Published: September 30, 2009
Killer of Fla. 9-year-old dies of natural causes
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – John Evander Couey, a convicted sex offender awaiting execution for kidnapping, raping and burying 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford alive, died of natural causes Wednesday.
Couey, 51, had been ill for some time and died at a Jacksonville hospital where he had been since Aug. 12, said Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger.
“It was not [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Couples allege Ponzi-like adoption scam by NY man
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MINEOLA, N.Y. – An attorney who claimed his own experience as an adopted child motivated him to help people seeking to start families is suspected of running a Ponzi-like scheme that ripped off couples from New York to Texas, promising children that didn’t exist.
Kevin Cohen, 41, pleaded not guilty Friday to grand larceny and other [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Police: Okla. mom accused of abuse has NYC record
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OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma mother accused of locking up her 14-year-old boy in a closet for 4 1/2 years was previously convicted in the death of her 2-year-old child in New York, investigators said Wednesday.
Oklahoma City police Sgt. Gary Knight said detectives were able to confirm that LaRhonda McCall was arrested in New York [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Search on for Tenn. baby snatched by fake agent
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Police are looking for a newborn snatched from his mother’s home in Tennessee by a woman posing as an immigration agent.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says police are interviewing a person of interest near Buffalo, N.Y., but the baby is not with her.
Bureau spokeswoman Kristin Helm says 30-year-old Lisa Sampson has not [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Officials called to conference on Calif. drought
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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Wednesday urged California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call state lawmakers into a special session to deal with the state’s water crisis.
Meanwhile, the administration will ask the National Academies of Science to determine whether other scientifically sound practices can be used to protect endangered species besides curtailing water delivery from [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Report of 1955 jet wreckage found stirs memories
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LOS ANGELES – A historian’s reported discovery of the wreckage of an Air Force jet lost at sea 54 years ago off the Southern California coast brought an unexpected surge of emotions for the pilot’s brother, who found himself grieving all over again.
Aviation archaeologist G. Pat Macha said Tuesday that he and a group of [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Review targets parole lapses in Calif. kidnap case
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A month after Jaycee Dugard resurfaced and her alleged captors were arrested in her 1991 abduction, a spokeswoman for California’s inspector general says the office will investigate the state’s parole system “so that nothing like this happens again.”
Phillip Garrido, who has been charged with kidnapping Dugard outside her South Lake Tahoe home [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Work begins on national e-health record network
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Doctor’s offices and hospitals have slowly started the difficult switch from outmoded paper records to sophisticated electronic systems in a bid to improve care and cut costs.
Making records more accessible is a big part of the effort. Complicating matters, though, is that the industry still has to figure out how to [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Iannetta's HR gives Rockies 3-game wild-card lead
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DENVER – After feeling his pain for so long, Chris Iannetta’s teammates relished the chance to mob him at home plate when his homer in the 11th inning gave the Colorado Rockies a 7-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
“It’s huge. There is no guy lacking an important role on this team right now,” said Jason [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Tigers earn split to maintain 2-game lead on Twins
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DETROIT – Justin Verlander got a sense of what it’s like to follow baseball from afar.
It wasn’t fun.
Detroit’s ace was home watching on TV when the Tigers lost to the Twins 3-2 in 10 innings Tuesday afternoon. Then, he drove to the ballpark and helped his team beat Minnesota 6-5 to split the doubleheader and [...]
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