Shock artist charged over photos of corpses in Colorado
Denver photographer James Michael Thompson known as J.T. Colfax faces five misdemeanor counts of abuse of a corpse after taking photographs with noisemakers and signs on decaying bodies. Police say the images, created late at night while no one else was present, sparked outrage. Thompson defends the art, saying it is raw material.
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Littleton
Colo
James Michael Thompson
Denver
Mike Broadhead
Thompson
J.T. Colfax
New York City
Clarksburg
W.va
Englewood
Late card finally arrives after 87 years in transit
A birthday card mailed in August 1909 to Ida Ahlefeldt in Denmark was misdirected to Russia for decades before reaching her nephew Johan Wetche after her death. PostDenmark could not explain the detour, but Wetche is content with the mail. In a separate note, India’s ex PM P V Narasimha Rao was charged with bribery for allegedly paying four lawmakers to support his government in a confidence vote, facing up to seven years if convicted.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Ida Ahlefeldt
Agersted
Russia
Ahlefeldt
Johan Wetche
PostDanmark
Wetche
B.T. Daily
New Delhi
India
P.V. Narasimha Rao
Rao
Ajit Bharhoke
Congress Party
Orphans leave for France after Solar Temple deaths
Three teenagers aged 13, 14, and 16 from Quebec have left for France after the death of their parents in a Solar Temple incident. Jean Lortie of the youth protection office would not confirm if relatives accompanied them, and officials arranged guardians not connected to the cult. The parents Didier Queze and Chantal Goupillot perished by asphyxiation in a March 22 house fire in St. Casimir near Quebec City, part of a broader Solar Temple death toll reaching 74 across Quebec, Switzerland, and France.
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Quebec
France
Jean Lortie
Youth Protection Office
Lortie
Didier Queze
Chantal Goupillot
St. Casimir
Quebec City
Switzerland
Music giants face probes by FTC and Justice Department
Federal probes into the major recording companies target possible price fixing for compact discs and overseas control of music videos. The FTC questioned ad support tied to minimum CD prices while the Justice Department seeks documents on how MTV charged for overseas videos and the role of performance rights societies in export limits.
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FTC
Justice Department
Sinatra
Federal Trade Commission
Sony
Time-Warner
MCA
Polygram
Bertelsmann
EMI Music
Irving Scher
New York
MTV
Harold Greene
Washington
U.S
Jill Krutick
Wall Street
Smith Barney
Woman's death fuels fen phen safety scrutiny
Mary Linnen of Quincy died at 30 from a heart lung disorder linked to fenfluramine and phentermine. Wyeth-Ayerst cautioned against the combo though FDA has not approved it. Doctors prescribed fen phen about seven million times last year amid lawsuits naming drug makers Walgreens and a prescribing doctor.
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New York
Massachusetts
Mary Linnen
Quincy
Mass
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Inc
Food and Drug Administration
Sweden
Nutri/System
Joseph DiBartolomeo
Ms. Linnen
Walgreen’s
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FBI
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