TX to Execute "Tourniquet Killer":  A Texas pedophile convicted of raping and murdering a 21-year-old woman in 1992 is scheduled to be executed tonight.  Tracy Connor of NBC News reports that a DNA sample taken from Anthony Shore following his 1998 conviction for sexual assault tied him to the 1992 strangulation murder of Maria del Carmen.  ABC News details Shore's murder spree between 1986 and 1995, which resulted in the sexual assault and strangulation deaths of del Carmen and four other Hispanic women, including a 9-year-old girl.  Following his arrest for killing del Carmen, Shore admitted to the other killings and told his defense attorneys he wanted to be executed for the crimes.  Because his victims were strangled to death with home made tourniquets, he was dubbed the "tourniquet killer."  On appeal Shore's attorneys claimed that he suffered from brain damage and should be found ineligible for execution.  No word on whether death penalty opponents will hold a candlelight vigil protesting the execution.  

Update:  The Houston Chronicle reports that a District Judge has granted a 90-day stay to Shore's execution at the request of Montgomery County prosecutors.  This was in response to Shore's expressed willingness to discuss other undisclosed murder victims and admit that he was asked by a fellow inmate to confess to a 1998 murder.