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HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Supreme Court said Thursday that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the procedure. Patients and doctors had been waiting for the state’s high court to step in after a lower court …
Herald Tribune · December 31, 2009, 1:27 PM (PST)
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Zach Dal Pra, chief deputy of the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department, said Thursday his office would have to show evidence of a newer crime to revoke Tyson’s probation. Arizona authorities said after Tyson’s Nov. 11 arrest in Los Angeles that they were watching the case to see if the former …
Atlanta Journal Constitution · December 31, 2009, 1:19 PM (PST)
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A gunman killed four people at the Sello mall in Espoo, Finland. Media reports suggest he may still be on the loose. Finnish Police State broadcaster YLE has identified the suspect who reportedly shot and killed four people at a mall in Finland as Ibrahim Shkupolli, 43. He was also reportedly …
New York Daily News · December 31, 2009, 11:32 AM (PST)
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WASHINGTON- An Internet travel writer who was leaked an airline security directive asked the Transportation Security Administration on Thursday to postpone enforcement of a subpoena so he can challenge it in federal court. Chris Elliott said TSA agents showed up at his house, demanding that he …
Boston Globe · December 31, 2009, 1:19 PM (PST)
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Byrd gets $3 million next year, $5.5 million in 2011 and $6.5 million in 2012. A career .279 hitter with 60 homers and 335 RBIs in 785 major league games with Philadelphia, Washington and Texas, Byrd will be reunited with former Texas and current Cubs hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. In three seasons …
Baltimore Sun · December 31, 2009, 1:05 PM (PST)
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LAGOS , Nigeria (AP) – The U.S. gave Nigeria four full-body scanners for its international airports in 2008 to detect explosives and drugs, but none were used on the man suspected trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight, Nigerian officials say. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, tracked by cameras …
Baltimore Sun · December 31, 2009, 12:36 PM (PST)
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The stock market has closed out a remarkable 2009 with a loss as investors bet the improving economy will lead the government to pull back on its stimulus measures. But stocks still managed their best year since 2003 as they recovered from the financial crisis and recession. Thursday’s trading …
San Francisco Chronicle · December 31, 2009, 1:27 PM (PST)
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Idaho Statesman
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President Barack Obama’s family is spending part of the last day of 2009 watching the futuristic adventure film "Avatar." The Obamas visited a movie theater near their rented vacation home in Hawaii on Thursday morning for a screening of the 3-D hit. Officials say the first family and their friends …
Courier-Post · December 31, 2009, 1:27 PM (PST)
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The bank account is thin, but the future looks pretty good. That, oddly enough, is the view of many Americans who predict 2010 will be a better year than this one, even if they fear that the U.S. economy and their own financial circumstances won’t improve. A whopping 82 percent are …
Findlaw.com · December 31, 2009, 11:39 AM (PST)
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MOSCOW – Russia’s space-agency chief said yesterday that a spacecraft may be dispatched to knock a large asteroid off course and reduce the chances of Earth impact – though U.S. scientists say such a scenar
io is unlikely. Anatoly Perminov told Golos Rossii radio that his space agency would meet soon …
Philadelphia Daily News · December 31, 2009, 9:59 AM (PST)
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