Assisted suicide controversy surfaces
The Pueblo Chieftain - 9 minutes agoThe issue of assisted suicide surfaced in Pueblo this week when an 18-year-old man was arrested for allegedly supplying the gun his father used to kill himself.
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NC Reprimands 21 Animal Shelters For Euthanasia Violations
WFMY News 2 Greensboro - Fri Nov 20, 8:16 pm ETSome shelters, which include ones in the Triad, were told to stop using their carbon monoxide chambers until they were properly inspected.
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Veterinary group airs concerns
The Pasco Tribune - Sat Nov 21, 12:22 am ETLAND O' LAKES - Saying the county animal shelter's adoption rate is "alarmingly low," a local veterinary group wants to reduce the number of animals euthanized each year.
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Illinois man charged in girlfriend's stabbing; police suspect suicide pact was planned for Gulf Shores motel room
Mobile Press-Register - Fri Nov 20, 5:47 pm ETGULF SHORES, Ala. -- An Illinois man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend Wednesday night in a Gulf Shores motel room, police said. Gulf Shores investigators said Friday that Terence Jay Wheeler, 46, and Christy Greenholdt, 43, may have traveled from Hillsboro, Ill., where they reside, to Gulf Shores to carry out a suicide pact.
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Animal Shelters Warned Over Missed Euthanasia Standards
WXII-TV Winston-Salem - Fri Nov 20, 4:54 pm ETSeveral Triad animal shelters have been warned that their use of carbon monoxide chambers to euthanize animals didn't comply with new state rules.
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CRC Urges Action on Euthanasia Bill
Worldwide Faith News - Sat Nov 21, 1:49 am ETNov. 19, 2009 -- The Christian Reformed Church in North America?s Disability Concerns office has issued an action alert, asking church members in Canada to contact lawmakers to register their protests against a bill legalizing euthanasia that is now making its way through the Canadian Parliament.
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NEW INFO: Dog Shelters Agree To Stop Using Carbon Monoxide Chambers
WITN 7 North Carolina - Fri Nov 20, 4:08 pm ETShelters in Martin County, Rocky Mount and Wilson County have voluntarily agreed to stop using their carbon monoxide chambers.
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Michael Gerson: Terrorism isn't venue for liberal show
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Wed Nov 18, 7:35 pm ETWASHINGTON -- Eric Holder -- distinguished prosecutor, judge, foe of public corruption, basketball enthusiast, mentor to disadvantaged youths -- seemed a reassuring choice for attorney general. When Holder affirmed during his confirmation hearing that America remains at war with terrorists, Sen. Lindsey Graham enthused, "I'm almost ready to vote for you right now." So how did Holder become the ...
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Seychelles leader urges climate pact to boost food security
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 17, 2:13 pm ETGlobal warming is "inextricably linked" to food security, Seychelles President James Michel said Monday, lamenting reports that no binding agreement is expected at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen next month.
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GEORGE WILL: Fighting a coercion clause
The San Angelo Standard-Times - Wed Nov 18, 5:01 pm ETSAN ANGELO, Texas —In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea.The institute, America’s most potent advocate of limited government, embraced Eric Novack’s idea for protecting Arizonans from health care coercion. In 2008, Arizonans ...
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Elderly Vegas Man to Plead Guilty in Wife's Slaying
KLAS Las Vegas - Wed Nov 18, 9:09 am ETA lawyer says an 86-year-old Las Vegas man will plead guilty to fatally shooting his 80-year-old wife last September in a botched suicide pact.
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Swiss Government and 'Suicide Tourism': Battle Looming
Time.com via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 17, 8:30 am ETConcerned that it is becoming a destination for "suicide tourism," Switzerland wants to tighten its decades-old assisted-suicide law. But Swiss citizens are not so sure they want a change
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Man Gets Plea Deal In Botched Suicide Pact
FOX 5 Las Vegas - Tue Nov 17, 6:29 pm ETA Las Vegas man who told police he killed his wife during a botched suicide pact plans to plead guilty, his attorney said Tuesday.
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Brunswick County purchases refurbished gas chamber
WWAY 3 Wilmington - Tue Nov 17, 6:33 pm ETVideo Brunswick County purchases refurbished gas chamber Body "As good as new" doesn't quite cut it for animal rights activists. There was confusion as to whether a gas chamber recently purchased by the Brunswick County Animal shelter was "new." Turns out, it was refurbished. Before the chamber arrived at Brunswick County it belonged to a shelter in Reidsville. But it was sent back to the ...
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It's never easy saying goodbye
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Tue Nov 17, 4:27 am ETIt's an issue almost every pet owner confronts at some time: How do you know when it's time to have your animal euthanized? "There isn't one factor that's going to stand out and say, 'Hey it's time,"' says Kim Intino, director of shelter services for The Humane Society of the United States.
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Oconee County shelter making progress in saving more animals
Anderson Independent-Mail - Mon Nov 16, 5:59 pm ETWALHALLA —Animals at the Oconee County animal shelter now have better than twice the chance they once did of escaping euthanasia and finding a home.The euthanasia rate is just over 45 percent for the year, Capt. Mike Crenshaw, whose duties include oversight of animal control. The shelter has taken in 7,151 animals so far this year, with 3,248 being euthanized.The figure is still much higher than ...
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Australian 'Dr. Death' starts suicide workshop
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