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OJ’s ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star’s armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia. Miami-based attorney Yale Galanter quickly found himself under [...]

May 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Powerball jackpot closing in on another record

Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa — Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday’s Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again. Should nobody pick the correct six numbers, the prize money will roll over to next week’s drawing and almost certainly eclipse the $656 million doled [...]

May 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Failing Ga. student accused of faking kidnapping

Associated Press: JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A college student in suburban Atlanta is accused of faking his own kidnapping to avoid telling his parents he was failing a class. John’s Creek city spokesman Doug Nurse says 19-year-old Aftab Aslam bought a cellphone and texted his parents a story about being kidnapped April 27. Nurse says [...]

May 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Nearly 50 injured as Conn. commuter trains collide

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press: FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, injuring about 50 people, authorities said. There were no reports of fatalities. The Metro-North Railroad, a commuter line serving the northern suburbs, referred in a news release to a “major derailment” near [...]

May 17, 2013No CommentRead More

New FCC chair continues prison phone battle

Market in state prison systems worth more than $362 million annually TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE Mignon Clyburn, a veteran policymaker from the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, has been appointed acting chair of the Federal Communications Commission, the first woman to ever hold the post. Since joining the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2009, [...]

May 16, 2013No CommentRead More

Philadelphia abortion doctor to get life in prison

Wire reports – Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies, agreed to forfeit his right to an appeal and will get life in prison. Gosnell was found guilty on Monday and faced a possible death sentence for his crimes.

May 14, 2013No CommentRead More

Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena

By Pete Yost, Associated Press: WASHINGTON— Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department’s secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, saying it was justified as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak. The government’s wide-ranging information gathering from the news [...]

May 14, 2013No CommentRead More

Women have more options for breast cancer surgery

By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press: CHICAGO – One of the world’s most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring – removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, “the results [...]

May 14, 2013No CommentRead More

Mother’s Day turns into nightmare for mass shooting victims’ families

Nola.com- As she headed toward a Mother’s Day second-line parade in the 7th Ward on Sunday afternoon, Linda Lazard of New Orleans didn’t feel like celebrating. The following day would mark the 17th anniversary of one of the worst days of her life – the day she discovered her father dead at 57 years old of natural [...]

May 12, 2013No CommentRead More

Miss. refuses death row inmate DNA test that could prove innocence

By Terrell Jermaine Starr, Newsone.com - Test the evidence. That’s what Willie Jerome Manning and his legal team have been asking the state of Mississippi to do over the past ten years, since being sentenced to death in 1994 for killing the two White Mississippi State University students. He has maintained his innocence throughout the case. Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller‘s [...]

May 5, 2013No CommentRead More