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Photos Show Moments Before Officer Shot By OPD Apparent Badge Seen Around Jenkins' Neck ORLANDO, Fla. -- Photos snapped by a University of Central Florida grad student captured campus officer Mario Jenkins with his gun drawn and an apparent police badge hanging around his neck moments before he was mistakenly shot and killed by an Orlando police officer. Jenkins, an officer who had been working with state Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco agents to curb underage drinking, died after being shot Saturday outside the Citrus Bowl by a retired Orlando police officer working on reserve status. Witnesses said Jenkins...

When Bill Shakespeare observed that life is but a shadow strutting and fretting its hour upon the stage, he must have been imagining Crawford, Texas, circa August 2005. Indeed, recent events surrounding the war protest led by Cindy Sheehan have added a new dimension to the definition of tragicomedy. Not just tragic, not just comedic, but also ridiculous. The theater of the absurd has found pay dirt in East Texas. Of course, there's nothing amusing about war, or loss of life, or a mother's pain. But those noble human concerns become something else once the red eye of the television...

ANDERSON, Ind. - A man who took up bicycling after bypass surgery gave him a second chance at life died of a heart attack the day after completing a 2,400-mile, cross-country trip. Broc Bebout, a 57-year-old retired engineer, died Thursday on the van drive back to his home in Anderson, about 25 miles northeast of Indianapolis, one day after completing the bicycle ride from Carlsbad, Calif., to Brunswick, Ga. His wife, Patricia Brinkman, said bicycling became Bebout's ticket to nearly 20 years of good health after quadruple-bypass surgery at age 39. He also learned to eat right and take care...

Nai Oeurn had reason to celebrate. Cambodia's civil war was over, and as the 14-year-old Khmer Rouge guerrilla marched into the capital, Phnom Penh, he truly believed his country's rural poor had triumphed. Thirty years later, after the "killing fields" and the death of one-sixth of the Cambodian population, his dream has come to this: collecting cow dung for a living, earning 3,500 riel (90 U.S. cents; 70 euro cents) for a 3-foot-high (90-centimeter-high) pile that takes five days to collect.

Terri Schiavo has been suffering from fatal dehydration for the past week and liberal anti-life crusaders have been relishing in every moment of it. That is, of course, despite last-ditch efforts by President Bush and the Republican party-poopers in Congress to have Terri’s feeding tubes restored. Amid all the fuss, the left’s latest rationalization for starving poor little Terri to death is this: There may have been political motives behind the Republicans’ endeavor to save Terri’s life! President Bush signed a bill on March 21 that would transfer jurisdiction of the Terri Schiavo case to a U.S. district court. This...

SEATTLE – Mary McClinton spent the last days of her life suffering and in pain. She had been a healthy, robust 69-year-old woman who went to Virginia Mason hospital to have a brain aneurysm repaired, but never came out alive. Virginia Mason admitted it made a fatal mistake last November when a doctor accidentally injected McClinton with a highly toxic antiseptic instead of a saline solution or radiological dye. Both were clear liquids that got mixed up because they weren't labeled. "We can't apologize enough for this preventable tragedy," said Dr. Robert Caplan, Virginia Mason Hospital. "They all knew they...

TX Freepers: I need a couple of favors: First, please send out prayers to the family of Kimberly "Kim" Goss, age 32, who died on Valentine's Day in a car wreck near Austin, TX where she lived. Second, if you can find out any additional information on the accident such as any alcohol impairment, negligence, other factors or details, etc., please let me know. DPS is being very quiet about the guy that killed Kim. They have only told us that he is male, no age, name, condition, etc. Third, if someone near there could tell me where this accident...

In the first public disclosure of its kind, Minnesota hospitals acknowledged medical errors that caused 20 deaths and four serious disabilities over a 15-month period, according to a report released Wednesday. Thirty hospitals across the state reported preventable errors such as bedsores, fatal falls or surgery on the wrong body part or patient. In all, there were 99 cases of preventable errors during the study period from July 1, 2003, to October 6, 2004. The report, which was required by a new state law, provides a baseline in measuring a problem that so far has lacked reliable comparisons nationally. There...

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...

Four people in western Uganda died recently after they reportedly ate a dead hippo's meat, The New Vision newspaper reported on Monday. The dead, from Bunyaruguru county, Bushenyi district, ate the meat after the hippo died of a strange disease. Three more ate hospitalized at Rugazi Health Center, the reportsaid. Bushenyi district director of health services Charles Katurebe said they were investigating the deaths. Bunyaruguru county residents have always complained that hippos from Queen Elizabeth National Park eat their crops. A mysterious disease hitting Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda about a month ago has killed more than 100...

Drug-resistant germ spreading outside U.S. hospitals Thursday July 15, 1:46 AM By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A drug-resistant "superbug" found in hospitals has a close cousin that is affecting athletes, prisoners and small children in growing numbers across the United States, disease experts said on Wednesday. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA can become fatal if not treated with the right antibiotics, said Dr. Daniel Jernigan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "MRSA is showing up in places it had never been seen before -- as a predominant cause of skin disease among...

No charges in fatal fight involving Daley's nephew May 26, 2004 BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter No charges will be filed in connection with a fight outside a Division Street bar that led to the death of a Mount Prospect man -- not because Mayor Daley's nephew was involved, but because there is insufficient evidence, Chicago Police Superintendent Phil Cline said Tuesday. David Koschman, 21, died May 6 from head injuries suffered 11 days earlier, when he allegedly fell backward and hit his head on the pavement after being punched or pushed to the ground during a sidewalk scrap...

John Kerry’s fatal conceit analysis by Roger Wm. Hughes Fredrich A. Hayek wrote a book titled “The Fatal Conceit” that is multi-layered in its many messages and lessons. However, the book reduces the flaws of socialism to one major fatal conceit that an individual or a group of individuals can know everything. This, of course, is necessary for social planning and therefore for socialism to be successful. Senator John Kerry’s fatal conceit is that he believes his service in Vietnam equates to our blind trust in his ability to protect America. Howard Dean on NBC’s Meet the Press stated...

Fatal fire at India space centre A fire has ripped through India's main space centre killing at least six people, police say. A number of people were also injured in the blaze at the Sriharikota centre, on an island off Andhra Pradesh state. Reports say an explosion triggered the fire at a solid propellant plant, where advanced rocket fuel is prepared. The fire is reported to be under control. The centre, built in 1971, assembles and tests rockets, and has a satellite launch pad used by several countries. Satellite launches A rocket on its launch pad at Sriharikota The Satish...

Ex-Hawk dies in car accident Former Blackhawks defenseman and coach Keith Magnuson was killed in an auto accident Monday in suburban Toronto, the team said. He was 56. Magnuson played for the Hawks from 1969 to 1980 and coached them for 1-1/2 seasons. He was riding with former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Rob Ramage, Hawks spokesman Jim DeMaria said. ''We're still investigating, but it looks like one car crossed over the center median,'' York Region Constable Steve Morrell told the Canadian Press. Magnuson was a member of the Hawks' 75th anniversary all-star team, selected in 2001. He coached the Hawks...

Silent No More: A Major Crisis in the African-American CommunityBy Rev. John J. Raphael, SSJRoman Catholic ChaplainHoward University, Washington, DC Do you know what the leading cause of death in the African American Community since 1973 is? Think about it for a minute. Is it heart disease-2,266,789 deaths since 1973, cancer-1,638,350, or accidents-370,723? Is it AIDS-203,695, or violent crimes-306, 313? There is one possibility that is often overlooked. It happens 1452 times a day in our community. It has taken over 13 million Black lives within the last 30 years. It has taken 1/3 of our present population. What...

A doctor guilty of manslaughter after a teenage cancer sufferer was mistakenly given a fatal injection in his spine has walked free from court. Dr Feda Mulhem admitted manslaughter after he ordered a junior colleague to administer the fatal treatment to Wayne Jowett, 18. Mr Jowett, 18, had been recovering from leukaemia and died a month after the drug was injected into his spine rather than a vein. Mulhem, from Leicester, was sentenced to a total of 18 months in prison for six charges, but allowed to walk free having already served 11 months on remand. Mulhem realised his mistake...

TRENT, S.D. - U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow had a close call with another vehicle late last year at the same Moody County intersection where he was involved in a fatal accident two weeks ago. Jennifer Walters told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that Janklow nearly collided with her after he ran a stop sign on Dec. 29. Walters and her family were headed to a relative's house for a holiday dinner when they heard the screech of tires behind them at the rural intersection. When she turned, she said she saw a white Cadillac trying to stop after running a stop...

DOUG FINGER/The Gainesville Sun Rachel Sercey, 43, looks to her attorney Johnny Kearns, not pictured, Tuesday during her trial at the Alachua County Courthouse. prosecutors blame a Gainesville woman they say was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana for a van crash five years ago that killed three developmentally disabled women. But during opening statements at the woman's trial Tuesday at the Alachua County Courthouse, the defense maintained that a defective tire led to the deadly accident on State Road 121 near LaCrosse in April 1998. Facing prosecution is Rachel Sercey, 43, who is charged with three counts...

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island -- Six months after a nightclub fire that killed 100 people, the U.S. federal agency that regulates workplace safety has fined the club's owners and the band Great White more than $90,000 US. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Derco LLC, which operated The Station club, $85,200 for one "wilful" violation and six serious ones. OSHA said the wilful violation was the installation of an exit door that swung the wrong way. The others involved the use of highly flammable foam in the club, inadequate safety planning and an exit door that was concealed by foam,...