NAVAL PETTY OFFICER ALBERT RUGGIERO HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AN 18 YEAR OLD AIRMAN AFTER THE TWO MEN WERE AT A PARTY IN DECEMBER. RUGGIERO WAS TRIED IN CIVILIAN COURT BECAUSE THE ASSAULT OCCURRED OFF A MILITARY BASE.

REV. JESSE JACKSON WITH HUGE AFRO SITS IN LAWN CHAIR AND TALKS TO BLACK REPORTER, INTERVIEW IN COURTYARD OF HOTEL, TALKS ABOUT ORGANIZING A CHAPTER IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, TALKS ABOUT HATRED AGAINST WELFARE MOTHERS AND MIGRANT WORKERS IN FLORIDA. REPORTER ASKS ABOUT OPERATION PUSH, JACKSON DEFINES THE ORGANIZATION, TALKS ABOUT THE NEEDED BLACK CHURCH INVOLVEMENT AND ECONOMIC INFLATION. JACKSON TALKS POLITICAL ACTIVISM, OPERATION PUSH, BLACK CHURCH, BLACK MOVEMENT, WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, POOR PEOPLE, JAMES EARL RAY TRIAL, ETC.

'Sweat box' trial in Florida

07/06/64 A0005970 NXT12 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA -- KLANSMEN ACCUSE FBI OF BRIBERY. F - EURO J EX: 3 JAPAN, AUS, KBS) NX 30029, "LYNCH - STONER" SHOWS: (1) JB STONER, KLAN ATTORNEY, AND CONNIE LYNCH, KLAN MEMBER WITH REPORTER, 13 SECS: (2) Q & A, SOF, 4; (3) Q & A, SOF, 45 (37 FT -- 1:02, SHOT 7/5/64) TRIALS - LYNCH - STONER KU KLUX KLAN FLORIDA - CIVIL RIGHTS - FLORIDA - JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE TERRORISM - FLORIDA - JACKSONVILLE STONER, JB LYNCH, CONNIE EN WELLS / 37 FT / 16 / NEG /

GUESSING HERE ON STORY INFO - MAN WHO ATTACKED WOMAN OR A YOUNG GIRL WITH A CINDER BLOCK GETS $25,000 BOND SET TODAY IN FLORIDA.

INT BROLL LIVE COURT ROOM HEARING MICHAEL DUNN STAND YOUR GROUND CASE More witnesses and police officers will take the stand Friday in 47-year-old Michael Dunn's first-degree murder trial for fatally shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis in 2012 Ingest is scheduled for Interplay starting at 11am as: RS5130 MICHAEL DUNN TRIAL ABC SOURCE: ABC Network Court is scheduled to start at noon. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors are presenting their opening statements today in the trial of a Florida man charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old teen during an argument over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Dunn is charged in the death of Jordan Davis of Marietta, Ga., outside a convenience store in November 2012. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Even before the murder trial Thursday of a man accused of shooting a teenager here during a dispute over loud music, sign-waving demonstrators called for 47-year-old's conviction. Representatives of the New Black Panther Party, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Jacksonville Progressive Coalition waved signs on the Duval County Courthouse lawn as the jury began to hear testimony in the trial of Michael David Dunn of South Patrick Shores, Fla. Dunn faces charges of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and shooting or throwing a deadly missile in the death of Jordan Davis, 17, at a Jacksonville gas station.

A jury in Jacksonville, Florida ruled in favor of the R-J Reynolds tobacco company in a case brought to trial by an Orange Park woman. She had claimed R-J Reynolds was negligent and produced a defective product. JoAnne Karbiwnyk (carbon-nick) says the cigarette maker was responsible for her lung and brain cancer. After eight hours of deliberations...a jury found there was no negligence on the part of R-J reynolds. And that the cigarettes were nor unreasonably dangerous or defective. For the second time...Attorney Norwood Wilner has lost a tobacco lawsuit. The jury did not buy the argument R-J Reynolds misled the public about the dangers of smoking.

INT BROLL LIVE COURT ROOM HEARING MICHAEL DUNN STAND YOUR GROUND CASE More witnesses and police officers will take the stand Friday in 47-year-old Michael Dunn's first-degree murder trial for fatally shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis in 2012 Ingest is scheduled for Interplay starting at 11am as: RS5130 MICHAEL DUNN TRIAL ABC SOURCE: ABC Network Court is scheduled to start at noon. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors are presenting their opening statements today in the trial of a Florida man charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old teen during an argument over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Dunn is charged in the death of Jordan Davis of Marietta, Ga., outside a convenience store in November 2012. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Even before the murder trial Thursday of a man accused of shooting a teenager here during a dispute over loud music, sign-waving demonstrators called for 47-year-old's conviction. Representatives of the New Black Panther Party, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Jacksonville Progressive Coalition waved signs on the Duval County Courthouse lawn as the jury began to hear testimony in the trial of Michael David Dunn of South Patrick Shores, Fla. Dunn faces charges of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and shooting or throwing a deadly missile in the death of Jordan Davis, 17, at a Jacksonville gas station.

A Florida jury has returned "Guilty" verdicts today for Jason Stephens, known as "Psycho" and his accomplice Horace Cunnings.The saga began last June when police say Stephens and Cummings broke into a home.They took took an infant boy from the house and authorities later found him dead in a car.A massive manhunt then took place for the killers. Stephens led police on a two-state chase. It ended in an apartment complex in Atlanta.Months later, Stephens and Cummings finally had their day in court.After seven hours of deliberations, jurors found both guilty of first degree murder.

INT BROLL LIVE COURT ROOM HEARING MICHAEL DUNN STAND YOUR GROUND CASE More witnesses and police officers will take the stand Friday in 47-year-old Michael Dunn's first-degree murder trial for fatally shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis in 2012 Ingest is scheduled for Interplay starting at 11am as: RS5130 MICHAEL DUNN TRIAL ABC SOURCE: ABC Network Court is scheduled to start at noon. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors are presenting their opening statements today in the trial of a Florida man charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old teen during an argument over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Dunn is charged in the death of Jordan Davis of Marietta, Ga., outside a convenience store in November 2012. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Even before the murder trial Thursday of a man accused of shooting a teenager here during a dispute over loud music, sign-waving demonstrators called for 47-year-old's conviction. Representatives of the New Black Panther Party, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Jacksonville Progressive Coalition waved signs on the Duval County Courthouse lawn as the jury began to hear testimony in the trial of Michael David Dunn of South Patrick Shores, Fla. Dunn faces charges of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and shooting or throwing a deadly missile in the death of Jordan Davis, 17, at a Jacksonville gas station.

INT BROLL LIVE COURT ROOM HEARING MICHAEL DUNN STAND YOUR GROUND CASE More witnesses and police officers will take the stand Friday in 47-year-old Michael Dunn's first-degree murder trial for fatally shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis in 2012 Ingest is scheduled for Interplay starting at 11am as: RS5130 MICHAEL DUNN TRIAL ABC SOURCE: ABC Network Court is scheduled to start at noon. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors are presenting their opening statements today in the trial of a Florida man charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old teen during an argument over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Dunn is charged in the death of Jordan Davis of Marietta, Ga., outside a convenience store in November 2012. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Even before the murder trial Thursday of a man accused of shooting a teenager here during a dispute over loud music, sign-waving demonstrators called for 47-year-old's conviction. Representatives of the New Black Panther Party, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Jacksonville Progressive Coalition waved signs on the Duval County Courthouse lawn as the jury began to hear testimony in the trial of Michael David Dunn of South Patrick Shores, Fla. Dunn faces charges of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and shooting or throwing a deadly missile in the death of Jordan Davis, 17, at a Jacksonville gas station.

KATHY DALIBERTI... WIFE OF ONE OF TWO AMERICANS BEING HELD PRISONER IN IRAQ SINCE MID-MARCH, WHEN THEY ACCIDENTALLY CROSSED THE IRAQI BORDER REACTS TO THE LATEST BAD NEWS ... DAVID DALIBERTI AND WILLIAM BARLOON HAVE BEEN DENIED A NEW TRIAL.

INT BROLL LIVE COURT ROOM HEARING MICHAEL DUNN STAND YOUR GROUND CASE More witnesses and police officers will take the stand Friday in 47-year-old Michael Dunn's first-degree murder trial for fatally shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis in 2012 Ingest is scheduled for Interplay starting at 11am as: RS5130 MICHAEL DUNN TRIAL ABC SOURCE: ABC Network Court is scheduled to start at noon. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors are presenting their opening statements today in the trial of a Florida man charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old teen during an argument over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Dunn is charged in the death of Jordan Davis of Marietta, Ga., outside a convenience store in November 2012. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Even before the murder trial Thursday of a man accused of shooting a teenager here during a dispute over loud music, sign-waving demonstrators called for 47-year-old's conviction. Representatives of the New Black Panther Party, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Jacksonville Progressive Coalition waved signs on the Duval County Courthouse lawn as the jury began to hear testimony in the trial of Michael David Dunn of South Patrick Shores, Fla. Dunn faces charges of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and shooting or throwing a deadly missile in the death of Jordan Davis, 17, at a Jacksonville gas station.

Verdict in Huggins trialA JURY WEDNESDAY RECOMMENDED A DEATH SENTENCE FOR A LANDSCAPER CONVICTED OF KILLNG AN ORLANDO MOTHER WHOSE SISTER-IN-LAW WAS MURDERED BY A SERIAL KILLER.JURORS DELIBERATED FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE VOTING 8 TO 4 TO RECOMMEND THAT JOHN HUGGINS DIE IN FLORIDA'S ELECTRIC CHAIR.THE 36 YEAR OLD HUGGINS IS ALREADY SERVING A LIFE TERM FOR ARMED BANK ROBBERY.30 YEAR ODL CARLA LARSON WAS ABDUCTED JUNE 10, 1997 FROM A SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT WHILE ON HER LUNCH BREAK FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT WALT DISNEY WORLD. HER NUDE BODY WAS FOUND TWO DAYS LATER.HUGGINS WAS CONVICTED FEB 3 OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, KIDNAPPING, CARJACKING AND ROBBERY.SENTENCING IS SET FOR FEB. 26 IN ORLANDO.JIM LARSON, WHOSE VOICE CRACKED WITH EMOTION TALKED ABOUT MARRYING HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.. AND HOW RELIEVED HE IS THAT THIS PART OF THE PROCESS IS OVER.FLORIDA

INT BROLL LIVE COURT ROOM HEARING MICHAEL DUNN STAND YOUR GROUND CASE Ingest is scheduled for Interplay starting at 11am as: RS5130 MICHAEL DUNN TRIAL ABC SOURCE: ABC Network Court is scheduled to start at noon. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors are presenting their opening statements today in the trial of a Florida man charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old teen during an argument over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Dunn is charged in the death of Jordan Davis of Marietta, Ga., outside a convenience store in November 2012. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Even before the murder trial Thursday of a man accused of shooting a teenager here during a dispute over loud music, sign-waving demonstrators called for 47-year-old's conviction. Representatives of the New Black Panther Party, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Jacksonville Progressive Coalition waved signs on the Duval County Courthouse lawn as the jury began to hear testimony in the trial of Michael David Dunn of South Patrick Shores, Fla. Dunn faces charges of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and shooting or throwing a deadly missile in the death of Jordan Davis, 17, at a Jacksonville gas station.

A TEENAGE JACKSONVILLE GIRL IS FACING CHARGES FOR A VICIOUS PRANK. THE GIRL APPARENTLY GOT NAMES AND PHONES NUMBERS OFF A HOSPITAL COMPUTER WHEN SHE WENT WITH HER MOTHER TO WORK ... AND LATER CALLED THE PATIENTS, TELLING THEM THEY HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR AIDS. SHE WAS ARRAIGNED ON MULTIPLE COUNTS THIS MORNING. MORE DETAILS AS AVAILABLE.(JACKSONVILLE) -- OFFICIALS SAY A 13-YEAR-OLD JACKSONVILLE GIRL CHARGED WITH MAKING BOGUS AIDS PHONE CALLS IS BECOMING A LITTLE MORE C-OPERATIVE.THE GIRL IS ACCUSED OF CALLING EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS AND TELLING THEM THEY HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE AIDS VIRUS. THIS MORNING, SHE WAS CHARGED WITH SIX FELONIES AND EIGHT MISDEMEANORS.THE GIRL WAS NOT IN COURT TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAS CONTRACTED CHICKEN POX. BUT THE JUDGE IS REQUIRING HER TO BE AT ALL FUTURE COURT APPEARANCES.THE TEENAGER WAS DESCRIBED AS ``DEFIANT'' IN THE LAST COURT APPEARANCE. SHE REMAINS AT A JUVENILE FACILITY, AND OFFICIALS SAY SHE IS NOW A LITTLE EASIER TO WORK WITH.THE JUDGE HAS SET A MARCH 29TH PRE-TRIAL HEARING IN THE CASE. HE HAS TURNED DOWN A DEFENSE REQUEST FOR A THREE-WEEK DELAY.

JURY SELECTION BEGAN THIS MORNING IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF A FORMER USS STARK CREWMAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A YOUNG NAVY WIFE AND HER DAUGHTER IN 1987. 22 YEAR OLD THOMAS TAYLOR WAS ABOARD THE SHIP IN THE PERSIAN GULF WHEN IT WAS ACCIDENTALLY DAMAGED BY TWO IRAQI MISSILES. 37 OF HIS SHIPMATES WERE KILLED IN THAT BLAST. TWO DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT 21 YEAR OLD PAULA SMITS AND 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AMANDA WERE FOUND SLAIN.