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Shepard's ashes will be interred at the Washington National Cathedral following a remembrance service It's been 20 years since Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old openly gay college student, was abducted and killed in Wyoming. On Oct. 26, he will finally be laid to rest. Shepard's ashes will be interred at the Washington National Cathedral after a service to celebrate and remember his life. Shepard's parents picked the Cathedral as his final resting place because he loved the Episcopal Church and felt welcomed at one he attended in Wyoming.

Investigators said they have not yet recovered a murder weapon. Corina said investigators are working to determined a motive in the fatal stabbing. Friends and investigators at the scene said the suspect was Sanchez's boyfriend, and that the victim was ending their relationship. Officials do not believe anyone else was involved. Students and staff at South El Monte High School were just learning about his death Thursday. Grief counselors will be made available to students wishing to talk. “Jeremy was a well-known student here. … I believe he played baseball, football, wrestling … a year-round athlete,” El Monte Union High...

Hmmm. Reggie Love sent out this bizarre fundraising email Tuesday night. There have always been fringe rumors about a romantic relationship between Reggie and Barack. This email doesn’t help. Reggie even emphasizes his position as Barack’s “body man” in the email.

yesterday, a blogger on the official barack obama campaign website, in the community blogs section, posted that he was starting a wikipedia page about larry sinclair to "debunk" mr. sinclair. see barack obama campaign starts a larry sinclair 'debunking' wikipedia entry. click pictures to enlarge The obama campaign blogger was using the wikipedia user name "matteblack". within a few short hours of its creation, a wikipedia admin jmlk17 summarily deleted the larry sinclair entry pronouncing it an "attack page" prohibited by wikipedia guidelines.

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MINEOLA, N.Y., March 16 — As the story of the $11.2 million Roslyn school embezzlement unfolded over the past two years, prosecutors and auditors often remarked on the almost giddy abandon with which a few administrators dipped into school funds to pay for personal indulgences like vacation trips, luxury homes, jewelry and pedicures. ...Mr. Signorelli, 60, of Manhattan, was for 33 years the domestic partner of the Roslyn schools superintendent, Frank A. Tassone. Dr. Tassone has admitted to stealing more than $2 million during his tenure between 1994 and 2002. Prosecutors said Dr. Tassone had been the schools chief for...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - FBI agents arrested professional hockey player Michael Danton on Friday on charges he tried to hire someone to murder a man who had apparently been his lover, according to court documents. Reuters Photo A criminal complaint filed in U.S. district court for Southern Illinois said Danton -- who was arrested hours after a playoff game in San Jose, California -- told a friend an invented story about a fellow-Canadian who wanted to kill him over a debt. He asked the friend, Katie Wolfmeyer, 19, if she knew anyone willing to kill the man for $10,000. Wolfmeyer...