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DNA testing cannot be done in the contract killing of citrus and cattle baron Charles Von Maxcy because evidence from the sensational 1966 case apparently no longer exists, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The justices unanimously affirmed a trial judge’s decision denying DNA testing sought by death row inmate William H. Kelley. He was convicted of killing Von Maxcy in 1984 — 18 years after the 41-year-old victim was stabbed and shot to death at his Sebring home.

Von Maxcy’s wife, Irene, had arranged through her lover, John Sweet, to have Kelley, 64, of Brockton, Mass., kill her husband. Sweet, the state’s chief witness, testified the wife was afraid of being left out of Von Maxcy’s $1.7 million estate.

The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, noted a court ordered that physical evidence be destroyed in 1976, nine years after Sweet had been convicted for his role in the murder.

JOHNSON CREEK — The outlet mall here has been open almost 10 years.

In that time, thousands from south-central Wisconsin and beyond have flocked to this Jefferson County village for deals on shoes, bedding, clothes and pots and pans.

The impact of development on Johnson Creek since 1998 can easily be quantified, and not just by the number of gargantuan cream puffs and caramel apples sold at the Pine Cone, an eight-acre truck stop with 9,000 square feet of convenience store and restaurant space adjacent to the outlet mall.

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Xerox Corp. introduced color printers and ink products Monday that will cut the price of color copying by two-thirds, sweeping away a major hurdle to customers seeking to enter the profitable and growing color market.

Color printing and copying are increasingly attractive to U.S. and overseas businesses that want an edge in marketing and other presentations. But the high cost of color production has hindered efforts by Xerox to make greater inroads in the market, the Stamford-based office equipment manufacturer said.

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