Archive for August 25th, 2008
Expert: Hard for inebriated mom to kill baby in microwave
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A forensic toxicologist says a Dayton woman accused of killing her baby by burning the child in a microwave oven was drinking heavily during the hours when the child likely died.
Defense witness Alfred Staubus, a retired professor at Ohio State University, testified on […]
Obese Ohio death row inmate asks state for mercy
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A death row inmate who says he’s too fat to be executed received poor legal help during his trial and later when he appealed the death sentence, his lawyers said Monday during a clemency hearing.
It’s the second time that Richard Cooey, convicted of killing two […]
NY escort worker pleads guilty in Spitzer case
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman accused of helping arrange trysts between pricey escorts and their customers has pleaded guilty in the prostitution scandal that forced Eliot Spitzer to step down as governor of New York.
Thirty-six-year-old Tanya Hollander pleaded Monday to a charge of conspiracy to violate the travel act. It’s against the law […]
The Closing Ceremony: China ends 2008 Olympics with a bang
BEIJING — China completed its stint as Olympic host Sunday with a superstar-studded closing ceremony that capped a 16-day pageant of state-of-the-art logistics and astounding athletic feats, set out for a curious world. The games did little, though, to erase concerns about the emerging superpower’s approach to human rights. Tenor Placido Domingo was […]
U.S. men’s basketball regains gold medal-winning form
BEIJING — Arm-in-arm, they climbed onto the middle of the medals platform, the spot that for so long was U.S. private property. Some players flashed their Olympic medals to the crowd. One pretended to take a bite, just to make sure it was real. Yep, it was gold — the color […]
Olympics roundup: U.S. finishes with 110 medals
What fencer Mariel Zagunis started, Dwyane Wade and the “Redeem Team” finished. In between, Michael Phelps and the rest of the U.S. delegation put on one heck of an Olympics — perhaps their best ever. By reclaiming gold in men’s basketball, pulling off an emotional victory in men’s volleyball and claiming […]