Friday, June 3, 2011

"Dr. Death," Jack Kevorkian, dies at 83 (Reuters)

"Dr. Death," Jack Kevorkian, dies at 83 (Reuters)

"Dr. Death," Jack Kevorkian, dies at 83 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Jack Kevorkian holds book about the 9th Amerndment as he talks to college students about prison reform in 2007. Kevorkian has died, hospital officials said. Kevorkian, who was nicknamed Reuters - Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, known as "Dr. Death" for helping more than 100 people end their lives, died early Friday at age 83, his lawyer said.

Killer of Yale student sentenced to 44 years in prison (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Reuters - A lab technician convicted of killing a Yale University student, whose body was found stuffed behind a wall on the day she was to be married, was sentenced to 44 years in prison on Friday at an emotionally wrenching court hearing.

Girl falls to death from New Jersey Ferris wheel (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Reuters - An 11-year-old girl on a school trip to the popular shore resort at Wildwood, New Jersey plunged to her death on Friday as she was riding on an amusement park Ferris wheel.

Mid-Air Smackdown: Brawl Over Reclined Seat Diverts United Flight (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Time.com - It's happened to all of us: the person in front of you on a flight reclines into your lap, leaving you immobilized. One passenger aboard a United Airlines flight on Sunday took matters into his own hands -- causing the flight to be diverted

Welcome to the (Kennel) Club: AKC Recognizes Three New Dog Breeds (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 07:30 AM PDT

Time.com - No word yet on the newbies' initiation, but NewsFeed welcomes these canines with open arms

Federal appeals court opens doors for prayer at Texas graduation (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Reuters - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday afternoon that students may pray and mention God at Saturday night's graduation at a high school in a San Antonio suburb, overturning a district judge's ruling.

30 years after first AIDS cases, hope for a cure (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:25 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 16, 2011, Timothy Ray Brown, the only man ever known to have been apparently cured from AIDS, walks his dog, Jack, on Treasure Island in San Francisco. Brown was in a Berlin hospital in 2007, worrying whether leukemia or the AIDS virus would do him in, when his German doctor said he had an 'off the wall' idea for tackling both. The unusual blood transplant they tried has made Brown the first person in the world apparently cured of AIDS. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Sunday marks 30 years since the first AIDS cases were reported in the United States. And this anniversary brings fresh hope for something many had come to think was impossible: finding a cure.

Judge allows San Diego Fourth of July fireworks (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:18 PM PDT

FILE - This July 3, 2004 file photo shows fans watching an early Fourth of July fireworks show from the stands at Petco Park at the end of the San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals baseball game in San Diego. The City of San Diego urged a judge Thursday June 2, 2011 to put on hold a sweeping ruling that would subject Fourth of July fireworks shows and tens of thousands of other festivities to rigorous environmental review, saying it would deal a crushing economic blow. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - The city can host an oceanfront Fourth of July fireworks show this year without a rigorous environmental review, a judge ruled Friday in a decision that also temporarily spared tens of thousands of other local festivities.

AP Exclusive: Serb admits lying to get into the US (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:43 AM PDT

AP - Zeljko Zekic came to this quiet Atlanta suburb after the bloody Bosnian war to work in factories and raise his two children with his wife, never telling immigration officials that he had worked as a senior police officer in the Serbian paramilitary.

Gates pledges wider US military presence in Asia (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 07:02 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, shakes hands with China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the IISS Shangri-la Security Summit on Friday June 3, 2011 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)AP - In a parting pitch to Asian allies, retiring U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Pentagon is considering steps to widen its military presence across the Pacific Rim. He said budget woes won't interfere.

Former Black Panther leader Pratt dies at 63 (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:26 PM PDT

ADDS DATE OF DEATH - FILE - Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt, flanked by his lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr., left, and daughter, Shona, wipes his brow as he faces reporters after he was released on bail in Santa Ana, CA in this June 10,1997 file photo. Pratt, a former Black Panther Party leader who spent 27 years in prison on a murder conviction that was later overturned, died Thursday June 2, 2011 according to attorney Stuart Hanlon. He was 63. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, a former Black Panther Party leader who spent 27 years in prison on a California murder conviction that was later overturned, has died at the age of 63 in his adopted home of Tanzania.

GOP tries to bridge social-fiscal divide (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 07:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2009, file photo Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks about his supports of civil unions for gay people during an interview in Salt Lake City, Utah. On social issues, Huntsman the governor backed bills providing civil rights protections to gays and lesbians, and threatened to veto a measure repealing in-state college tuition for the children of illegal immigrants. Neither measure passed the Legislature during his time in office; the tuition law was passed two years before he came into office, and civil unions have never been seriously debated. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)AP - In an election season driven by economic worries, Republican leaders are trying to keep Christian conservatives excited and involved by blurring the line between religious/social issues and low-tax crusades — a divide that has helped shape past GOP primaries.

Official: Ariz. gunman targeted ex-wife, friends (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:41 PM PDT

DeAnna Quinto, reads a note she left outside the law office of her friend, attorney Jerrold Shelley, Friday, June 3, 2011 in Yuma, Ariz. Shelley was killed along with four others when Carey Dyess went on a shooting rampage Thursday in Yuma, Wellton and surrounding area. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP - The 73-year-old man who drove from place to place on a shooting spree in southwestern Arizona gunned down his fifth ex-wife, her attorney and three elderly friends who supported her in their divorce before taking his own life on the side of a road.

John Edwards indicted in $925K mistress cover-up (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Former presidential candidate John Edwards is seen following a federal court appearance in Winston-Salem, N.C., Friday, June 3, 2011. A grand jury indicted the two-time presidential candidate on Friday, accusing him of trying to protect his political ambitions by soliciting and secretly spending more than $925,000 to hide his mistress and their baby from the public. Edwards plead not guilty. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - John Edwards acknowledged he has "done wrong" and hurt others but strongly denied breaking the law after federal prosecutors charged him Friday with using $925,000 in under-the-table campaign contributions to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 run for president.
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