Green Party nominates Ralph Nader for president at Denver convention
Delegates meeting in Denver nominate Ralph Nader as Green Party candidate hoping to raise profile and gain inroads in key states. Nader stresses election reform health care and curbing corporate power as path to influence. He frames the race as leverage not spoiler. Senate Democrats push for drug coverage subsidies to Medicare via a private insurer plan, as HouseWays and Means advances.
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Gift of life sparks private funding for double transplant
In Portland 18 year old Brandy Stroeder with cystic fibrosis seeks a life saving double lung and liver transplant. Millionaire Mark Hemstreet will cover about 200000 of the cost after Oregon Health Plan declines to pay, while Stroeder faces a two year wait without the procedure.
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Graham execution in Texas renews death penalty debate
Defiant Gary Graham, 36, proclaimed innocence as he was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville after appeals failed. Gov. Bush supported the 135th Texas execution since 1982, amid large protests and last minute court activity. A sole eyewitness tied him to the murder outside a Houston supermarket in 1981. ballistics did not match the weapon found with him.
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Dutch truck driver charged in 58 deaths of Chinese immigrants
In Dover, Perry Wacker, 32, of Rotterdam, faces 58 manslaughter counts after a truck carrying 58 Chinese illegal immigrants suffocated in an airtight compartment. Four others are questioned as investigators seek the organizers behind the deadly smuggling ring. Two survivors were found. authorities work to identify the dead amid fears of deportation among relatives.
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Appeals court upholds injunction against COPA law
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled the 1998 Child Online Protection Act likely unconstitutional. The court found that current technology cannot block offensive sites for some users without infringing on free speech and privacy rights. Judge Leonard I. Garth wrote the 34 page opinion.
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Senate Rejects Medicare Drug Benefit Vote
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic push to create a Medicare prescription drug benefit in a 53 to 44 vote largely along party lines. The action escalates election year maneuvering over a plan impacting 39 million seniors as Democrats accuse Republicans of politicking rather than governing.
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Scorpion Sting Delays Northwest Flight to Allentown
Steven Sayers, 40, Minneapolis, was stung on a Northwest airliner en route from Detroit to Allentown, prompting a diversion to Cleveland. He stayed overnight at Southwest General Health Center for observation and was discharged, while entomologist Cynthia Mazer identified the scorpion remains. The exact how of the animal aboard remains unknown.
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Fire devastates Palace Backpackers Hostel in Childers Australia
A midnight blaze tore through the century old Palace Backpackers Hostel in Childers trapping guests on the second floor as they fled rooftops and windows. At least 15 people were killed and three others were missing and feared dead amid police suspicions the fire may have been arson. The two story wooden building housed international travelers and victims leaped from verandahs onto a neighboring shop’s tin roof as firefighters battled the flames.
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