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Former Enron chief Skilling to be resentenced
Former Enron Corp. chief Jeffrey Skilling, convicted three years ago of fraud, is scheduled to be resentenced Thursday after a federal appeals court vacated his 24-year sentence earlier this year. A three-judge panel of the U.S.
Mystery unfolds over discarded barrel with Mexican artifacts
One man’s trash is another man’s mystery. Five years ago, Nick DiMola’s rubbish removal company was hired to clean out a Manhattan apartment following the death of the owner, abstract artist Clinton Hill
School: No shortage of volunteers for swine flu vaccine trials
Days after the U.S. government announced upcoming trials for an H1N1 flu vaccine, Saint Louis University has been inundated with phone calls and e-mails from people volunteering for the study
Items taken from Michael Jackson’s doctor’s buildings listed
Texas authorities released court documents Thursday detailing the items seized from the medical office and storage unit of Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist who was with Jackson when he fell ill and died on June 25
DEA: Police search Texas office of Jackson’s last doctor
Investigators on Wednesday morning were searching the Houston, Texas, building where Dr. Conrad Murray has a practice, according to a spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Administration
Gays in the Military: Does a Sailor’s Murder Signal Deeper Problems?
Even as Pentagon lawyers begin trying to ease the “don’t ask, don’t tell” prohibition on gays serving openly in the U.S. military, the murder last week of an apparently gay sailor at California’s Camp Pendleton has raised new questions over the readiness of the armed forces to accept openly homosexual personnel. Seaman August Provost of Houston was shot and killed while standing nighttime guard at his base on June 30.
Sailor gunned down on sentry duty, Navy says
A sailor found dead earlier this week at California’s Camp Pendleton was shot while standing sentry, and a fire was set in an attempt to cover up evidence, the U.S. Navy said. The death of Seaman August Provost of Houston, Texas, is being investigated as a homicide, Capt
China Dubious That Yao Ming Could Be Out of the Game
When Yao Ming went down during the third game of the Houston Rockets’ Western Conference semifinals series versus the Los Angeles Lakers on May 8, the big man moaned and slapped the floor. Now it is Chinese fans’ turn to grimace after a team doctor announced Monday that the stress fracture in the Chinese basketball player’s left foot is more serious than previously feared, and could even end the 7’6″ center’s career.
Yao Ming foot injury could ‘end career’
Tom Clanton, the team physician for the Houston Rockets basketball team has said the foot injury currently sidelining Chinese center Yao Ming could threaten the seven-foot-six-inch player’s career. “At this point, the injury has the potential for him missing this next season and could be career-threatening,” Clanton told the Houston Chronicle regional newspaper.