vulture fund cannot collect more than $100 million judgment from the democratic republic of congo. peter grossman and claimed the money after spending a fraction of the total to buy up an old debt. he is among a number of vulture investors who've demanded african nations pay over half a billion dollars for old debts for which the investors paid only a few million. but on wednesday, the british privy council granted the democratic republic of congo's appeal of grossman's award. the case was exposed by investigative reporter greg palast last year. you can go to democracynow.org to see his report. texas is carried out its first execution using a single lethal drug instead of three. 33-year old yokamon hearn was killed with a dose of the sedative, despite concerns from death penalty opponents that it takes prisoners longer to die with a single drug method. he was killed despite claims by his lawyers he had mental impairment due to fetal alcohol syndrome. he was pronounced dead 25 minutes after the injection began. at least four other states, including ohio, arizona, idaho, and washington als