Posts Tagged ‘death’

March 11 2010

New death threats for Swedish cartoonist

Swedish artist Lars Vilks walks in the streets of Stockholm Wednesday without protection despite death threats against him.The Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Muhammad has angered Muslims says he’s received more death threats since arrests were made this week over an alleged plot to kill him.


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March 10 2010

Once-revered lawmaker freezes to death alone

Juanita Goggins is seen in a 1974 file photo in Rock Hill, S.C. Goggins was the first black woman elected to the the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, and was hailed as a trailblazer at the time. Three decades later, Goggins died alone and freezing in the home she rented for 16 years, just four miles from the gleaming Statehouse dome. When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer.  Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75.


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March 10 2010

Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie’s son

Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son’s apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death

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March 8 2010

Ore. faith healers get 16 months for son’s death

The judge who sentenced an Oregon couple to prison Monday for the death of their son says members of their church must quit relying on faith healing when their children’s lives are at stake.

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March 6 2010

Report: Tiger bites keeper to death in Chinese zoo

An animal keeper has died after being bitten by a tiger at the Shanghai Zoo.

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March 6 2010

Doctor guilty in wife’s cyanide death

The case of Yazeed Essa, an Ohio doctor accused of poisoning his wife, was delayed for years while authorities tried to extradite the defendant from Cyprus. A doctor accused of lacing his wife’s calcium supplement with cyanide so he could be with his mistress is convicted of aggravated murder.


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March 5 2010

Lessons of a $618,616 death

Terence Foley, right, stands with his wife, Amanda Bennett, and children Georgia and Terry in August 2007, four months before his death.Writer Amanda Bennett recounts her late husband’s battle with cancer, which cost $618,616 over seven years. The case offers a window into the debate over health care. 






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March 3 2010

Thousands mourn death of California teen

March 1: The body of 17-year-old Chelsea King was found in the same park where she was last seen jogging. Now, authorities are looking at the troubling past of the man they believed killed her. NBC’s Janet Shamlian reports and former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt weighs in on the case. (Today Show)Friends and family of 17-year-old Chelsea King began mourning her death after a body was found five days after the popular, straight-A student disappeared.






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March 1 2010

Doctors hastened dying kids’ death, say parents

It’s a situation too agonizing to contemplate — a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents’ request.



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March 1 2010

Chile quake death toll jumps to 708

Residents of Pelluhue, Chile, comb the beach Sunday in search of belongings after a tsunami triggered by Saturday's quake washed over the town.At least 708 people died in the massive quake and tsunami that followed, Chile’s president says, as reports indicate the coastal city of Concepcion and areas around it were hardest hit.


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