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  1. FTA Hacker

    42-year-old drowning case in court

    A 66-year-old California woman has been accused of murder after her daughter said she deliberately drowned another daughter 42 years ago. Patricia Thomas has been accused of holding the head of her 4-year-old daughter, Cynthia Howell, under the water in the bathtub of their Auburn home in 1970...
  2. the doctor

    Thomas, Kagan asked to sit out health care case (AP)

    AP - Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and Democrats in Congress say it's Justice Clarence Thomas who should sit it out. More...
  3. the doctor

    Supporting Cain, GOP base evokes Thomas hearings (AP)

    AP - Conservatives rallied around Herman Cain as he battles sexual harassment allegations, likening the attacks on the Republican presidential contender to what they describe as the "high-tech lynching" of another prominent black Republican: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. More...
  4. CASPER

    No doubting it: Tim Thomas wins Conn Smythe Trophy

    One year ago, Tim Thomas(notes) sat on the Boston Bruins' bench and watched as the Philadelphia Flyers came back from a 3-0 series deficit in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and eliminated the Bruins. It was the end of a miserable season for Thomas, whose effectiveness was limited...
  5. Scammer

    Key witness in boy's killing breaks down

    Ephraim Brown, 11, was hit by a stray bullet during a shootout near a house where a birthday party was being held in 2007. The cousin of slain Toronto boy Ephraim Brown has testified bullets were still flying through the air when she and her mother pulled the stricken 11-year-old indoors...
  6. Scammer

    Accused not guilty in Toronto boy's slaying

    Two Toronto men have been found not guilty of second-degree murder in the slaying of an 11-year-old boy. Akiel Eubank and Gregory Sappleton, both 24, were charged with engaging in a gunfight in the Jane Street and Sheppard Avenue West area on July 22, 2007, during which a stray bullet killed...
  7. Scammer

    Fatal shooting of boy, 11, goes to jury

    Ephraim Brown, 11, was killed by a stray bullet in July 2007 The Toronto jury hearing the case in the fatal shooting of Ephraim Brown, 11, has begun deliberations after receiving final instructions from the judge. Akiel Eubank and Gregory Sappleton, both 24, have pleaded not guilty to...
  8. CASPER

    vory, Bush, Thomas vying for RB role with Saints

    METAIRIE, La. – After weeks of uncertainty about his health, Pierre Thomas is now wondering about his role as he prepares to suit up for the first time in nine games. Thomas practiced fully Wednesday and Saints coach Sean Payton said the plan is for last season's leading rusher to play this...
  9. Scammer

    Journalism award scrapped for remark

    Helen Thomas covered every presidential administration since John F. Kennedy's in the early 1960s. The alma mater of journalist Helen Thomas will not bestow an award that had been given in her name, making the decision after the 90-year-old scribe made more controversial comments about Jewish...
  10. Scammer

    How Australia's 'Dr. Death' was caught

    Bundaberg, Australia -- Dr. Jayant Patel says he is broke. Many of his former patients, who refer to him as "Dr. Death," have little sympathy. Five years ago, as director of surgery at the Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland, Australia, Patel earned a six-figure salary. Today, he says he...
  11. Scammer

    Former girlfriend says Clarence Thomas was a binge drinker, porn user

    Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' ex-girlfriend, Lillian McEwen, tells CNN's "Larry King Live" that Thomas had a pornography habit or fetish in the 1980s, then radically changed when he stopped drinking alcohol...
  12. Scammer

    Anita Hill: No apology coming for Thomas testimony

    Anita Hill, whose accusations of sexual harassment almost derailed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' high court nomination, has no plans to apologize for the charges she made nearly two decades ago. The response from Hill, now a law professor at Brandeis University in Waltham...
  13. A

    Family: Taser used on Justice Thomas' kin

    Family: Taser used on Justice Thomas' kin NEW ORLEANS, (UPI) -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was traveling to New Orleans to find out why his nephew was subdued with a stun gun at a hospital, his niece says. Kimberly Thomas told WGNO-TV, New Orleans, she called the justice...
  14. CASPER

    Magna to temporarily lay off 725 workers at St. Thomas auto parts plant

    Magna to temporarily lay off 725 workers at St. Thomas auto parts plant By Kristine Owram, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Magna International Inc. (TSX:MG.A) will temporarily lay off 725 workers at its Formet Industries truck-frame plant in St. Thomas, an industrial community in southwestern...
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    8 iron

    8 iron -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One lovely morning, Ben and Thomas were out golfing. Ben slices his ball deep into a wooded ravine. He grabs his 8-iron and proceeds down the embankment into the ravine in search of his ball. Ben searches...
  16. B

    A remarkable man !

    A remarkable man ! Thomas Jefferson , in some cases could be called a prophet... When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...
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