Acquitted Raia says self defense in Maine triple homicide
Sabato Rain ad admitted shooting three men outside his home after they confronted him at a bar over a CD player. He claimed self defense saying he feared for his life as the men advanced toward him. A jury found him not guilty six months later, triggering family outraged by what they call injustice.
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Portland
Maine
Sabato
Sabino” Rain
Christina Matthews
Dana Mat
Raia
Kevin Pinette
Nickolas Patenaude
Matthews
Aman
Judge halts late-term abortion ban in New Jersey
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order delaying the law enacted after a veto. U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson set a hearing for December 24 while the state defends the ban. The Legislature and governor dispute the legality, with debates over attorney representation and constitutional concerns.
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Trenton
N.J
Aborc Anc
U.S
Anne E. Thompson
Senate
Donald DiFrancesco
Assembly
Jack Collins
Christie Whitman
Whitman
Starving 5-Year-Old Boy Rescued From Tennessee Home
Police say a five year old weighed 20 pounds after years of neglect in Gray Tennessee. Donald and Kimberly Higbee, previously investigated in California and Houston, face felony abuse and neglect charges with a $75,000 bond. A younger brother and infant sister were placed in foster care. the child has since gained 9 pounds.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Donald
Kimberly Higbee
California
Houston
Gray, Tenn
Florida to adopt 10 digit dialing in Miami County
The Florida Public Service Commission approved an overlay plan requiring 10 digit dialing starting July 1 for residents in Miami Race County. Existing 305 numbers stay unchanged while new customers receive the 786 SUN area code. Testing begins January 1.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Miami- Race
State Public Service Commission
Kevorkian present at two patient deaths
Dr. Jack Kevorkian and associate Dr. Georges Reding attended the deaths of Cheri Trimble, 46, Iowa City, and an 89-year-old California woman, at a Pontiac hospital and Allen Park inn respectively. The Trimble body was left at POH Medical Center after death from metastasized breast cancer. An 89-year-old woman who had a stroke and paralysis was found at the Best Western Greenfield Inn with a note asking contact with attorney Fieger.
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Detroit
Jack Kevorkian
Kevorkian
Cheri Trimble
Iowa City
Iowa
Poh Medical Center
Pontiac
Geoffrey
Greenfield Inn
Allen Park
Fieger
Margaret Weilhart
Oceanside
Calif
Georges Reding
Trial opens in Oklahoma City bombing case Nichols jury seated
In Denver a federal jury begins deliberations in the Terry Nichols case, charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and related counts for the April 19, 1995 bombing that killed 168 people. Prosecutors urge justice, while defense claims flawed evidence and a tainted narrative.
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Nichols
Denver
Federal
Oklahoma City
Terry Nichols
Larry Mackey
America
Michael Tigar
Timothy McVeigh
Woods
Mackey
Oklahoma
Richard Matsch
Matsch
Assocaree
Evidence in dispute over Nichols McVeigh bomb plot
Prosecution cites fingerprinted fertilizer receipts, letters, and witnesses linking Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols to the 1995 bombing. Defense argues Nichols planted items, misinterprets records, and cites alternative alibi gaps, with contention over storage lockers, purchases, and call logs.
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Nichols
Herington
Kaw
Timothy McVeigh
IB Defense
McVeigh
Arkansas
Roger Moore
Moore
Las Vegas
Michael Fortier
Income gap widens in New York state study
A Fiscal Policy Institute analysis finds New York the most unequal state, with 51 percent of family income held by the richest fifth and declines for the poorest fifth between the late 1970s and mid-1990s. The report calls for action by leaders across sectors to boost lower and middle class incomes.
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Fiscal Policy Institute
Institute
Frank Mauroe
New York
Samanta the
U.S
Scientists measure moon distance to inch precision
Scientists report Earth to Moon distance within about 15 billion inches, an inch level. Using lasers fired from Earth, researchers describe the result as a scientific slam dunk, delivering one of the most accurate measurements yet of the Earth Moon gap.
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Jupiter
Europa
Galileo
Moon
Earth
Secret Service director warns agents to guard sensitive disclosures
Secret Service chief Lew Merletti ordered agents to shield the agency’s secrets after four former agents criticized Kennedy’s alleged womanizing in The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour M. Hersh. One ex-agent called the director’s letter a suppression of free speech and a slap at staff.
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Secret Service
Lew Merletti
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Camelot
Seymour M. Hersh
Tony Sherman
The
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Tigar
Branch Davidian Sect
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Texas
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Kan
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Mr. Havens
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Michigan
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