SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – An attorney for Jack Kevorkian said the assisted-suicide advocate will probably not survive another year if kept in prison, as he again asked the state to grant his client a pardon or commute his sentence. Lawyer Mayer Morganroth said he applied to the state Parole Board and …
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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court delayed Monday a decision on whether to take up a fight over reporters’ confidential sources, apparently because a former government scientist’s lawsuit that prompted journalist subpoenas may be settled. A lawyer for former nuclear weapons scientist Wen Ho Lee told the court in a letter …
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Out-of-the-ordinary news from the folks at “Studio B”… WDOG Radio Does your dog need some company when you’re not around? Well there’s a new “virtual best friend” for man’s best friend: An Internet radio station called DogRadioThailand.com. It was launched by a man who owns a dog grooming school in …
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NEW YORK – A 76-year-old woman who drove to a cemetery to visit her husband’s grave was killed when she stepped out of her car and it ran her over. Evanglista Vartholomeou inadvertently left the car running and in gear when she stopped at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Queens …
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SANTIAGO, Chile – When Chile implemented its private social security system in 1980, it was considered something of a revolution in Latin America, where poorly financed, often broke, state-controlled systems were the rule. Quickly, several Chilean neighbors moved to make similar changes. A quarter of a century later, the system …
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INDIANAPOLIS – A man claiming to be Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds‘ illegitimate son allegedly tried to extort $9 million from the Grammy-winning singer-producer by threatening to go public with the story, authorities said Monday. John T. Clark, 23, of Indianapolis, was arrested Friday after accepting a bogus $9 million check from …
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NEW YORK – It was an orderly transition Sunday night as President Jed Bartlet left office and “The West Wing” came to a graceful end. After seven TV seasons (and two terms in his fictional White House), the heroic, quirky and often embattled chief executive played by Martin Sheen was …
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Police are searching the Kansas City area Wednesday for a couple accused of raping, beating and strangling a 41-year-old woman and burying her in a shallow grave. Richard Davis and Dena Riley of Independence, Mo., have been on the run since Friday when police discovered a …
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NEW YORK – Barbra Streisand announced Thursday that she will embark on a national concert tour this fall, her first in over a decade. Streisand will play 20 concerts in U.S. cities during October and November, her manager, Martin Erlichman, said in a statement. Her last U.S. tour was in …
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WAYNESBURG, Pa. – A farmhand charged with strangling a 12-year-old girl told police in a recorded statement that he panicked after the girl threatened to tell her parents that he molested her. Jeffrey R. Martin was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on homicide and other charges in the death of …
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