Sharon Undergoes Emergency Brain Surgery
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed back to surgery Friday after a brain scan revealed a rise in pressure on his brain and more internal bleeding, doctors said.
Miners' Notes Reveal Their Final Moments
TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. - Tom Toler identified the body of his youngest brother. And then he was handed a message from the dead man. In wobbly printing, written in ink on the back of an insurance application, 51-year-old miner Martin Toler Jr. said goodbye. For now.
11 U.S. Troops Killed in One Day in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military on Friday announced the deaths of six more American troops killed in the recent barrage of violence that has swept Iraq, bringing to 11 the number of troops killed on the same day.
Abramoff Scandal Gives Impetus to Reform
WASHINGTON - There's the shame factor and then the fear factor. Both, according to one senator, explain the sudden congressional interest in cleaning up the relationships between lobbyists and their aides now that Jack Abramoff's wheeling and dealing has been exposed.
Iranian President Hopes Sharon Dies
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president said Thursday he hoped for the death of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the latest anti-Israeli comment by a leader who has already provoked international criticism for suggesting that Israel be "wiped off the map."
DNA to Be Retested for Man Executed in '92
RICHMOND, Va. - Death penalty opponents praised Gov. Mark R. Warner's order for DNA testing that could determine whether Virginia sent an innocent man to the electric chair in 1992.
CDC Report: Down Syndrome More Common
ATLANTA - Down syndrome in the United States is more common than previously thought, at one case for every 733 live births, according to a new government report containing what are regarded as the most reliable estimates yet on the prevalence of 18 types of birth defects.
'Enemy combatant' Padilla appears in court
MIAMI (Reuters) - Jose Padilla, an "enemy combatant" held
in U.S. military custody for more than three years, made a
brief court appearance in Miami on Thursday after being moved
to Florida under heavy security to face criminal charges.
Robertson Links Sharon Stroke, God's Wrath
NORFOLK, Va. - Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment for "dividing God's land."
Dems Weigh Alito Confirmation Vote Delay
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats are considering a plan that could delay a committee vote on Samuel Alito's Supreme Court nomination for at least a week, slowing what could have been a quick confirmation for President Bush's pick to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Turkish family mourns third child dead from bird flu
DOGUBAYAZIT, Turkey (Reuters) - A third child from the same family in eastern Turkey died of bird flu on Friday as the virus which has killed 74 people in China and Southeast Asia reached the threshold of Europe.
Brain Protein May Be Linked to Depression
WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered a protein that seems to play a crucial role in developing depression, a finding that may lead to new treatments for the often debilitating illness — and fundamental understanding of why it strikes.
Expert Blames Dog Disease for Wolf Decline
BILLINGS, Mont. - Most of the gray wolf pups born in Yellowstone National Park last year have died, a federal wolf expert says, and he believes a dog disease — parvo virus — may be behind the dramatic loss.
Bush reaches beyond inner circle on Iraq policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush reached
beyond his tight circle of trusted aides on Thursday to solicit
views on Iraq of former secretaries of state and defense,
including some who have publicly criticized his policy.
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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Private School Tuition Vouchers
Tallahassee Democrat
TALLAHASSEE - In a 5-2 decision, the Florida Supreme Court said Opportunity Scholarships, created by the Legislature in 1999, violate parts of the state's constitution added by voters in 1998. The vouchers provided for students in failing schools to go to private schools.
Couple From Bartow Found Dead
Lakeland Ledger
LAKELAND - A Bartow husband and wife were found dead together Monday afternoon locked inside their Daytona Beach hotel room. Alvin Maxwell "Max" Wilder, 67, and Nellie Ann Wilder, 64, were found by workers shortly after noon at the Sea Dip Beach Resort Hotel after several knocks to the couple's fifth-floor door went unanswered...
Commissioners propose tougher ethics, coupled with raise
WTSP
TAMPA - A Bucs game, dinner at Bern's, and a concert are some of the places commissioners get invitations to. And the tab is often picked up by lobbyists.
Dirty hands are latest target of Storms' ire
WTSP
TAMPA - Think of Ronda Storms the next time you're in a portable potty.
Bucs blitz scalpers on Web site
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - A Buccaneers' playoff game always brings out ticket scalpers. But this week they showed up in a unusual location: The Bucs' official Web site.
Prosecutors seek death for Davis, accused killer of mother, grandfather
Bradenton Herald
MANATEE - Authorities said clifford Davis, 19, confessed to strangling his mother, Stephanie Ann Davis, 43, and killing his grandfather, Joel C. Hill, 77. They said subsequent medical tests showed Davis had sex with his mother's dead body.
High school brawl ends with eight girls in handcuffs
WFTS
TAMPA - School fights are not uncommon, but a Thursday morning brawl at Blake High School ended with eight teenage girls under arrest.
Teen drug use mostly declining
St. Petersburg Times
TALLAHASSEE - Teenage use of most drugs in Florida continued to decline in 2004, Gov. Jeb Bush said Thursday, citing results of an annual survey of middle and high school students.
Fund set up for orphaned brothers
WTSP
NEW PORT RICHEY - Two young boys from New Port Richey are facing life without either of their parents. The boys’ father, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Lilly, died in a motorcycle accident on Christmas day. Two years ago, the boys’ mother died after going into cardiac arrest.
Girl Scheduled to Return to Florida
Lakeland Ledger
A missing 13-year-old Bartow girl, who fled to Texas after she allegedly left her house with a convicted sex offender, was scheduled to return to Florida Thursday night, Bartow police said.
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