question: POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A fomer Pennsylvania high school football player was acquitted of murder Friday in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant last summer.

Luis Ramirez died of blunt force injuries after a confrontation with a group of Pennsylania teens.

However, a Schuylkill County jury found Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak guilty of simple assault stemming from the death of Luis Ramirez, who died of blunt force injuries to the head after a fight with the defendants and their friends.

Donchak, 19, was also found guilty of providing alcohol to the group of teens that encountered Ramirez the night of July 12 on a residential street in the rural mining town of Shenandoah.

Both teens were acquitted of ethnic intimidation charges.

Prosecutors alleged the teens baited the undocumented Mexican immigrant into a fight with racial epithets, provoking an exchange of punches and kicks that ended with Ramirez convulsing in the street, foaming from the mouth.

He died two days later in a hospital in Danville.

Piekarsky, 17, had faced a charge of third-degree murder for allegedly delivering a fatal kick to Ramirez's head after he was knocked to the ground. He also was found not guilty of ethnic intimidation, aggravated assault and attempting to solicit a cover-up.

An all-white jury of six men and six women heard from several prosecution witnesses, including a juvenile co-defendant and another teen who pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in the fight.

While the jury heard conflicting accounts about who initiated the encounter or delivered the final kick to Ramirez's head, defense lawyers attempted to place the blame on another co-defendant, who is facing charges in juvenile court, and Colin Walsh, who has pleaded guilty to violating Ramirez's civil rights.
1. Who died?
2. How many were found guilty in causing his death?
3. What were their names?
4. Were they charged with murder?
5. Was he convicted of that charge?
6. What other charge was he acquitted from?
7. What other charge was Donchak found guilty of?
8. How old is he?
9. and how old is Pierasky?
10. On what date did the altercation occur?
11. In what town?
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answer: 1. Luis Ramirez
2. Two
3. Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak
4. Piekarsky had faced a charge of third-degree murder
5. No
6. ethnic intimidation, aggravated assault and attempting to solicit a cover-up
7. providing alcohol to teens
8. 19
9. 17
10. July 12
11. Shenandoah

question: (CNN) -- Condolences continued to pour in late Sunday night following the death of heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio, who lost his battle with stomach cancer earlier in the day.

"Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45 a.m. 16th May," his wife, Wendy Dio, said in a message on his official website.

Dio, 67, followed Ozzy Osbourne as Black Sabbath's lead vocalist in 1979.

"Many, many friends and family were able to say their private goodbyes before he peacefully passed away," she wrote. "Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all."

The rock community paid tribute to Dio in messages late Sunday.

"In addition to his powerhouse vocal ability, Ronnie was a true gentleman who always emanated great warmth and friendship to us and everyone around him," KISS said. "We will miss him."

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian called Dio's death a big loss.

"So many memories of Ronnie. Toured together many times. He always had a kind word and a smile, and he loved the Yankees," Ian said.

Musician Slash summed up the loss in one sentence: "Ronnie died at 7:45 a.m., but his music will live for eternity."

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx, who became friends with Dio while touring Europe, said the rocker will be missed.

"I still have this image of him standing on stage in front of 100,000 belting out 'Man on the Silver Mountain' and remember the shivers it sent up my spine," Sixx said.

He called Dio "one of the kindest souls I have ever met and his talent was beyond inspirational to so many of us."
1. Who died?
2. How?
3. Who made the statement?
4. Who did he tour with?
5. Who else?
6. Name someone who considered themselves a friend?
7. What will become of his music legacy?
8. Who did he love?
9. According to who?
10. When did he die?
****
answer: 1. Ronnie James Dio
2. stomach cancer
3. Wendy Dio
4. Black Sabbath
5. KISS
6. Nikki Sixx
7. his music will live for eternity
8. Yankees
9. Scott Ian
10. 16th May

question: (CNN) -- In different year, the race for attorney general in Pennsylvania might have been just a footnote to the presidential election.

But more people in the Keystone State voted Tuesday for Kathleen Kane to be their attorney general than voted for Barack Obama to be their president. And much of that may be attributed to the furor over the Jerry Sandusky child sex case.

She beat the Republican challenger, David Freed, by almost 15 points, and the overwhelming support makes her the first woman and the first Democrat elected to the job in Pennsylvania.

What may have pushed Kane over the top was her strong stance on the Sandusky scandal. She promised to look back to November 2008, when the first victim came forward, and carry out an independent review into why Sandusky was not charged until three years later.

"We need an independent investigator to look at what happened," Kane told CNN. "Over 3 million people feel that I am that independent investigator."

Her promise means she'll be taking on the state's sitting governor, Tom Corbett. And her review into the Sandusky case investigation will delve into the years that Corbett was the attorney general. He launched the Sandusky investigation before he ran for governor.

Despite some criticism, Corbett has denied that politics had anything to do with investigative decisions. Instead, he accused Democrats of politicizing the case when two leading state Democratic lawmakers wrote a three-page letter asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to look into how the Sandusky investigation unfolded. Holder's office says the letter is under review.
1. What might have helped Kane get elected?
2. What did she say she would do?
3. About what?
4. When did the first victim say something about it?
5. What job is she hoping to win?
6. Who did she beat?
7. What is his political affiliation?
8. And hers?
9. how many other Democrats have held the position?
10. What about women?
11. Where is she running?
12. What is the state also called?
13. How do her votes in the state compare to Obama's?
14. How many voted for her?
15. Who is Corbett?
16. What is his job now?
17. Of where?
18. What did he begin?
19. When?
20. Who is Eric Holder?
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answer:
1. her stance on the Sandusky scandal.
2. carry out an independent review
3. why Sandusky was not charged until three years later
4. 2008
5. attorney general
6. David Freed
7. Republican
8. Democrat
9. none
10. none
11. Pennsylvania
12. the Keystone State
13. she got more
14. Over 3 million
15. a former attorney general
16. sitting governor
17. Pennsylvania
18. the Sandusky investigation
19. before he ran for governor.
20. U.S. Attorney General