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Delton Dowthitt, 16, had dropped out of ninth grade that spring and moved out of his mother's home in Oak Ridge North. Dennis Dowthitt, 45, ran a shabby used car lot in nearby Humble. By contrast, Gracie Purnhagen, 16, and sister Tiffany, 9, came from a stable home. At about 8:45 p.m., Dennis Dowthitt's white pickup truck cruised into the bowling alley parking lot and witnesses saw the Purnhagen girls get in. Dennis Dowthitt slid out of the truck and said, "I messed up." Delton and young Tiffany stood watching as Dennis Dowthitt pummeled Gracie to the ground, unsheathed his buck knife and cut her throat.

The driver, Richard Rojas, 26, was taken into custody after a traffic agent tackled him as he fled from his car, a maroon Honda that came to a stop after ramming into stanchions at the corner of 45th Street and Broadway. The panic provoked by a car speeding on sidewalks in the heart of Manhattan immediately evoked the specter of terrorism, but law enforcement officials said they had determined that did not seem to have a role in the episode.

"Jack the Ripper" is the popular name given to a serial killer who killed a number of prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888. The name originates from a letter written by someone who claimed to be the killer published at the time of the murders. The killings took place within a mile area and involved the districts of Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Aldgate, and the City of London proper. He was also called the Whitechapel Murderer and "Leather Apron."

Joan of Arc rejected the cautious strategy that characterized French leadership during previous campaigns. Entrance of Joan of Arc into Reims in 1429. Pope Benedict XV canonized Joan in 1920. Joan of Arc has been a political symbol in France since the time of Napoleon. Golden statue of Joan of Arc at Place des Pyramides, Paris by Emmanuel Frémiet, 1874.

CYA: Cover your assets! Here is everything you need to know about corporations and LLCs. The Corporate Credit Bible is your how-to guide to running your corporation or LLC. Groups of certain professionals can form corporations known as professional corporations or professional service corporations (PCs). Professional corporations can shield owners from liability. Also covered are non-profit corporations.

President McKinley was shot by a lone gunman name Lee who was an anarchist who blamed McKinley and us capitalist system for his economic problems on September 6, 1901 McKinley was in Buffalo New York at the Pan-American in a receiving line when a man carrying a hidden handgun walk in a shot him twice.

HOUSTON - Both sides rested Thursday afternoon in the murder trial of Jessica Tata. Tata returned to find the West Houston house on fire. Tata faces up to life in prison if convicted. Tata pleaded not guilty. A mother of one of the four children who was killed in the fire at Tata's day-care center watched the proceedings Friday. Jessica Tata is charged with felony murder in the death of one of the children. Tata faces up to life in prison if convicted. Tata's attorneys say the murder charge is excessive because she never intended to harm the children.