Ayotte backs bipartisan immigration reform in Senate debate
New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte said she would support the bipartisan immigration overhaul and criticized the current system as unworthy of a great nation. She joined others in backing a plan offering a path to citizenship for about 11 million undocumented immigrants, aiming to shore up votes to avert a filibuster. The bill was drafted by a bipartisan group of eight senators, four Republicans and four Democrats.
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U.S
Kelly Ayotte
Senate
New Hampshire
Ayotte
Houston oncologist charged in coffee poisoning case
Prosecutors in Houston charged Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, a breast cancer oncologist at M D Anderson, with aggravated assault for spiking the coffee of her lover and coworker, George Blumenschein, with a dangerous sweet tasting chemical used in antifreeze. Blumenenschein suffered prolonged kidney damage and remains under treatment.
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Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo
University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Blumenschein
M.D. Anderson
Gonzalez-Angulo
Derek Hollingsworth
The
Houston Chronicle
Hollingsworth
Male train drivers wear skirts to work
In northern Stockholm on the Roslagsbanan line, male drivers and conductors wore skirts as a summer protest against the uniform policy that bans shorts. About a dozen workers join the act. Arriva says staff should look proper but cannot block men from wearing women's clothes, signaling possible policy change.
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Stockholm
Martin Akersten
Roslagsbanan
Akersten
Arriva
Tomas Hedenius
Mandela Recovers in Pretoria Hospital As Family Visits
Nelson Mandela received visits from family members at a Pretoria hospital where he an anti apartheid icon remains treated for a recurring lung infection. Reports say his condition is serious but stable with no official update after a second night in hospital.
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Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Jacob Zuma
Pretoria
Makaziwe Mandela
Regina Mundi
Soweto
Sebastian Rousso
Manisho Morale
Siyabonga Nyembe
Defense in Zimmerman Martin case faces race and threat defense
Sanford Florida defense lead will argue George Zimmerman felt threatened by Trayvon Martin during a February 2012 encounter. Prosecutors seek second degree murder. jury selection begins as details of Zimmerman's neighborhood watch background and the Retreat at Twin Lakes confrontation emerge.
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Trayvon Martin
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Sanford
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Sanford, Fla
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Martin
Mark O'Mara
Florida
O'Mara
Randy McClean
O’mara
Trayvon
McClean
Orlando
David Hill
Twin Lakes
Fort Hood attack suspect Hasan faces slower trial due to paralysis
The Army psychologist Maj. Nidal Hasan, paralyzed from the abdomen down, may see delays in his Fort Hood court martial. His health requires 15 to 20 minute stretches every four hours and breaks every half hour to prevent sores, potentially shortening daily testimony and delaying proceedings. Hasan, who faces execution or life in prison if convicted, is representing himself.
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Texas
Maj
Nidal Hasan
Texas Army
Army
Tara Osborn
Hasan
Prasad Lakshminarasimhiah
Santa Monica gunman identified as John Zawahri
Police named John Zawahri as the Santa Monica gunman. Five people were killed in the spree including his father and brother, with Marcela Franco dying from injuries at UCLA Medical Center. Debra Lynn Fine survived a shrapnel injury. The attack began at the family home and ended with police gunfire at the Santa Monica College library.
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Ucla Medical Center
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Franco
Carlos Navarro Franco
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John Zawahri
Debra Lynn Fine
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center
Russell Fine
Jacqueline Seabrooks
Samir Zawahri
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