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Schiavo in 48 hour window By: Bill McGinty Video Story Supporters like the Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition say they expect people to try to enter the Woodside Hospice to “rescue” Terri Schiavo if her feeding tube is removed. The Pinellas Park Police has officers stationed in the parking lot and inside the front doors of the hospice in case those threats are attempted. The Florida Legislature is now working on a bill that Governor Bush says he will sign into law that would prevent the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. The bill should be on...

Terri Schiavo supporters fight to keep her alive Terri Schiavo Video Story This week will be a critical one for the parents and supporters of Terri Schiavo. A judge cleared the way for Schiavo’s feeding tube to be removed on Friday. Terri Schiavo is the brain-damaged woman at the center of a “Right to Die” battle. She suffered brain damage in 1990, after her heart stopped, now her supporters hope to keep her alive. People prayed outside a hospice facility where Terri Schiavo’s staying. Sil Olding says, praying is not enough to keep Schiavo alive. Sil Olding / Schiavo Supporter:“I...

St. Maximilian Kolbe VOLUNTEERED To Be Starved To Death; Terri Schiavo Did NOT By Michael J. GaynorMichNews.com Mar 13, 2005 Michael Schiavo wants to starve his wife Terri to death as soon as possible. Michael claims he is fulfilling Terri's wish. And turned down $1,000,000 to let Terri be cared for by her loving parents instead of starved to death and cremated. Judge Greer claims to believe Michael. He supposedly doesn't suspect that Michael is determined to cover up something that is more important for him to cover up than $1,000,000. If Michael succeeds, he will go down in history...

With time growing short, activists rally to save Terri Schiavo PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - Buoyed by encouragement from actor Mel Gibson, the family of Terri Schiavo joined a rally today pleading for her life, just days before the court-ordered removal of her feeding tube. Video Story About 200 people prayed and sang outside the hospice where the 41-year-old brain-damaged woman lives. Schiavo can breathe on her own, but depends on a tube in her abdomen for food and water. She has been at the center of a long and bitter court battle: Her husband says she wouldn't want to...

The Terri Schiavo Case Bill sets rules for all like Schiavo The proposed law says the terminally ill must get food and water unless a living will says otherwise. By STEVE BOUSQUET, Times Staff Writer Published March 10, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALLAHASSEE - The Legislature's first attempt to keep Terri Schiavo's feeding tube connected was a law tailored to her case, but the Florida Supreme Court struck it down unanimously. Now, lawmakers are pushing a broader proposal that could affect thousands of Floridians lying incapacitated in hospitals, hospices and nursing homes. The new bill would require that food and water be...

Week of Holocaust events helps people remember the past Event Calendar By Anne Farrell February 28, 2005 Of more information regarding the Holocaust or CANDLES visit: www.candles-museum.com www.ushmm.org www.holocaustsurvivors.org www.annefrank.com From 1933 to 1945, more than two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population was sacrificed along with gypsies, homosexuals, physically disabled and anyone else who was considered to be socially unacceptable. CSU students are presenting the ninth annual Holocaust Awareness Week beginning today through Friday. This year's theme is "60 years of Liberation: Every Face has a Number. Every Number has a Face" and will celebrate Holocaust survivors' accomplishments and struggles. "This...

"The Bottom Line" : Money Trumps Life With Northeast "RINOS" By Doug Wrenn Feb 27, 2005, 22:51 It never fails. I guess I just have one of those faces. Everywhere I go, total strangers just feel the need to come up and talk to me. Working long hours on the road, lunch, when I can get it, is often catch as catch can. I usually enjoy the solitude of eating in my car, often overlooking a scenic area if possible, and listening to the radio. One day last week, I had a little extra time and decided to eat like...

Car boot woman may be brain damaged February 18, 2005 - 8:09PM The condition of Melbourne woman Maria Korp, found near death in the boot of a car, has improved but she remains on life support. Doctors said Mrs Korp was now in a serious but stable condition five days after being found unconscious and in a critical condition. The 50-year-old Mickleham mother of two was found in the car near Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance on Sunday, four days after she was reported missing. A spokesman for The Alfred hospital said Mrs Korp had been taken off the critical list...

LIFE AND DEATH TUG OF WAR Activists: Stop pulling feeding tubes Group says patients like Terri Schiavo should be given chance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: February 18, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Sarah Foster © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Prompted by reports of new findings that certain brain-injured people may be more aware of their surroundings than heretofore thought, a national disability rights group is calling for a moratorium on the practice of withdrawing feeding tubes from patients like Terri Schindler-Schiavo, who are alleged to be in either a persistent vegetative or minimally conscious state. Not Dead Yet, an Illinois-based organization, says no one...

FRANKLIN, N.J. - A pioneer of children's television in Philadelphia was charged with reckless driving Sunday after a car crash that left another driver critically injured. Sally Starr, whose real name is Sally E. Gray, hosted the television show known as "Popeye Theater" in the 1950s and 1960s. Now 82, Starr lives in Atco and hosts a weekly show on the Vineland radio station WVLT. Police said Starr ran a stop sign in Franklin Township around 11:30 a.m. Sunday and struck the car driven by Margaret M. Broomall, 76, of Williamstown. Broomall was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden,...

The Terri Schiavo Case Expert: Schiavo's feeding tube likely to be removed A noted bioethicist says courts will ultimately side with Terri Schiavo's husband and remove it. By LISA GREENE, Times Staff Writer Published January 14, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAMPA - The law is clear on what should happen to Terri Schiavo, a noted bioethicist said Thursday: Her feeding tube should be removed. Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist and author, predicted the tube that has kept Schiavo alive for 14 years will be taken out by the end of the year. "That is what the courts ultimately will go to," Caplan said....

Pinellas Park, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The parents of Terri Schiavo have asked a judge to end her estranged husband Michael's legal guardianship. Bob and Mary Schindler say Michael has numerous conflicts of interest which prevent him from doing an adequate job as Terri's caretaker. The Schindlers say that Michael Schiavo should be removed as Terri's guardian because of personal, legal, financial and religious conflicts of interest. David Gibbs, the lead counsel for the Schindlers, says "any one of these four conflicts of interest should provide the court with a sufficient reason to terminate Mr. Schiavo's guardianship and appoint a replacement...

FONTANA - A Rialto woman was sentenced Wednesday to 29 years to life in prison for the starvation death of her autistic brother and the severe neglect of her other mentally disabled brother and her elderly father. Delores Johnson, 44, of Rialto was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Douglas Elwell to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of her brother, Eric Bland, 38, who weighed 70 lbs. when paramedics found him dead in his bed in February 2003. Elwell also sentenced Johnson to 14 years in prison for dependent and elder abuse. Johnson's other brother, William Bland,...

FONTANA - A Rialto woman was sentenced Wednesday to 29 years to life in prison for the starvation death of her autistic brother and the severe neglect of her other mentally disabled brother and her elderly father. Delores Johnson, 44, of Rialto was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Douglas Elwell to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of her brother, Eric Bland, 38, who weighed 70 lbs. when paramedics found him dead in his bed in February 2003. Elwell also sentenced Johnson to 14 years in prison for dependent and elder abuse. Johnson's other brother, William Bland,...

Colombian police assault cocaine labs Sunday, September 26, 2004 Posted: 6:30 PM EDT (2230 GMT) CUMBITARA, Colombia (AP) -- Seven helicopter gunships skirted the steep mountainsides, then quickly descended on a cocaine lab, marked by a smoke grenade thrown by one of the raiders. As the heavily armed anti-narcotics police jumped from the hovering craft, accompanied by an informant wearing a ski mask, peasants who worked the coca fields and in the complex scampered away. Associated Press journalists accompanied the officers on the lightning raid Saturday, allowing them to see firsthand the type of dangerous operation that has put a...

Caption & Credit Line (Photo Taken October 30, 2003): The Philly’s More Fun When You Sleep Over™ marketing campaign makes a splash in New York City with a Times Square electronic billboard, located on 43rd Avenue between Broadway and 7th Avenue. The Philadelphia message will be seen on the NBC Astrovision By Panasonic Times Square Screen seven days a week, six times an hour (every 10 minutes) and 96 times a day, through January 31, 2004. Photo courtesy of GPTMC

USS Charlotte Deploys to Western Pacific Story Number: NNS040901-08 Release Date: 9/1/2004 10:18:00 AM By Journalist 3rd Class Corwin Colbert, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- USS Charlotte (SSN 766) departed for a Western Pacific deployment from its homeport of Pearl Harbor Aug. 25. According to Cmdr. Dennis Carpenter, commanding officer of Charlotte, during the last several months, the crew has been training non-stop for the upcoming deployment. “Charlotte has completed the rigorous training cycle that all submarines go through," he said. "We look forward to helping keep peace in the 7th...

The following is information about web and television simulcast of oral arguments in Schiavo v Bush. The oral arguments are scheduled for tomorrow, August 31, 2004 at 9.00 am ET (GMT -5). This information was taken from the Supreme Court's Special Procedures Order available on their web site here: http://www.flcourts.org/pubinfo/summaries/briefs/04/04-925/index.html --------begin--------- Netcasts of Oral Arguments. The Schiavo case will be broadcast in its entirety in RealPlayer and Windows Media formats on the broadcast website maintained by Florida State University through WFSU/The Florida Channel as part of its contract with the Court (http://wfsu.org/gavel2gavel). WFSU has arranged to expand its available bandwidth...

Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) runs past a woman as he heads toward a Vietnam-era Huey helicopter, at a Vietnam memorial as he stopped to greet supporters along route 61 in Grandview, Iowa August 4, 2004. Kerry was campaigning on the 'Believe in America' tour, a two week trip across the country that started in Boston Massachusetts following the Democratic National Convention. REUTERS/Mike Segar US ELECTION

On www.wintersoldier.com's Timeline page, it says "April 22, 1972 -- John Kerry represents the VVAW at the "Emergency March for Peace" in Bryant Park in New York City." At that same time, according to the FBI surveillance file, Section 50, Part 1, Page 152. VVAW/WSO revealed information about a US Military operation. "...the VVAW/WSO operation during 4/72 during which a canvass of VVAW/WSO members, some in active military service, developed information indicating US would bomb Hanoi and Haiphong. This information was disseminated by VVAW/WSO prior to the actual bombing and could have seriously jeopardized US Military operations and lives of...