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Condemned Texas inmate set to die next week gets reprieve" /> Steven Long Condemned Texas inmate set to die next week gets reprieve" /> Steven Long HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted next week's scheduled execution of a man condemned for the rape-slaying of an 11-year-old Dallas girl in 2005. The court said in a brief order Monday it wanted additional review of arguments that 45-year-old Steven Long is mentally impaired . The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled mentally impaired people may not be executed. Mugshots: Texas Death Row --> http://www.ktxs.com/147315846 Long was set for lethal injection Aug . 30 for the slaying of Kaitlyn Briana Smith . She disappeared May 21, 2005, after spending the night at a friend's home in her Dallas neighborhood. Her body was found in a plastic bag under a nearby vacant mobile home . Long's bloody fingerprint was found near her body. He confessed later that day, blaming the attack ...

Tickets for front row seats are available for Monday’s historical solar eclipse — they’re just on someone’s front lawn or a dirt patch in the middle of nowhere. Savvy property owners along the 70-mile “path of totality”—where the nation’s solar eclipse will provide a total black-out—are cashing in on the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon and putting their backyards, front yards, farm land and empty apartments up for rent on AirBnb for the busy event. And they don’t come cheap. For $500 a night, astronomy nerds can camp out in a “fenced in” family backyard in Lincoln, Nebraska — tent not included. Apartment and home rentals in the area typically go for as low as $32 a night on a regular weekend. In another ad, a dusty dirt patch in Hopkinsville, Kentucky — a prime eclipse viewing area — is available for $400 a night. “ 1 acre flat level graveled lot . No trees to block view, large area to have camp fire. Could hold up to 20 tents for camping, or parking for 40 vehicles,” the ad reads....