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Police Trying to Unravel Timeline of Mysterious Wheeler Homicide

The mystery surrounding the death of former Army officer and government military consultant John P. Wheeler III has deepened as police study a timeline of events in the case as well as a newly released video that shows a disheveled Wheeler acting in a bizarre manner in the days leading up to his apparent...

Body of Former Federal Official Found at Landfill

DOVER, Del. -- A military expert who served three Republican presidents and helped get the Vietnam Veterans Memorial built as part of his dedication to those who fought in that war was found dead in a landfill, and authorities were trying to piece together when he was last seen alive. The body of John Wheeler III, 66, was...

Delaware Jury Awards $30M to Priest Abuse Victim

(Dec. 2) -- A jury in Delaware has awarded $30 million to a man who says he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest more than 100 times as a teenager in the 1960s. It's believed to be the single largest payout to any church abuse victim in U.S. history. But it's unclear when the victim, John Vai, will get his money. The...

Shark Bite Victim: 'I Thought It Was My Best Friend's Sister'

(June 29) -- Thirteen-year-old Carley Schlentz was swimming with friends at North Carolina's Topsail Island beach when she felt something latching onto her leg. Turned out it was a 5-foot-long shark. "I thought it was my best friend's sister grabbing on to my ankle but then it got really tight," she said CBS' "The Early...

Wilmington News From the Web

05/31/12 Beryl tornado destroys NC homes Source: Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville NC The remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl spun off a tornado that destroyed three homes and damaged dozens of others near the North Carolina coast Wednesday as the system sped toward the Atlantic, authorities said.
05/31/12 6 taken to hospital after hazardous leak in Wilmington Source: CW - WLVI 56 - Boston MA Six people were taken to the hospital overnight after being exposed to hazardous materials in Wilmington.
05/31/12 PETITIONS ARE POURING IN FROM ACROSS THE NATION, WEEK... Source: The Wilmington Journal - Wilmington NC Hundreds of citizens from across the nation are now expressing their support for the pardons campaign for the Wilmington Ten; joining congresspeople, state lawmakers and civil rights leadership in calling for the names of ten falsely convicted activists to be cleared after forty years.
05/30/12 Remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl Head Back Toward... Source: ABC - KSTP 5 Eyewitness News - St Paul MN The remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl headed toward the Atlantic on Wednesday, skimming the Carolinas coast and prompting flood watches in eastern North Carolina.
05/30/12 Beryl barrels through Bladen Source: The Bladen Journal - Elizabethtown NC ELIZABETHTOWN âFor the better part of 18 hours the remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl gave the Bladen County area a good soaking before moving out into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday afternoon.

Background on Wilmington

Wilmington (Lenape: Paxahakink, Pakehakink ) is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River.

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