agent Jerry Parr, in raincoat, who pushed Reagan into the limousine; ...