Right to die case blocks father from moving daughter
Mount Vernon Missouri AP. In a high profile right to die dispute a father was barred from moving his vegetative daughter Christine Busalacchi to a state where her feeding tube could be removed. The case echoes Cruzan and renews opposition warnings of a death wave for coma patients. Jan 8 test hearings set by Judge Scott Fifferman as doctors assess her condition.
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Mount Vernon
Pete Busalacchi
Christine
Don Lamkins
Missouri Rehabilitation Center
U.S. Supreme Court
Cruzan
Lamkins
Busalacchi
Lawrence County
Scott Sifferman
St. Charles
St. Louis
Missouri
Missouri Could Require “Clear and Convincing” Evidence That Ms. Cruzan
Ms. Cruzan
Teen who saved family dies after Alameda fire
Jennifer Olson a Notre Dame High School sophomore who led her 3 younger siblings and grandfather to safety from a Alameda home fire died two days before Christmas. Fire officials say she returned to the smoke filled room to save pets, was overcome, and donated organs after life support was turned off.
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Alameda
Calif
Young Si
Groner
Jennifer Olson
Brookside Hospital
San Pablo
Jim Beaver
Jennifer
Beaver
Sharon Duggan
David LeMoine
Alameda Fire Department
Notre Dame High School
Dan Blue poised to be North Carolina’s first Black House speaker
Dan Blue, a 41 year old North Carolina legislator from Robeson County, was unanimously nominated by Democrats to become the state House speaker as the General Assembly convenes. If elected, he would be the first Black speaker in state history and the nation’s fourth since Reconstruction, amid a projected budget shortfall and a legacy of civil rights progress.
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Raleigh
N.C
Dan Blue
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert Kennedy
North Carolina
Blue
Charlotte
Harvey Gannt
U.S. Senate
Jesse Helms
House
General Assembly
Legislative Black Caucus
Jesse Jackson
Michael Dukakis
Robeson County
U.S. Supreme Court
State House
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