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Two window washers clinging to a dangling platform 37 stories up on a downtown Boston building were rescued by firefighters Wednesday.
With his new job as coach of the Southern Cal women's basketball team still months away, Michael Cooper is focused on the task at hand — winning another WNBA championship with the Los Angeles Sparks.
Authorities in southeastern Iran on Tuesday hanged 13 members of a Sunni Muslim rebel group convicted of bombings and killings in the area, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday.
India's top court has refused to replace hanging with lethal injection as the country's sole method of execution, saying there is no evidence it is less painful than other ways.
Roland Burris seems to have weathered the storm. Fellow Democrats are no longer demanding his resignation. The new Illinois governor has stopped calling for a special election to replace him. And party leaders who control the Senate and Illinois Legislature are reluctant to risk losing his seat to Republicans.
Iran executed an electronics salesman convicted of relaying information on the country's nuclear program and other sensitive data to Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, a judiciary spokesman said Saturday.
Crews in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. have rescued two workers after a scaffolding fell at a high-rise building.
Iran hanged 29 people at dawn on Sunday after they had been convicted of murder, drug trafficking and other crimes, state run television reported.
Two teenagers, one dangling from a rope tied to an interstate bridge and holding a can of spray paint, did not see Sheriff's Deputy Melissa Myers when she drove up. They never got a chance to express their love with graffiti.
A man convicted of raping three boys when he was 13 years old has been hanged despite a chief justice's order that the case be reviewed, the his lawyer and a U.S. rights group said Thursday.
They thought it was a man hanging on for dear life. Instead, it was just a "Man Hanging Out."
Iran hanged eight men and one woman on murder charges, an official newspaper reported Thursday.
There is nothing kind or gentle about a hanging. It is a process scientifically designed to break the neck and choke a person to death as efficiently as possible.
The official video of hanging of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants screened for reporters Monday showed the former leader's half brother lying headless below the gallows, his severed head several yards away. The video shows Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, being hanged side by side.
A 10-year-old boy was apparently mimicking Saddam Hussein's execution when he hanged himself from a bunk bed, police and family members said.
An auto parts store manager says that, in hindsight, he probably should have exercised better judgment than to leap onto a getaway car carrying two shoplifters as they prepared to speed out of the store's parking lot.
The lone conventional television set at Anderson's TV store sat along a side wall like a castoff. Its screen was dark as dozens of other gleaming flat-panel and big-screen models flashed nearby with vivid color images.
US Census worker Bill Sparkman found hanged in Kentucky cemeteryMANCHESTER, Ky. — When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural Kentucky, the former cop drew on years of experience for a warning: "Be careful."
Although the FBI and local Kentucky authorities are not confirming any details there are many reports that suggest that the lynching of a 51 year old part time census worker is related to anti government sentiment. Reportedly the victim had the word "Fed" scrawled on his chest.
Man Hangs Self As Ex Watches On Web Cam -Chilean police say a young man distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend hung himself while she watched over a Web camera.
Iraqi woman fears execution, can't stop thinking of gallows - CNN.comIraqi woman fears execution, can't stop thinking of gallows
The struggle for gay rights in a country with no gays."Then in September of 2007, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated that "we don't have homosexuals, like in your country" while addressing Columbia University. His claim was not only ridiculous, it was also chilling.
AFP-sponsored anti-health care rally hangs freshman Democrat in effigy.Excerpt: ""A group called "Patients First," a project of the lobbyist-funded Americans for Prosperity, has been going around the country and hosting tea parties in opposition to "government-run health care." Last week, they held a symposium in Salisbury, MD, and warned a …
SAIC, Other Contractors Allegedly Conspired on $3.2 Billion Deal - Government Inc.Two government employees allegedly shared restricted procurement information with SAIC and others on a $3.2 billion NASA contract, giving the contractors an unfair advantage, the Justice Department said.
Iran hangs 13 'enemies of Allah'The terrorist regime of mullahs ruling the Islamic Republic of Iran today hanged 13 members of the diehard Sunni outfit named Jondullah, but spared the life of the brother of the militant outfit's founder, Abdulmalik Rigi.
Family sues over inmate who hung himself in jail The family of a man whose May 2008 suicide in the Putnam County jail went unnoticed for hours has sued the former sheriff and 11 officers.
David Carradine Murdered? Who Would Do It? Some interesting possibilities not spoken before.Why WOULD David Carradine have been murdered? I thought there were some interesting possibilities in this blog/article. Food for thought.
On March 30, 2007, as I drove to the post office, down one of our sandy, windy Cape Cod roads, I saw something we New Englanders don't get to see everyday: a movie set. I pulled the car over and made my way over to where the "action" was. I'd no idea what or who was going on.
Mike Tyson's Daughter Dies After Hanging AccidentThe 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson died at a hospital Tuesday, a day her neck apparently got caught in a treadmill cord at her Phoenix home, police said.
Middle East - Death verdict over W Bank land saleA Palestinian man has been sentenced to death by hanging for selling land in the West Bank to Israelis.
Six-year-old sister saves boy's life after near-hangingBOISE - A seven-year-old boy who accidentally hanged himself is home after days on life-support. The little boy, Javier Morales, calls himself lucky. Doctors call it a miracle. Whatever you call it, Javier's mom is grateful her son is alive and well.
Members of Anti-Government Arrested and Charged with Money Laundering.Despite what many are speaking to at this time in Our Nations Short History.
I just received a text message notifying me that 3 religious Jewish boys are about to be hanged in the next two hours by Japan. That was slightly after 10:00 PM tonight.
Stop smoking drug concerns raisedIt was launched as a wonder drug. A tablet to take the pain out of kicking the killer weed. Since it appeared on the market two years ago in the UK, almost 400,000 prescriptions for Champix have been written.
Husband 'left wife's body hanging for eight weeks after backing out of suicide pact'Excerpt: A husband has been arrested in connection with the death of his wife whose body is believed to have been left hanging in their house for the past eight weeks. Detectives are quizzing the man in his 50s after he called officers to tell them she was dead.
Burglary suspect stuck in ductDES PLAINES, Ill., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- An alleged burglary suspect spent nearly 26 hours hanging face down in a narrow exhaust duct, said the Des Plaines, Ill., restaurant owner who found him.
FOXNews.com - Detroit Police Sergeant Accused of Having His Wife Murdered Found Hanging in Park - Local News | News Articles | National News | US NewsDetroit Police Sergeant who was accused of hiring a hit man to bump off his wife last December so he could collect insurance money and carry on with an affair is found hanging in a park 15 miles north of Detroit.
Sharia Law: Coming to a Western Nation Near You? "Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) will be hosting a conference on October 23 that asks the loaded question: "Is There a Role for Shari'ah in Modern States?"
Behnam Zare was hanged in Iran"On 26 August 2008, Behnam Zare was hanged in Iran. He was convicted of a murder that took place in 2005 when he was just 15 years old. They hanged him all in violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which Iran happens to be a signatory.
Iran: Five hangings on Wednesday "The mullahs' inhuman regime hanged five prisoners, a woman and four men. They were Shabnam, Amin, Vahid, Majid and Najaf, the state-run daily Iran reported on Thursday.
Burglar left hanging upside down after trapping shoelaceAn unfortunate burglar was left hanging upside down against a window after trapping a shoe lace during a break-in.
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