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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - In one corner an aggressive panhandler. In the other a disabled, wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran who turned out not to be the underdog. When the two met up five days ago in northeast Albuquerque the attacker became the attacked. Gary Gould said the attempted mugging had him fighting for his life reminding him of what it was like fighting for his life in Vietnam. "I can't walk; I'm paralyzed," he told KRQE News 13 today. "I got blown up in Vietnam. "I've been in a chair for 38 years." Gould, 58, is safe at home now miles away...

John and Linda Bates’ meticulously manicured yard is a jarring contrast to the blood on their carpet. The blood was Linda’s, the stains coming from the 17 to 19 stab wounds John is accused of inflicting after an argument Thursday night at their home in the 100 block of Country Road. Linda Bates, 41, was pronounced dead at Angleton Danbury Medical Center after her brother-in-law’s attempts to revive her failed. John Bates, 40, is in Brazoria County Detention Center facing murder charges. His bond was set at $750,000. “He’s pretty shaken up,” said Tom Selleck, John Bates’ attorney. “I expect...