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CONCORD, N.H. - A bill to legalize assisted suicide in New Hampshire lost key backing yesterday from a legislative committee when both supporters and opponents joined forces to reject it.
By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon will keep his job after an effort Tuesday by one county commissioner to fire him failed with a 2-1 vote. Commissioners Pete Gerken and Tina Skeldon Wozniak opposed the motion by Ben Konop to dismiss Mr. Skeldon for what Commissioner Konop described as unacceptable high rates of dog euthanasia and low rates of adoption, as well ...
Sammy Sosa says a cosmetic cream he uses to soften his skin is the reason for his lighter skin tone, not bleaching.
A bill to legalize assisted suicide in New Hampshire lost key backing Tuesday from a legislative committee when both supporters and opponents joined forces to reject it.
By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER With the number of dead at the Lucas County dog pound growing by the day, elected officials of both parties said Monday it’s time for action and change at the dog warden’s office. “I think changes need to be made,” said State Rep. Peter Ujvagi (D., Toledo), who added that the pound’s euthanasia rate seems too high and its adoption rate too low. Yet, he stopped ...
A federal appeals court on Tuesday backed the judge who ruled against the NFL and let quarterback Michael Vick keep more than $16 million in roster bonuses from the Atlanta Falcons.
A New Hampshire House committee has voted against a bill to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
In September, debates about the constitutionality of physician-assisted suicide took off in the Montana Supreme Court in Helena. A panel of ethicists and professors discussed the issue in the Gallagher Business Building Monday night.
It's an issue almost every pet owner confronts at some time: How do you know when it's time to have your animal euthanized?
News that appeared Nov. 1 to 7 in The Washington Post and on washingtonpost.com that is of interest to readers in Prince William.
A House committee plans to make its recommendation tomorrow on a state bill to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire House committee plans to make its recommendation Tuesday on a bill to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
Funeral arrangements have been set for one of two Forest Park students who died in a suicide pact this week
D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) has introduced a bill that would ban more than a dozen hazardous chemicals from being sold in the District, the Examiner reports . Among the materials listed in the proposed ban: Mattresses and furniture containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, which act as flame retardents; food or beverage containers intended for children younger than 6 that ...
Two years have passed since we last saw Portuguese vocalist Mariza , who delivered a memorable performance at the Music Center at Strathmore . The Queen of Fado , as Mariza is known, will be performing this Sunday evening at the Lisner Auditorium . She is the world's most prominent exponent of a style rooted in history and tradition, but fado clearly has universal appeal. Over the past decade ...
Two Prince William County teens who were found dead in a Triangle, Va. home on Monday died as the result of a suicide pact, the Post is reporting . Police say they may never know what prompted to Desiree Patrick, 17, and Quirinius Williams, 18, to kill themselves together, but these comments from Williams' stepfather, Ruben Aguilar, are fairly haunting: Aguilar said he had never met Patrick but ...
