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...four of the 21 surviving children have been placed with parents and relatives. Yet Koresh still looms as an ambivalent shadow, a daunting memory. In their drawings the compound is both riddled with bullet holes and depicted as the kingdom of heaven. In other drawings, they surrounded the words I LOVE DAVID with hearts. "They learned to substitute the word love for fear," Perry told the New York Times. Living a normal life will not be easy. "We were all waiting for the end to happen," says Kiri Jewell. It has -- and now life must...
...Waco, embattled FBI Director William Sessions, after touring the charred compound, received a standing ovation from the locals. The big news was the discovery that the heads of many of the Waco corpses had bullet holes in them; including leader David Koresh's. A girl selling T shirts nearby didn't believe it: "I think ((Koresh)) got out somehow . . . I think he'll show up in two or three years...
...running out: another grand jury indicted him on reopened statutory rape charges, which carry a possible sentence of 73 years. Brought to court in a sharp suit, sharp tie and handcuffs, he pleaded not guilty. At his side was his wife Mary Jo, with fragments of Fisher's bullet still buried in her head. "I know Joey," she said, loyal as ever. "I believe...
...power was not an act of treason but rather a patriotic effort to prevent the breakup of the U.S.S.R. While many Russians appear ready to believe them -- or at least pardon them -- the defendants could be sentenced to death if found guilty. In Russia that means a bullet to the back of the head -- an unfunny finale to one of history's most riveting farces...
...Police Willie Williams, imported from Philadelphia after the riots to replace the truculent Daryl Gates, was intent on not repeating Gates' mistakes of last year, when police were deployed to riot zones too late and in insufficient numbers. In addition to providing his force with new gear, including bullet-resistant helmets, rubber bullets and spray cans of disabling gas, Williams brokered a mutual-aid pact with other Southern California cities. In the event of trouble, up to 20,000 out-of-town reinforcements could be moved...