5 YEARS: Christopher Burda, 46, who gave a loaded gun to his suicidal friend to “snap her out of it” and then watched in shock as she killed herself, was sentenced Friday in Pittsfield, Mass., to up to 5 years in prison for his role in her death. He apologized to Nancy Choquette’s family and his own.
SPAMMER’S PLEA: Robert Alan Soloway, 29, a man once described as one of the world’s top e-mail spammers, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and failure to file a tax return.
13th DEATH: Another burn patient has died of injuries suffered in an explosion Feb. 7 at a Georgia sugar refinery, bringing the death toll to 13.
QUOTABLE
‘It’s not going to get me to move back to the mainland to pay a buck less for a gallon of gasoline.’
– Todd Winn, co-owner of a tour company in Maui, who has been hit hard by rising gas prices. Maui is on the verge of becoming the first area in the nation to average $4 for a gallon of regular.
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