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<FONT SIZE=4><B>Compiled from staff, wire reports</B></FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=4><B>Killing suspect says she is 'antichrist'</B></FONT><P>
<B>PIKEVILLE</B> -- The alleged leader of a group accused in a triple slaying in Tennessee thinks she is one of at least three antichrists, a daughter of Satan sent to fight the Christian establishment, her lawyer said yesterday.Eric Conn talked to Natasha Wallen Cornett, 18, of Betsy Layne, on Saturday and Sunday at an Arizona jail. He said she and the other five accused in the April 6 killings of three family members near an interstate highway rest area were on a mission to do Satan's work.
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"She believes ... that Armageddon has already begun, that in the year 2000, all mankind will no longer exist, and that she and these other antichrists will re-form the world into this new being, new shape until the year 2012," he said. "And then life will begin anew under a new control. Evil will become greater than it already is and will rule everything."
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Conn said Cornett believes that her particular "dominion as an antichrist" is to "have the children of America and the world rise up against their parents and cast off their bondage."
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Cornett and the others are charged with three counts of murder in the deaths of Vidar and Delfina Lillelid, and their 6-year-old daughter, Tabitha. They were arrested near the Mexican border on April 8, driving the victims' van.
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<FONT SIZE=4><B>Poets, journal to host reading</B></FONT>
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Limestone: A Literary Journal , UK's graduate literary magazine, and Affrilachian Poets, an African-American writers group at UK, are hosting a poetry and fiction reading today at 4 p.m. in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Center on the first floor of the Old Student Center.
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The reading celebrates the release of the 1997 issue of Limestone, which includes pieces by a number of UK graduate students and undergraduates, many of whom are members of Affrilachian Poets.
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The event will consist of a traditional poetry and fiction reading, followed by a poetry slam, which is an open-mike poetry competition, judged by various audience members on style, originality, and presentation. Anyone who is interested should bring his or her poetry, or just show up to listen.
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<FONT SIZE=4><B>Football star will turn pro wrestler</B></FONT>
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<B>MILWAUKEE</B> -- Reggie White: Baptist minister. Super Bowl champion. Professional wrestler?
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The Green Bay Packers' defensive end will make his ring debut May 18 against former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Steve McMichael in Charlotte, N.C., promoters said yesterday. The pay-per-view special will air on TNT.
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"Reggie is a competitive guy and he's a big fan," said World Championship Wrestling executive vice president Eric Bischoff. Bischoff wouldn't disclose how much White will pocket for the one-time appearance except to say: "It was a healthy payday."
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