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wrecked after it was in collision with another vehicle. And a motorcycle officer using blue lights and siren was injured after being in collision with a car. ---- Page 2 HIGHER-EDUCATION BOOST EDC Higher-education boost An American university is looking to offer the first doctoral programme in Bermuda. Depending on the level of interest, residents may be able to participate in New York-based St. John's University's Centre for the Study of Learning and Teaching Styles doctoral programme this summer without having to travel overseas. ---- Page 2 HUGE CROWD HEARS FARRAKHAN CON Huge crowd hears Farrakhan More than 3,000 people braved steady rain on Wednesday night to hear Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. ---- Page 3 GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CTS Guilty of sexual assault A Supreme Court jury yesterday found a man guilty of sexually assaulting his former wife. The five-man, seven-woman panel also found the Pembroke Parish man guilty of entering the woman's dwelling without lawful excuse. ---- Page 3 HALL'S HOUSE SOLD AT AUCTION RE CTS Hall's house sold at auction The home of lawyer and former Progressive Labour Party MP Julian Hall was sold at auction for $640,000 last week. His house was placed in the auction block because the mortgage had been foreclosed. ---- Page 3 HUBBARD ON THE MOVE AGAIN CYC Hubbard on the move again The roller coaster world of professional cycling has sent Elliot Hubbard for another loop. Three weeks into what was supposed to be his second season on the European tour, Hubbard instead finds himself this week in the United States after joining a top New-Jersey based club. ---- Sport, Page 13 ST. GEORGE'S CLUB TALKS STALL BUC St. George's Club talks stall Negotiations between a US timeshare developer which was planning to takeover the St. George's Club have broken down over financing for the deal. US timeshare developer Great Vacations Resorts was unable to secure local funding for the project and now developer-owner Alistair Woolf is looking for a new buyer. ---- Business, Page 34 SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR MRM BUC Successful year for MRM Mutual Risk Management Ltd. has declared a near 28.9 percent increase in net income for the year to December 31 of $47,938,000, after a successful year in which company assets grew more than a half a billion dollars to $2.147 billion. ---- Business, Page 34