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Dr. Conrad Murray Convicted and Sentenced, But Not Chastened; and The Proof Is In The Audio and The Video (w/Update)

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Those New Breast Cancer Guidelines: Keep Doing What YOU Are Doing Right

• November 18, 2009 • Comments Off

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Arizona's Election Review Inspires Copycat Efforts in Other States September 24, 2021
The inquiry into the 2020 vote, derided as a badly flawed partisan exercise, has already spawned imitators in other states.
Jim Justice's Basketball Dreams Are Blocked. And He Is Crying Foul. September 23, 2021
As his state was battered by Covid-19, Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia applied to coach a boys’ team in his spare time. When the school board rejected him, he threatened to haul the members before a judge.
Lawsuits Filed Against Texas Doctor Could Be Best Tests of Abortion Law September 24, 2021
Legal experts said two lawsuits filed this week might test the constitutionality of the Texas law more than federal challenges by abortion providers and the Justice Department.
A Bitter Fight Over Fate of Surfside Condo Collapse Site September 21, 2021
What to do with the site of the collapsed condo in Surfside, Fla.? There is no easy way to both honor victims and compensate condo owners.
Republican Review of Arizona Vote Fails to Show Stolen Election September 24, 2021
The much criticized review showed much the same results as in November, with 99 more Biden votes and 261 fewer Trump ones.
Olivia King, Kroger Shooting Victim, Is Remembered as 'Selfless' September 24, 2021
Olivia King died in a hospital after the gunman shot her in the chest, one of her sons said.
Texas, Spurred By Trump, Announces Election Audit in 4 Counties September 24, 2021
The announcement came hours after the former president publicly pushed for an audit of the election results in Texas.
Voting Rights Groups Sue Ohio Over Redistricting Map September 24, 2021
“Ohio may be the canary in the coal mine from what we can expect from a partisan-dominated map-drawing process,” an official with the A.C.L.U. said.

The Guardian, UK

House committee on Capitol attack subpoenas Trump’s ex-chief of staff and other top aides September 23, 2021
Mark Meadows, Steve Bannon and Dan Scavino among advisers called to testify over president’s connection to 6 January eventsThe House select committee scrutinizing the Capitol attack on Thursday sent subpoenas to Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a cadre of top Trump aides, demanding their testimony to shed light on the former president’s co […]
‘Necessary for security’: veteran Taliban enforcer says amputations will resume September 24, 2021
Nooruddin Turabi, prisons minister in the new Afghan government, says executions and removal of hands will restart, but possibly not in publicOne of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan has said the hardline movement will once again carry out executions and amputations […]
US envoy to Haiti resigns over ‘inhumane’ decision to deport migrants September 23, 2021
Daniel Foote excoriates Washington in letter addressed to Antony Blinken for deporting hundreds from a border campThe US envoy to Haiti has resigned after just two months in the role, in protest at what he called the Biden administration’s “inhumane” mass deportation of Haitian migrants and asylum seekers to what he said was a highly dangerous “collapsed sta […]
Canary Islands ‘miracle home’ stands alone against volcano’s lava flow September 24, 2021
Eruption on La Palma has destroyed hundreds of homes, but one escaped the devastation all aroundLike a cartoon house with its own raincloud, a Canary Islands home has survived rivers of lava flowing from the volcanic eruption on La Palma, with images showing the untouched residence and nearby landscape surrounded by charred black landscape.Social media users […]
China sends jets and bombers near Taiwan as Beijing opposes island’s trade deal bid September 24, 2021
Nuclear-capable bombers entered air defence zone, says Taipei, amid simmering row over competing bids to join regional trade agreementChina has voiced opposition to Taiwan joining a major trans-Pacific trade deal as it flew 24 planes – including two nuclear-capable bombers – into the self-ruled island’s air defence zone, the biggest incursion in weeks, Taiwa […]
Furious French defence contractor to seek compensation over Aukus deal September 23, 2021
Head of Naval Group attacks Australia’s ‘political’ decision to cancel €56bn contract with his firmAustralia has signed up to an empty promise by agreeing to a US nuclear powered submarine deal for which there is no clear delivery date or technology transfer agreement, the furious head of the French defence contractor Naval Group has warned.Pierre Eric Pomme […]
Young global climate strikers vow change is coming – from the streets September 24, 2021
Mass youth protests to hit more than 1,400 locations weeks before Cop26 climate summitA global climate strike by youth protesters on Friday will hit more than 1,400 locations with a message that “change is coming – from the streets”.The strike is the first such worldwide action since the coronavirus pandemic hit, and is taking place just weeks before the vit […]
Spyware ‘found on phones of five French cabinet members’ September 23, 2021
Mediapart claims indicate that devices were targeted by NSO’s Pegasus spywareTraces of Pegasus spyware were found on the mobile phones of at least five current French cabinet ministers, the investigative website Mediapart has reported, citing multiple anonymous sources and a confidential intelligence dossier.The allegation comes two months after the Pegasus […]

The BBC

Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont arrested in Italy September 24, 2021
Spain accuses the former president of the Catalonia region of sedition, and wants him extradited.
Haitian migrants at US border: 'We've been through 11 countries' September 24, 2021
One man tells how he trekked through jungle with his young son, seeing fellow migrants' dead bodies.
Migrants freezing to death on Belarus-Poland border September 23, 2021
The BBC finds stranded migrants facing sub-zero temperatures amid a row between Poland and Belarus.
Capitol riot committee to investigate Trump allies September 24, 2021
The committee investigating the 6 January riot has issued the first subpoenas of the Trump team.
Gabby Petito case: FBI issues arrest warrant for boyfriend Brian Laundrie September 23, 2021
The indictment says Brian Laundrie used a debit card that did not belong to him after her death.
R. Kelly lawyer compares him to Martin Luther King September 23, 2021
The defence makes its final arguments in the singer's sex-abuse trial.
Canary Islands volcano: 'Miracle house' escapes lava September 23, 2021
The volcano on La Palma has been erupting since Sunday, destroying hundreds of homes.
UK Covid vaccine rules cause hesitancy - Africa health boss September 23, 2021
The UK's refusal to accept vaccine certificates from Africa could increase hesitancy, says Africa CDC.