Deviant killer gets life Melbourne (Web promotion) Herald Sun - 15 hours ago

Deviant killer gets life Melbourne (Web promotion) Herald Sun - 15 hours ago

Deviant killer gets life
Melbourne Herald Sun - 15 hours ago KANSAS -- Dennis Rader, the sexual deviant serial killer known as BTK, received 10 life sentences yesterday, one for each of his murder victims. And if prosecutors get their way, he won't be able to receive newspapers and writing materials in prison.

Jordan rejects Israel's request for Aqaba blasts investigation
People's Daily Online - 50 minutes ago Jordan rejected Friday an Israeli request to take part in investigations into Aqaba blasts earlier in the day, local press reported. Jordan has rejected Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz's request for sending

Angry mayor says 'enough is enough'
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago An irate Mayor Gavin Newsom demanded Friday that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. inspect hundreds of underground electrical transformers after one exploded beneath Kearny Street in San Francisco's Financial District, badly injuring a woman.

The late bloomer
Boston Globe - 55 minutes ago By Lynda Gorov, Globe Correspondent | August 20, 2005. LOS ANGELES -- Professional comedy chops aside, the real Steve Carell isn't flat-out funny. He doesn't tell jokes or even anecdotes. He doesn't mug or clown or go for the obvious laugh.

Member of 9/11 terror cell jailed
Guardian Unlimited - 7 hours ago A friend of the September 11 suicide pilots was jailed for seven years yesterday after a German court found him guilty of belonging to a terrorist cell after a year-long retrial. Mounir el Motassadeq, 31, a

Texas jury finds Merck responsible in Vioxx death
DetNews.com - 40 minutes ago After less than 11 hours of deliberation, a Texas jury on Friday found Merck & Co. responsible for the death of a 59-year-old triathlete who was taking the company's once-popular painkiller, Vioxx. The jury

Pope denounces Nazism in synagogue visit
Boston Globe - 55 minutes ago By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff | August 20, 2005. COLOGNE, Germany -- Pope Benedict XVI, in a history-making visit to a rebuilt German synagogue that had once been destroyed by Nazis, yesterday called Nazism

US protesters dig in despite absent anti-war mom
Washington Post - 8 hours ago By Tabassum Zakaria. CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Supporters of anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan on Friday vowed to stay near US President George W. Bush's Texas ranch in her absence, while opponents of her

Detroit Metro mechanics cheer strike against Northwest
Miami Herald - 1 hour ago ROMULUS, Mich. - Northwest Airlines mechanics erupted in cheers and applause as a strike against the airline got underway Saturday morning. "All the members of Local 5, we are officially on strike against

Federer rolls into semis; Ginepri ousts Safin
Reuters Canada - 2 hours ago CINCINNATI (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer rolled into the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters on Friday while fourth seed Marat Safin was dumped out by American wildcard Robby Ginepri. Fifth