"My father was immediately sent to the left - the gas chamber, but we didn't know what it meant to go to the left or the right, " Avital said.

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The historian said his theory - based on research by revisionist historians - "blows holes in the whole gas chamber story".

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In 1992, Robert Alton Harris became the first person executed by the state of California in 25 years when he was put to death in the gas chamber for the 1978 murder of two teen-age boys.

CNN: Sunday,

Powerful Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he plans an announcement Wednesday to halt the issuing of specific natural gas drilling permits until May 15, 2015.. His chamber already calls for a two-year moratorium.

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Despite the attempt by some environmentalists to paint the U.S. Chamber as an anti-science climate denier, the business group has acknowledged the reality of greenhouse gas emissions and the need for a coordinated response.

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