As we began our journey, I was so nervous I could barely keep my footing. One of the women had made Kool-Aid and measured out enough Valium in it to keep the children calm.
‘Slavery of Faith’: Survivor recounts escape from Jonestown
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Commentary: Don’t name ‘person of interest’
The intense public interest surrounding the September 8th disappearance of 24-year-old Yale graduate student Annie Le has, since the discovery of her body last Sunday inside a wall of the laboratory building where she had been working, shifted over to a male lab technician who was described by New Haven Police as a “person of interest.” (CNN) — The intense public interest surrounding the September 8th disappearance of 24-year-old Yale graduate student Annie Le has, since the discovery of her body last Sunday inside a wall of the laboratory building where she had been working, shifted over to a male lab technician who was described by New Haven Police as a “person of interest.” In a formal court of law, the distinction between suspect and “person of interest” is as fundamental as the assumption of innocence prior to evidence of guilt.
Police release Yale worker in probe of student’s death
A Yale University employee has been released from police custody after investigators detained him Tuesday night to collect DNA, said a spokeswoman for the city of New Haven.
Private Warhol collection stolen from L.A. home
Authorities are looking for art thieves who made off with a collection of Andy Warhol paintings from a private residence last week, police in Los Angeles, California, said Friday. The stolen pieces included large pop-art portraits of several famous athletes, including tennis pro Chris Evert, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, soccer legend Pel and Major League Baseball pitcher Tom Seaver, police said
Golden girl LeAnn Rimes tarnished by relationship drama
There was a time when singer-actress LeAnn Rimes was considered as clean cut as they come.
Judge on trial after refusing to accept death row appeal
The presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals went on trial Monday, facing misconduct allegations over her refusal to accept a last-minute filing to delay an execution. The State Judicial Commission has charged Judge Sharon Keller with failing to follow the court’s execution-day procedures in the case of death-row inmate Michael Wayne Richard, and denying Richard access to open courts and the right to be heard. Asked whether she would allow the court clerk’s office to stay open past 5 p.m., as Richard’s attorneys were having computer problems and might be late filing emergency paperwork, Keller refused to do so, according to the complaint filed against her by the judicial commission.
More Nixon tapes to be made public
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library will allow access Tuesday to about 154 hours of Nixon White House tape recordings and 30,000 pages of documents that were formerly classified. Among the tapes and documents are conversations about the Vietnam War, Nixon’s second inauguration, the U.S.
U.S. investigates Afghan shooting by military contractors
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Revolutionary Road Finds Readers, If Not Viewers
Bleak. That’s always been the rap against American novelist Richard Yates. Though he has been celebrated as a writer’s writer and a consummate craftsman since his death in 1992, even his admirers found his work depressing.
Virgin Atlantic passenger’s "culinary journey of hell"
A six-page rant to Virgin Atlantic’s Sir Richard Branson about a woeful in-flight meal attracted so much attention on the Internet that it was rumored to be a clever marketing stunt. The author was reported to be Oliver Beale, a 29 year old art director who works at a London advertising agency. Both he and Virgin have insisted the letter, described as possibly “the world’s best passenger complaint,” is authentic