LOS ANGELES — He was named a “person of interest” in the killing of a Hollywood publicist, and he shot himself to death as detectives tried to question him – but police say it’s still not clear if he played any role in the murder. What is certain about Harold Martin Smith is that he was an armed career criminal possibly looking at another stretch in prison.
BERLIN — The online payment service provider PayPal has cut off the account used by WikiLeaks to collect donations, serving another blow to the organization just as it was struggling to keep its website accessible after an American company stopped directing traffic to it. PayPal said the move was prompted by a violation of its policy, “which states that our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity.”
For most of the 29,000 participants in Sunday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon or its half-marathon offshoot, finishing the race will be a benchmark in their lives. For Josh Cox, it will simply serve as a warm-up.
For the first time in five years, Trevor Brazile can devote most of his focus in the National Finals Rodeo on winning calf roping and team roping world championships.
