Yale lab murderer sentenced to 44 years in prison as family breaks down
A Yale research technician was sentenced to 44 years in prison Friday for strangling graduate student Annie Le just days before her 2009 wedding.
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'Dr. Death' Jack Kevorkian dead at 83Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a Michigan pathologist who championed a patient's right to die by assisted suicide, passed away Friday. He was 83.
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An Open Letter to President Obama
Dear Mr. President: Most of us are aware of what a wonderful husband and father you are. It is with that in mind that I wish to suggest to you a possible way of understanding what the proper borders are for Israel with its neighbors. At present you are strongly backing the idea that ......Read More
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Charles Grodin
I found it very hard to believe recently, when there was a report, if an airline loses your baggage, they're obligated to refund the fee you paid to send it, and not a reasonable value of what was in the baggage.
