Massachusetts weighs proposed amendment to ban gay marriage
Massachusetts lawmakers move a constitutional amendment closer to banning gay marriage in the state the only one allowing it. The measure clears the first round for a 2008 ballot after weeks of pressure and parliamentary brinkmanship, with final approval still required in the next legislative session. A photo shows police supporters arriving at a city jail in New Orleans.
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Seven police officers charged in Danziger Bridge shootings
Seven New Orleans police officers turned themselves in at the city jail after being indicted for murder or attempted murder in the Danziger Bridge shootings days after Hurricane Katrina. Two people died and four were wounded during the Sept. 4, 2005 incident. Names include Bowen Gisevius Villavaso Faulcon Barrios Hunter and Hills.
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Iraq PM orders probe into Saddam hanging taunts
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki ordered an investigation into Saddam Hussein's execution to identify taunting and leaks of the camera phone video. Officials said taunts may have come from guards outside the chamber and from witnesses at the Baghdad prison. The probe targets guards and 14 attendees including associates of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr amid tensions between Shiites and Sunnis.
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Cancer care exacts heavy time toll across 11 cancers
Government researchers quantify hours spent in treatment and travel in the first year after diagnosis, with ovarian cancer 368 hours and lung cancer 272 hours, totaling an economic cost of at least 2.3 billion dollars. The study, to be published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, highlights the human time burden of cancer care.
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The hidden cost of cancer care in last year of life
A study by NCI researchers estimates hours spent on treatment for 11 common cancers in the last year of life using Medicare data. They value patient time at 15.23 per hour, projecting the national toll from 2005 diagnoses and care.
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Madrid airport bombing ends Spain's ETA peace push
Spanish interior minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the weekend car bombing at Madrid's Barajas airport ended the Basque conflict peace process. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero paused but did not cancel talks with ETA after the blast. A separate Indonesian hospital scene shows workers handling a coffin for a victim.
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Survivors Rescued After Ferry Sinking Off Java Coast
Dozens of survivors were rescued days after the ferry sank four days earlier off Indonesia near Java. About 400 people remain missing as searchers extend the effort despite strong winds and low visibility. Thirteen bodies recovered with many more seen adrift at sea and about 200 survivors already found.
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