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Musgrave receives letter from widower Emma Schmautz July 13, 2006 Terri Schiavo is no longer alive, but the fierce battle that ensued over her death in March 2005 continues to permeate national politics. Michael Schiavo, Terri's husband who fought for seven years to end his wife's life after a 1990 brain injury left her in a vegetative state, presented a letter Wednesday afternoon to Colorado Republican congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave's Loveland office. Schiavo was accompanied by Angie Paccione, Democratic candidate from Colorado's 4th Congressional District who is a state representative out of Fort Collins. The letter stated his great offense to...

Coach, principal and others recall Scott Peterson fondly REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson's high school golf coach and his sixth-grade principal were among 14 witnesses to testify Monday as his defense team continued its effort to persuade a jury the convicted killer does not deserve the death penalty. "He was one of the finest young men that I coached," David Thoennes told the six men and six women who are expected to begin deliberating Peterson's fate later this week. "I never saw Scott lose his temper," said Thoennes, who coached the golf team at Peterson's Catholic high school in...