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John Wilkes Booth. Lee Harvey Oswald. John Hinckley, Jr. And now, apparently, Francisco Martin Duran. Are we witnessing the deevolution of presidential assassins...
...this past Saturday, the dishonorably discharged Francisco Duran, whipped out the semiautomatic weapon from his tan trenchcoat, pumping approximately two dozen rounds into the White House. While bullets pierced the West Wing's concrete and glass, President Clinton sat upstairs watching football on television...
Fortunately, Duran was tackled by three men while reloading his rifle. One of these civilian heroes was Robert Haines, who claims he was a candidate for the presidency in 1992. (He didn...
Francisco Martin Duran, the man who allegedly sprayed the White House with bullets from a semiautomatic rifle Saturday, was charged with four felonies and ordered to undergo a 24-hour psychiatric exam. But the U.S. magistrate handling the case didn't release a letter found in Duran's truck that prosecutors say raises questions about his sanity. (Unofficially, they've said, it's a will.) Also in the truck, parked near the White House: a shotgun, an arsenal of ammunition, a gun magazine, a machete, sleeping bags and a stuffed animal. The 26-year-old Colorado man, who'll face...
...early '80s came the second British invasion (the first, the Stones and Beatles), but this event was more an infection than an invasion, led by junk-pop groups such as Duran Duran and Haircut 100. R.E.M., whose oblique songs dealt with provocative topics like Bible-thumping televangelists and complaints about American imperialism, provided an alternative to the British sludge that was washing up on U.S. shores. The band received little early support from radio or MTV, but by touring college towns and playing small clubs it steadily built a base of loyal fans. Its 1983 debut album, Murmur, sold more...