NASA inspector pleads innocent in shuttle parts case
Former NASA safety inspector Billy T. Thornton pleaded not guilty in Orlando federal court to 83 counts of fraud and 83 counts of false statements tied to inspections of space shuttle Discovery parts. Trial set for December. he faces up to 15 years per fraud count and five years per false statement.
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Billy T. Thornton
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Harvard student on trial faces duel versions of fatal stabbing
Jurors weigh two stark accounts in the Michael Colono case. Prosecutor says Alexander Pring-Wilson, 26, fatally stabbed the 18-year-old after a drunken encounter, portraying him as cold and calculating. Defense argues Pring-Wilson acted to defend himself from a brutal assault.
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Alexander Pring-Wilson
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Michael Colono
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Boy dies after brown recluse bite in Tennessee
In Nashville, a 5 year old boy named Nicholas Robinson died after a brown recluse spider bite. He was playing at home about 70 miles south of Nashville on July 29. Medical examiners ruled the death as caused by the spider bite despite earlier misdiagnosis as a virus. He was taken to a doctor, then rushed to a hospital where hypersalivation sweating and neurological symptoms appeared before death.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nicholas Robinson
Nashville
New York Times Reporter Refuses Source Disclosure
New York Times reporter Judith Miller defies prosecutors by refusing to reveal a confidential source in the CIA leak case. Miller faces possible jail time for contempt after a federal judge held her in contempt. she says she would only identify a source if sure the disclosure was truly hers to make.
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NEW York
New York Times
CIA
Judith Miller
Miller
Prairie dog poisoning curbed in bid to protect ferret
The United States will poison prairie dogs on 5000 acres in Buffalo Gap Grasslands including Conata Basin to shield endangered black footed ferrets. The deal reduces treated area, excludes ferret towns, and requires non lethal methods and impact studies before further actions, with wildlife officials weighing ferret relocation.
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Denver
South Dakota
US Department of Agriculture
Buffalo Gap
Conata
Jonathan Procto
Predator Conserve Alliance
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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