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Waco Twin Peaks Judge Reverses Decision to Extend ‘Pick-A-Pal’ Grand Jury

One of the state district judges presiding over the Waco Twin Peaks bikers cases has reversed his decision to extend the term of a grand jury selected under the old method of selecting grand juries. The judge will now comply with a McLennan County, Texas, order that ends on July 8th, the much criticized practice of selecting “pick-a-pal” grand juries. This grand jury will likely decide the fate of some, if not all, of the 177 bikers arrested on May 17th after the Twin Peaks shootout.

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Small ‘Daily Breeze’ Wins Pulitzer for Busting Local Corruption

Two writers and the city editor for The Daily Breeze, a 63,000-circulation newspaper in Torrance, California, won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reprting on Monday. The writers, Rob Kuznia, Rebecca Kimitch, and the editor, Frank Suraci, won $10,000 for their reporting of corruption in the Centinela Valley Union High School District.