Last Week in the World of News

by Paul Moser assistant sports editor

02/10

$33.5 million charged to Simpson.

In a further decision by the jury in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against O.J. Simpson they found that Simpson will pay an additional $25 million in punitive damages plus $8.5 million in compensatory damages for a grand total of $33.5 million.

This decision comes a week after Simpson was found liable for the wrongful death of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.

The Goldmans will receive $12.5 million for the loss of their son as will the Nicole Brown Simpson estate.

Eight-and-a-half million dollars will be split up among the two. The estimated $15.7 million that Simpson was esti- mated to be worth has been doubled by the jury.

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Rapist and killer executed in Texas.

Richard Brimage Jr. was put to death by lethal injection Monday for the rape and murder of Mary Beth Kunkel in 1987.

Kunkel, a former prom queen, was violently raped and murdered by the now 41-year-old Kunkel.

Brimage bought Kunkel, the girlfriend of his boss, to his home for some tools. He proceeded to rape and murder the woman.

Brimage was released in 1994 but reconvicted again last year. He waived any wants of a stay.

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Parcells named Jets head coach.

Former New England Patriot head coach Bill Parcells was finally allowed to become the head coach of the New York Jets, a team which finished 1-15 last year, with a trade that was overlooked by league Commissioner Paul Tagliabue.

After weeks of fighting, the Patriots finally relinquished the rights to Parcells for the Jets 1999 first round draft choice, second round choice in 1998 and their fourth and fifth round choices this year.

Assistant head coach Bill Belichek was named head coach for this season and Parcells was named consultant because of the one year remaining on his contract with the Patriots.

The new trade moves Belichek to defensive coordinator, his position as Patriots assistant.

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Highest ranking soldier in army suspended.

The top ranked enlisted soldier in the Army, Sergeant Major

Gene C. McKinney, was suspended from his job because of his accused sexual misconduct.

Sergeant major Brenda Hoster accused McKinney of requesting sex and grabbing and kissing her.

McKinney was suspended because of the difficulty in performing his job under these allegations.

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Students from Frostburg State charged with manslaughter.

Freshman John Eric Stinner, 20, consumed 6 beers and 12 shots of vodka in two hours at an off-campus party of an unsanctioned fraternity. He was found dead in his dormitory room on Saturday, Nov. 9 with a blood alcohol level three times that of legal intoxication. Eight students have been charged with manslaughter.