Force-fed woman fights court over starvation wish
Elizabeth Bouvin, a 26 year old wheelchair user with cerebral palsy, fights a hospital order allowing emergency force-feeding. Lawyers plan to appeal in state or federal court while doctors continue tube feeding to stabilize her condition. Bouvin weighs 86 pounds and says she wants to starve herself rather than live in care.
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Elizabeth Bouvin
Andrew Roth
Roth
Barbara Milliken
Gas cut off leaves blind 93-year-old in cold
A partially blind 93-year-old retired postal worker, Howard Spears, died of hypothermia after the gas company refused to restore service or accept partial payment on his overdue bill. He died at City Hospital two days after being heated only by an electric heater. His wife Fannie, 88, was treated and taken to a social worker’s home. The death marked the sixth in the St. Louis area from the ongoing subfreezing temperatures.
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Man Dies Aboard Train On Time At New Carrollton
Joshua Bonds, 66, of Malden Mass, died of natural causes while aboard a Maryland train on a holiday rush. Police said he fell ill in Baltimore and was found dead at New Carrollton station after refusing ambulance aid.
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New Carrollton
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Malden, Mass
Planes collide injuring seven in Alaska crash
A Korean Air Lines DC-10 cargo plane skidded on a foggy Anchorage runway and struck a twin-engine passenger plane, both catching fire and causing injuries. Other items include FAA chief resignations and Ford settlement talks.
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