'Texas 7' member volunteers to be executed

Michael Rodriguez worked for a year to convince the courts he was competent to drop his appeals and volunteer for the death penalty, and this Thursday he will get his wish.He says he feels remorse for his involvement in a violent prison break and crime spree that saw one...

Chavez: Russian Planes Can Sink 'Gringo Ships'

"Fresh from his trip to Moscow, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is brandishing his new batch of freshly delivered Suhkoi fighters. According to AFP, Chavez said the Su-30s should be a deterrent to the U.S. Navy: ...

Tokyo knifeman Tomohiro Kato recorded killing spree on mobile phone blog

" The knifeman who carried out Japan’s worst killing rampage in central Tokyo yesterday, killing seven people, may have been planning the attack for months. Police investigating the killing spree, which took...

Japan police probe stab 'warning'

Japanese Police have started investigating Tomohiro Kato, a factory employee from Shizuoka prefecture, stabbing spree. Sleuths are also looking into the allegation that several messages sent by mobile phone to a website that appeared to foretell the...

Candlelight vigil for Calgary victims

Candlelight Vigil in Memory of The Tragic May 29th Massacre" CALGARY — Well over 100 people gathered at a candlelight vigil to share their pain in the wake of a killing spree that left five...

Carl Icahn says Obama would be a "terrible'' President who would Wreck the Ec...

Carl Icahn says Obama would be a "terrible'' President who would Wreck the Economy I don't normally get involved in politics, but this time I am,'' Icahn told an investors conference in New York Wednesday...

Houston we have a "Credit" Problem, NASA Spending Spree

What Space Cases!  NASA Employees think its O.K. to use your money to buy toys."NASA employees have used government credit cards to ring up iPods, video games and even clothes from the agency's own gift shop,...

Mom saw warning signs in son who planned shooting spree

Mom saw warning signs in son who planned shooting spreeBy Scott Zamost and Abbie BoudreauCNN Special Investigations Unit GREENCREEK, Idaho (CNN) -- It was just 2½ years ago when Elaine Sonnen found out...

Indonesian boy runaway back after 10,000-dollar spree: father

"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A nine-year-old Indonesian boy who ran away from home with 10,000 dollars in cash and went on a spending spree has returned safely, his father said Wednesday.Ahmad Legal Civiandi ran away last week following a row with his mother and only returned on...

Canada 2007 "Year of the Assassins"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorVancouver and Toronto are having a Banner Year in 2007 in what amounts to the "Year of the Assassin", rivalling our 2010 Olympic Status as the best country to live in...

Man faces execution for being in car with killer

Texas has absolutely the worst death penalty laws in the United States.  It is the only state in the Union that allows the authorities to execute someone even after there is actual evidence to show that the...

ADL.org: White Supremacist terrorist David Lane dies

As you can see from the text, this White, Christian, Heterosexual, republican voting male was allowed to organise and co-ordinate White anti-government groups from within prison. How is it progressive political...

US Consumers on a Spending Spree

Research shows an uptick in consumer spending, even in the face of soaring energy costs. What's unclear from this article, though, is how much of this spending is credit-card-based, and not anchored on money...

Healing On Stage -- Virginia Tech, Tragedy, and Theatre

"Though nearly three days have passed since the shooting spree that left thirty-three Virginia Tech students dead and dozens more wounded, the international news media still crowd this quiet South-Western Virginia...

Thieves targeting holiday gifts in cars

"In a Greenwood Police evidence locker Chief Joe Pitcher says there is at least 2 thousand dollars in stolen goods. The stash includes everything from toys to clothes to electronics. All that stuff was taken in a three hour car break-in spree on one night around the Greenwood...

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