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The most telling reaction I have encountered in the row over excessive expenses claims by British lawmakers came from a London taxi-driver. "I am sick and tired" he said "of hearing them excuse themselves by saying that what they did was OK because it was within the rules.
Critics deride the Eurovision Song Contest as a cultural Chernobyl, an ostentatious talent show in which gaudiness and sex appeal have more currency than musical ability.
The body of accused triple killer and University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan could be headed to a pauper’s grave if the family doesn’t claim his remains in the next day, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Friday. Almost a week after authorities found Zinkhan’s body in a self-dug shallow grave, no one has stepped forward to claim his remains, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said. It is the family’s responsibility to tell the coroner how they want the body handled.
British soldier Phil Packer was told a year ago that he would never walk again, but on Saturday he finished the London Marathon.
President Obama has accepted the resignation of Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office responsible for the controversial low-altitude flyover of New York by a 747 plane used as Air Force One, the White House said Friday. The photo shoot, which President Obama said he was “furious” with, happened on April 27.
The suspect in the shooting of a Wesleyan University student will be arraigned Friday morning after surrendering to police without incident Thursday evening in neighboring Meriden, authorities said. Stephen Morgan has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Johanna Justin-Jinich at a Middletown bookstore on Wednesday and is being held on a $10 million bond, Middletown Chief Lynn Baldoni said.
Last summer, Phil Packer was told he would probably never walk again.
A man suspected of killing a Wesleyan University junior may be targeting the university and its Jewish population, Middletown, Connecticut, police said Thursday. Police have launched a nationwide search for Stephen Morgan, 29, who is suspected of killing Johanna Justin-Jinich. The young woman was shot and killed Wednesday at a bookstore in Middletown near the Wesleyan campus, police said.
The White House indicated Wednesday that a report and a photo from the controversial low-altitude New York flyover by a 747 plane used as Air Force One could be released soon. Earlier, White House officials had said that there were no plans to release photos to the public. But the tone seemed to change on Wednesday
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday insisted that his country’s nuclear arsenal is "definitely safe," despite growing concerns about recent gains by the Taliban along the country’s border with Afghanistan.