Wichitan gets 7 1/2 years for 1999 shooting death A Wichita man was sentenced to 71/2 years in prison for voluntary manslaug hter in the 1999 shooting death of Michael Prince. Larry Evans, 26, received a 92-month sentence from Sedgwick County District Judge Joseph Bribiesca Friday. In convicting Evans, a jury returned the lesser manslaughter charge Aug. 10, down from first-degree murder. The jury decided against murder, saying Evans acted in the heat of the moment.

No Internet sales tax GOV. Davis will consider legislation (AB 2412) that would require the application of sales taxes to Internet sales within California (Opinion, Sept. 6). He should veto this legislation.

SUB-COMMITTEE: Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee EVENT: Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee hearing on H. R. 4267, the Internet Tax Reform and Reduction Act of 2000; H. R. 4460, the Internet Tax Simplification Act of 2000; H. R. 4462, the Fair and Equitable Interstate Tax Compact Simplification Act of 2000. TIME: 10 a.m. LOCATION: 2237 Rayburn House Office Building CONTACT: 202-225-3951 http://www.house.gov/judiciary

SUBJECT: Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 4267, the Internet Tax Reform and Reduction Act of 2000; H.R.4460, the Internet Tax Simplification Act of 2000; H.R.4462, the Fair and Equitable Interstate Tax Compact Simplification Act of 2000. Steven Rauschenberger, Illinois state senator; Ray Haynes, California state senator; Rodney Strain, Jr., sheriff and ex-officio tax collector, Covington, LA; Tom Stemberg, CEO, Staples, Framingham, MA; Harley Duncan, executive director, Federation of Tax Administrators; Gary Rappaport, president and CEO, The Rappaport Companies, Vienna, VA; Mark Nebergall, president, Software Finance and Tax Executives Council; Larry Good, senior vice president, Electronic Commerce Association; Scott Walters, vice president for research and development, TAXWARE International, Salem, MA; Robert Benham, owner and president, Balliet's, L.L.C., Oklahoma City, OK; Frank Julian, operational vice president and tax counsel, Federated Department Stores, Cincinnati, OH; Erick Gustafson, director of technology and communications policy, Citizens for a Sound Economy; James Hunt, president and CEO, Ernst and Young Technologies, Inc., Chantilly, VA; Arthur Rosen, McDermott, Will & Emery, New York, NY; Peter Lowy, co-president, Westfield America, Los Angeles, CA