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Woman Charged in Fatal Antifreeze Poisoning of Brother-in-Law Associated Press SHAMONG TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A woman was charged with killing her brother-in-law by poisoning his fruit drink with antifreeze, police said Sunday. Maryann Neabor, 53, turned herself in early Sunday at a diner parking lot, accompanied by her lawyer. She was charged with murder and jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail. Police accused Neabor of poisoning her brother-in-law with a drink she concocted that included pineapple juice, maraschino cherries and antifreeze. The victim, Jonathan Neabor, had been visiting his brother and sister-in-law at their home last week. Police said...

<p>LOS ANGELES - A 35-year-old woman was sentenced to death Monday for poisoning her husband with a combination of antifreeze and an oleander plant.</p> <p>Angelina Rodriguez, of Montebello, will become the 15th woman on California's death row unless her sentence is altered by the state Supreme Court on appeal. Death penalty cases are automatically appealed under state law.</p>

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-death13nov13,1,4759947.story Jury Calls for Poisoner's Death By Anna Gorman, Times Staff Writer A jury called Wednesday for the death of Angelina Rodriguez, a 35-year-old woman who poisoned her husband with a lethal combination of antifreeze and an oleander plant at their Montebello home. Rodriguez could become the 15th woman on California's death row, joining four others from Los Angeles County. Only four women have been executed in the state since 1893. [snip] Jurors found her guilty last month of murdering her schoolteacher husband, Frank, in September 2000 to get the $250,000 life insurance policy he had applied for two months...

United States National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) astronomers have discovered ethylene glycol, better known as the chemical commonly found in anti-freeze, in a massive interstellar dust cloud. NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre spokesperson Jan Hollis says the molecule was one of the five largest organic molecules discovered in space so far. "[The molecule] is associated with the formation of more complex sugar molecules that are necessary for life," Ms Hollis said. The discovery points to the fact that "more complex sugars, like ribose, may be occurring in interstellar clouds," she said. The molecules were found with the use of the...