LITTLE ROCK — Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., said some of her constituents, whom she declined to name, are so worried about the reinstatement of federal estate taxes that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31 and leave “their life’s work” to their children and grandchildren.
Spc. Joshua Hunter, 20, a Fort Drum, N.Y., soldier who admitted stabbing two Army buddies to death at their apartment, has been sentenced to 45 years to life in prison.
Viktor Yanukovych, president of Ukraine, is bidding farewell to traffic during his commute from his home in the suburbs to the center of Kiev and instead will be chauffeured in a helicopter, his chief of staff said, adding that the president is doing the capital a favor by unclogging the streets that he currently travels in his motorcade.
Daniel Collins, 30, a Missouri man who was swept more than a mile through a sewer he was working in, is listed in good condition at a Kansas City hospital.
Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, said his country will not back down from a new law banning burqa-like Muslim veils, despite a message from Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaida leader threatens to kill French citizens over the law.
Jeff Spaulding, NASA test director, said a small helium gas leak and a nitrogen gas leak have delayed Monday’s launch of Discovery by at least one day, which would put the space shuttle’s launch to the international space station on Election Day.
Dharun Ravi
and Molly Wei, two Rutgers University freshmen who have been charged with invasion of privacy over allegations that they secretly broadcast online the sexual encounter of a classmate, who later committed suicide, have withdrawn from the New Jersey school, Ravi’s attorney said.
Walter Fitzpatrick III, 58, a Sweetwater, Tenn., man charged with intruding on a grand jury that he contends operates unlawfully and has a disqualified foreman, has been ordered held after he failed to attend an Oct. 22 hearing.
Joshua William Maylee, 23, has been charged in Fulton, Mo., with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of firstdegree assault in a series of fatal shootings that led to a manhunt and a warning by police that anyone who previously had clashed with Maylee should flee the area.
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