FLORENCE, Ariz. — FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona on Wednesday executed the oldest person on its death row, nearly 35 years after he was charged with murdering a Bisbee man during a robbery.
The execution of 71-year-old Edward Harold Schad Jr. came about two hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeals.
PHOENIX — PHOENIX (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking a federal government probe into allegations of constitutional rights violations by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona.
In a letter sent Thursday to the Department of Homeland Security, the ACLU cites five cases in which the group says U.S. citizens were subject to illegal searches, detentions and excessive force.
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We’ve seen leak after leak after leak about this upcoming HTC device and as yet it can not be said for sure when the One Max is going to be announced. Purported pictures of the device have leaked many times and so have the specs it is believed to tout. Today the alleged full spec list of the HTC One Max has appeared online, reiterating most of what we’ve already heard about the device.
It was rumored a few days ago that perhaps the One Max won’t have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor it was previously said to come with. An older Qualcomm processor is expected to be onboard and the spec list hints at that possibility as well. Furthermore, the One Max is said to have a 5.9 inch full 1080p HD display, Beats Audio, 2GB RAM, microSD support, and Android 4.3 with HTC Sense 5.5. The HTC One Max is basically going to be a super sized version of the HTC One, though as per this list, its going to be lighter. This list doesn’t mention the much rumored fingerprint scanner that the One Max is expected to have on its back, hopefully HTC will elaborate on that at the event it has scheduled next week, if it announces the device there that is. [Image via Twitter]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The partial government shutdown has halted death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers, but the House has now voted unanimously for legislation that would restore those benefits.
It’s unclear if the Democratic-led Senate will take up the bill, which the House passed by a 425-0 vote.
The Pentagon typically pays out $100,000 within three days of a soldier’s death. But it says the shutdown means there’s no authority now to pay the money.
So you’re not satisfied with the five colors offered up with the iPhone 5c in the Apple Store? There’s one company that’s ready to jump up on that opportunity as quick as possible – the customization group known as ColorWare. This group is known for their high-end colorization of smartphones, tablets, accessories, and even high-end […]
MILWAUKEE — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andy Pafko, a four-time All-Star who played on the last Chicago Cubs team to reach the World Series and was the famously forlorn outfielder who watched Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” sail over the left-field wall during the 1951 National League playoff, has died. He was 92.
Pafko died Tuesday of apparent natural causes at a nursing home in Stevensville, Mich., according to Kraig Pike, director of the Pike Funeral Home in Bridgman, Mich.
Playing an evil Madame LaLaurie– seriously, she’s a sadist — on “American Horror Story: Coven” has changed Kathy Bates.
The Oscar winner said “American Horror Story” has helped her find her way. Bates, who spent two seasons on “Harry’s Law” before NBC unceremoniously dumped the legal drama, said she was shy about what the next step in her career was going to be, but had floated the idea about being on “American Horror Story” to her friend and series star Jessica Lange.
“Sometime after [speaking to Lange] I had a double mastectomy and so I was really still reeling and healing from that when I was having my meeting with Ryan. I wasn’t really sure where to put my foot next in the business. I was so excited after that first meeting, I thought, ‘There is life after all.’ [Laughs.] I discovered that here in New Orleans,” Bates told The Huffington Post in a phone interview. “I’m not only enjoying doing the show down here, but I found a wonderful place to go — I need to have treatment on my arm because of lymphedema — and there’s a wonderful place here called the Center for Breast Reconstruction, which I’ve just discovered, and now I’m contemplating reconstruction for the first time since my surgery.”
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WASHINGTON — After the story of a former Duquesne University teacher who died in poverty went viral, adjunct professors and activists are petitioning the school to recognize the adjuncts’ labor union and bargain for a first contract — something the school has so far declined to do, arguing it deserves a religious exemption from labor law.
A tribute to Margaret Mary Vojtko, published Sept. 18 in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and penned by a United Steelworkers lawyer, sparked discussions on campuses across the country about the working conditions of adjunct professors in U.S. academia. The obituary said that Votjko, an adjunct French professor who taught at Duquesne for more than two decades, died under a heap of medical bills at the age of 83 last month after her teaching contract wasn’t renewed.
A university official later criticized the tribute, calling it an effort to exploit Vojtko’s death in the midst of a labor dispute between the school and the Steelworkers. But pro-union activists, who say Vojtko was an ally before she passed away, are clearly hoping the appalled reaction to Vojtko’s story will put public pressure on the school to recognize the union. That, in turn, could lead to a contract that would bring higher wages and more job stability.
She really racked up the lunch money.
Judith Oakes, accountant for the Rialto Unified School District’s Nutrition Services Department, was allegedly caught on tape stuffing large amounts of lunch money into her bra, according to the LA Times.
The 48-year-old is accused of embezzling as much as $3 million from the district’s lunch money fund, CBS Los Angeles reported. It’s unclear what percentage of the $3 million was stuffed into her bra.
This little piggy went to the market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
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