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Death of Kerrigan's father is ruled a homicide - Boston Globe
A suspect was arrested Tuesday in the killing of a well-known anti-gang counselor who was shot to death when he confronted a tagger writing graffiti in Los Angeles, police said. Los Angeles police Officer Bruce Borihanh said further information will be released Tuesday afternoon at a news conference ...
Read moreLAPD: Arrest made in killings of anti-gang worker - Los Angeles Daily News
ALBANY, N.Y. — Silence emanated Tuesday from top Democrats in New York as Gov. David Paterson, already fighting to remain politically viable, fought to lay to rest unconfirmed rumors and news reports of womanizing and drug use. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, many Democrats' preferred candidate for ...
Read moreFellow NY Democrats offer Paterson little support - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON -- The U.S.-based lawyer for one of 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping in Haiti is asking Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to personally intervene in the case. Attorney Reginald Brown said in a Tuesday letter to Clinton that he is concerned his client Jim Allen ...
Read moreClinton asked to intervene in Haiti kidnap case - Forbes
Dr. Conrad Murray has been at the center of a police investigation since Michael Jackson's death last summer. A district attorney's spokeswoman did not name the doctor nor say what the charge will be but Murray's lawyers have said they expect a single charge of involuntary manslaughter against the ...
Read moreMichael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, to be charged with involuntary manslaughter - New York Daily News
New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees and Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning are among the best quarterbacks in the history of the Super Bowl. Brees was just as important in containing Manning. He brilliantly executed a controlled game plan built on the short pass, rather than the downfield strike the ...
Read moreQuarterback duel between Saints' Drew Brees, Colts' Peyton Manning among Super Bowl's best ever - New York Daily News
TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems -- the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. "I don't see Toyota as an infallible company that never makes mistakes," President Akio ...
Read moreToyota recalling 437,000 Prius worldwide - Washington Times
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers ...
Read moreVisitors trapped in elevator led to closure of world's tallest tower in Dubai - ReportonBusiness.com
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the war in Iraq, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder ...
Read moreMurtha served as voice for veterans - Hawk Eye
NEW YORK - A woman’s chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older men than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found. “Although fathers’ age can contribute risk, the risk is overwhelmed by ...
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