Woman faces child sex charge in Bridgeport case
Tammy Imre, 29, charged with sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor after investigators say she had a sexual relationship with an 8 year old boy who is linked to her daughter as playmates. Bond set at 250000. police traced the case to a letter she wrote to the boy.
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Utah inmate killed by closing prison door
Draper Utah authorities report an inmate John J Gardner age 27 was crushed to death when a cell door closed on him as he peered from his cell in Utah State Prison. An officer stationed about 150 feet away activated the mechanism without seeing him.
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John J. Gardner
Utah State Prison
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Gardner
Jack Ford
Danton gets seven year term in murder for hire case
EAST ST LOUIS Ill For mer NHL tough guy Mike Danton was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for trying to hire a hit on his agent The 24 year old offered no comment as US District Judge William Stiehl imposed the sentence Danton said to aim to have a 19 year old acquaintance and a police dispatcher assist him He may seek transfer to a Canadian prison.
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Ex hero sentenced to 11 years in banking robbery
Ex Navy veteran Mark W. Samples, 41, of Hager City Wisconsin, received an 11 year term for robbing a credit union and stealing more than 70000 dollars. He fled on a mountain bike, hid in the Mississippi River and drifted to his car after downing scuba gear. Samples cited PTSD from the 1987 Iraqi attack on the USS Stark, though prosecutors tied him to the theft and arson response.
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ST. Paul
Mississippi River
Mark W. Samples
Hager City
Wis
Samples
Stark
Woman's body found in North Dakota identified
BISMARCK, N.D. a body found near a farm building in North Dakota was identified as 69 year old Yvonne Olson who disappeared with her Alzheimer s stricken husband Norman last August. Authorities learned of her identity after a hunter located their car about a mile from the scene. The 73 year old Norman has not been found. Sheriff Eugene Molbert said the cause of death is under investigation. Anything is a possibility until we get more pieces to the puzzle.
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Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
Yvonne Olson
Norman
Eugene Molbert
Gay governor in New Jersey bids farewell amid reflection
Gov. James E. McGreevey delivered a farewell address in Trenton saying he does not apologize for being gay but for letting personal feelings affect decisions. He listed accomplishments from his tenure, reflected on self discovery, and urged an end to partisan politics as he plans to resign on November 15.
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Trenton
N.J
James E. McGreevey
McGreevey
New Jersey
Golan Cipel
Christopher Reeve
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr
Black patients benefit in heart failure drug trial
The BiDil combination pill reduced deaths by 43 percent and hospitalizations by 20 percent in a study of 1050 black patients, signaling a potential FDA approval as the first race targeted medication. Black cardiologists call it racial profiling while noting possible benefits for whites.
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New Orleans
Augustus Grant
Association of Black Cardiologists
American Heart Association
New England Journal of Medicine
Food and Drug Administration
Massachusetts
NitroMed
FDA
Anne Taylor
University of Minnesota
M. Gregg Bladie
Georgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
Medical Journal
Timothy Gardner
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Shamir Mehta
McMaster University
Ontario
Peterson jury urged to keep deliberating anew
In Redwood City California Judge Alfred Delucchi urged the Peterson jury to continue deliberations over five months into the Scott Peterson case and to reexamine any beliefs if needed. The six man six woman panel was reminded not to yield to majority pressure and to keep an open mind as talks continue.
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Redwood City
Calif
Scott Peterson
Alfred Delucchi
Delucchi
Florida taxi driver charged with murder after fatal cab dispute
West Palm Beach police say taxi driver Robert Lee Smiley Jr. 56 killed drunken passenger Jimmie Morningstar 43 after Morningstar refused to exit. Morningstar died thirty minutes later at a hospital. Smiley is jailed without bail on first degree murder charges.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Robert Lee Smiley Jr
Jimmie Morningstar
Smiley
Morningstar
Dave Lynch
Evolution trial opens in Georgia
A Cobb County case opens over a warning sticker in suburban Atlanta biology textbooks claiming evolution is a theory not a fact. Plaintiffs argue the sticker promotes religion and violates church state separation. defenders say it encourages critical thinking.
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Atlanta
Cobb County
American Civil Liberties Union
Jeffrey Selman
Linwood Gunn
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