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STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A former escort service owner who spent 23 years on Florida's death row for the killings of two women was executed Tuesday for the slaying of one of those women, an exotic dancer. Marshall Lee Gore, 49, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Tuesday following an injection at Florida State Prison, authorities said. Gore had no last words before the death sentence was carried out. He was sentenced to death for the March 1988 murder of 30-year-old Robyn Novick, whose nude body was found dumped in rural Miami-Dade County. Gore also was convicted of killing another woman, Susan Roark, and of the attempted murder of a third woman. In addition to the two death sentences, Gore was given seven life sentences plus another 110 years in a case involving the attempted murder. The U.S. Supreme Court denied Gore's last appeals late Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, Corrections Department spokeswoman Jessica Cary said Gore requested a last meal of a sausage and pepperoni pizza, but he didn't eat it. Gore met with both his spiritual adviser and one of his attorneys during the day. This was the fourth time Gore's execution has been scheduled this year. Twice, courts put the execution on hold due to insanity claims. Attorney General Pam Bondi's staff also once asked that it be postponed because it conflicted with her political fundraiser, for which Bondi later apologized. Gore had claimed he suffered from delusions related to a conspiracy theory in which the purpose of his execution is so that the elite and wealthy people can harvest his organs. Gore also had said he is being targeted by satanic worshippers for human sacrifice, that he hears voices telling him to hang himself and that he was somehow injected with the virus that causes tuberculosis. The appeals judges sided with a panel of state-appointed mental health experts who concluded Gore's "insanity" was all an act "designed to mislead the panel and avoid responsibility for his past actions." Gore was arrested after attacking a third woman, who survived, and later testified at his trial in connection with Novick's death. The survivor said Gore beat her with a rock, choked, raped and stabbed her, leaving her near where Novick's body was found. The FBI tracked the woman's stolen car to Paducah, Ky., and arrested Gore. When he was found, he had the woman's bank and credit cards in his jacket pocket, according to court documents. Upon questioning about all three crimes and shown pictures of Novick's body, police said his eyes filled with tears and he said, "If I did this, I deserve the death penalty." Gore initially denied knowing any of the women, according to police. But he later testified that all three women worked for him at an escort service. _____ Follow Tamara Lush on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tamaralush.

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STARKE A former escort service owner who spent 23 years on Floridas death row for the killings of two women was executed Tuesday for the slaying of one of those women, an exotic dancer.

Marshall Lee Gore, 49, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Tuesday following an injection at Florida State Prison, authorities said. Gore had no last words before the death sentence was carried out.

He was sentenced to death for the March 1988 murder of 30-year-old Robyn Novick, whose nude body was found dumped in rural Miami-Dade County. Gore also was convicted of killing another woman, Susan Roark, and of the attempted murder of a third woman.

In addition to the two death sentences, Gore was given seven life sentences plus another 110 years in a case involving the attempted murder.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Gores last appeals late Tuesday afternoon.

Earlier, Corrections Department spokeswoman Jessica Cary said Gore requested a last meal of a sausage and pepperoni pizza, but he didnt eat it. Gore met with both his spiritual adviser and one of his attorneys during the day.

This was the fourth time Gores execution has been scheduled this year. Twice, courts put the execution on hold due to insanity claims. Attorney General Pam Bondis staff also once asked that it be postponed because it conflicted with her political fundraiser, for which Bondi later apologized.

Gore had claimed he suffered from delusions related to a conspiracy theory in which the purpose of his execution is so that the elite and wealthy people can harvest his organs. Gore also had said he is being targeted by satanic worshippers for human sacrifice, that he hears voices telling him to hang himself and that he was somehow injected with the virus that causes tuberculosis.

The appeals judges sided with a panel of state-appointed mental health experts who concluded Gores insanity was all an act designed to mislead the panel and avoid responsibility for his past actions.

Gore was arrested after attacking a third woman, who survived, and later testified at his trial in connection with Novicks death. The survivor said Gore beat her with a rock, choked, raped and stabbed her, leaving her near where Novicks body was found.

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MIAMI --

(AP) For the fourth time this year an execution is scheduled for convicted killer Marshall Lee Gore, who escaped previous appointments in the death chamber by taking insanity claims to the courts and because of a conflict with one of Attorney General Pam Bondi's political fundraising events.

Gore, 49, is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for the March 1988 killing of Robyn Novick, a 30-year-old exotic dancer whose nude body was found dumped in rural Miami-Dade County. Gore was also convicted of killing another woman, Susan Roark, and of attempting yet another woman's murder.

His death sentence was initially set for June 24 but was delayed by legal maneuvering. Gov. Rick Scott then set it for July 10 but yet another court held hearings on Gore's claims that he is delusional and too insane to execute. After the state Supreme Court upheld denial of Gore's claims, the execution was reset for Sept. 10.

Then Scott abruptly delayed it again, until Oct. 1, initially giving no explanation. It later turned out that Bondi had requested the postponement because of the fundraiser, for which she has since apologized.

"I should not have moved it," Bondi told reporters. "I'm sorry and it will not happen again."

In the days before his fourth execution date, Gore's attorney again appealed unsuccessfully to a Miami federal judge for a stay because of insanity claims. Among other things, Gore says he suffers from delusions related to a conspiracy theory in which the purpose of his execution is so that the elite and wealthy people can harvest his organs.

"Gore said that he believed a state senator was waiting to obtain Gore's eyeballs for his son," the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals noted in a June opinion denying his earlier claims.

Gore has also said he is being targeted by satanic worshippers for human sacrifice, that he hears voices telling him to hang himself and that he was somehow injected with the virus that causes tuberculosis.

The appeals judges sided with a panel of state-appointed mental health experts who concluded that Gore's "insanity" was all an act "designed to mislead the panel and avoid responsibility for his past actions." Several corrections officers testified that Gore behaves normally except when higher-ranking prison officials are around, such as pretending he cannot hear or walking with an exaggerated limp.

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Ian Paul | Sept. 30, 2013

Which is scarier: The fact that malware can get cozy in your hardware, or the fact that it was completely undetectable until now?

As anti-virus solutions become more robust and Microsoft becomes better at plugging Windows vulnerabilities, malware designers have to get more creative about attacking PCs and servers. One wide-open avenue of attack: hardware components like graphics and network cards. Yes, you read that right.

Security software isn't necessarily looking for malware lurking within peripherals, opening the door for Bad Guys to stash nasty code in your killer, pixel-pumping Radeon or GeForce graphics card. But fear not! Berlin-based researcher Patrick Stewin says he has figured out a way to detect this tricky malware without taxing the CPU, according to SC Magazine Australia.

Peripheral-based malware is particularly difficult to detect, because it doesn't have to rely on a weakness in your computer's operating system, according to Stewin. Instead, it takes advantage of the processing power already present in peripherals like graphics cards that may not be expecting an attack.

Graphics cards, sound cards, and other PC components can process data using direct memory access (DMA). Instead waiting to receive data processing via a PC's CPU, a graphics card can bypass the CPU to access and process graphical data directly from memory.

DMA helps make a PC work faster and reduces the load on the CPU. But it also means that a properly designed bit of malware can get in through a data-crunching peripheral. Once infected, DMA attacks can do all sorts of damage, such as copying encryption keys or installing other types of malware for identity theft, though the odds of being infected by this advanced type of malware are admittedly slim.

Comparing notes

Stewin's solutiondubbed BARMdeals with DMA attacks by keeping tabs on what a system is supposed to be doing and comparing that to what the PC actually is doing.

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At a time when West Nile virus is still a potential killer, health officials are worried that a reorganization plan by the Morris County Freeholders will cut mosquito control efforts.

The freeholders plan to eliminate the all-volunteer, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission and fold the paid staff into the county public works department.

The proposed reorganization is expected to go into effect after the freeholders January reorganization.

The plan comes not long after a 92-year-old county resident died earlier in the month after contracting West Nile disease.

Infected mosquitoes were first discovered on Aug. 1 at Donatoni Community Park on West Main Street in Rockaway. A week later, the park and surrounding woods, path and access road were treated by the mosquito commission.

As of earlier this month, mosquitoes carrying West Nile have been found in 22 pools, or collections of about 50 tested mosquitoes, in Morris County out of more than 250 tests performed this year.

Morris County Freeholder David Scapicchio, former mayor of Mount Olive, said the reorganization wont affect mosquito control programs but it will save money.

Nothing is changing other than were folding the office responsibilities into public works, Scapicchio said.

Scapicchio said that as part of the savings, the county will have to complete just one audit for both the mosquito control commission and the public works department.

Other potential savings are expected through centralized purchasing, vehicle inspection and licensing.

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