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A 77-year-old Florida man convicted of beating a woman to death with a hammer is scheduled Tuesday to become the 16th person executed this year in the nation's busiest death chamber. Authorities began searching for Curtis Wilkie Beasley after a witness reported seeing him driving what turned out to be the victim’s car. Investigators determined Beasley had traveled to Miami and later relocated to Alabama,

An Alabama inmate who escaped from a state prison four months ago is now back in custody. Citing the state department of corrections, news outlets report…