NEW CASE: The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a California man who served 24 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned can sue two former prosecutors for allegedly violating his civil rights.
THE TITANIC: Scientists have discovered that the builder of the Titanic struggled for years to obtain rivets and riveters and ultimately settled on faulty materials that doomed the ship, which sank 96 years ago Tuesday, according to The New York Times.
SENTENCED: A Hells Angel was sentenced Monday in Albany, N.Y., to a mandatory life term for blowing up a federal drug informant with a car bomb nearly 15 years ago. Richard Vallee, 50, was convicted in September of murdering Lee Carter Jr. ZEROED OUT: The Detroit City Council escalated its feud with Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Monday when its members abruptly adjourned and refused to hear his annual budget address. “It was a total blindside,” he said. “This is childish. It’s no leadership.”
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