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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

3,000 jail cells sit empty in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS, June 6 (UPI) -- Falling crime rates intersecting with a boom in jail building means Minnesota has 3,000 empty jail cells, officials say. The lack of demand caught the eye of officials in Houston County who at least paused to ponder whether they should go ahead open a new jail they've... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

GOP's Pawlenty, Romney strike the pose

WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- GOP presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty defended "traditional" values and blamed Democrats for high unemployment at a Washington conference. At the right-wing Faith and Freedom Coalition conference Friday, Romney and Pawlenty, the former governors of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 3, 2011

'Dr. Death' Jack Kevorkian dies

ROYAL OAK, Mich., June 3 (UPI) -- Jack Kevorkian, 83, the Michigan doctor whose advocacy for assisted suicide created havoc for medical ethicists and law agencies, died Friday, his lawyer said. Mayer Morganroth said Kevorkian died at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., where he was hospitalized... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Cindy Anthony cries on witness stand

ORLANDO, Fla., May 31 (UPI) -- Cindy Anthony returned to the witness stand Tuesday as her daughter Casey's murder trial entered its second week in Orlando, Fla. She wept as she listened to replays of calls she made to 911 to report her granddaughter, Caylee, missing, the Orlando Sentinel reported.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Cindy Anthony testifies at trial

ORLANDO, Fla., May 28 (UPI) -- Casey Anthony's mother wept as she testified for the prosecution Saturday at her daughter's murder trial in Orlando, Fla. Cindy Anthony undercut the defense version of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's death in 2008, the Orlando Sentinel reported. She said the toddler would... Sign in to see full entry.

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