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NEW YORK — A planned concert by John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been canceled even as Hinckley was freed from federal court oversight, the New York City venue that had booked the performance announced. The Market Hotel in Brooklyn cited “very real and worsening threats and hate” in its announcement on social media Wednesday that it was canceling the July 8 concert. The now 67-year-old Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the March 30, 1981, shooting of Reagan in Washington. Reagan was seriously wounded in the assassination attempt,...

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge is set to preside over an important hearing for John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and is on the verge of being released from all remaining restrictive conditions. U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman said in September that he would free Hinckley from restrictions on June 15 as long as Hinckley continued to do well.

The man who attempted to assassinate former President Ronald Reagan was freed from a Washington, D.C., mental hospital Saturday. John Hinckley Jr., 61, went to the home of his elderly mother in Williamsburg, Virginia, on Saturday afternoon after leaving St. Elizabeths Hospital, his attorney said. He plans to live with her now that a federal judge has declared him no longer a threat to society.

Proving once again that Hollywood always gravitates to the wrong causes, Tim Cavanaugh of Reason.com reported on Dec. 14 that the California town made famous by Erin Brockovich — an activism that Hollywood embraced with a major motion picture starring Julia Roberts — has proven not to have lived up to all the anti-corporate fearmongering that brought the town to the country’s attention. For those of you that are hazy on the story, local activist Erin Brockovich successfully took Pacific Gas and Electric to court forcing it to pay a record $33 million class-action settlement

SALT LAKE CITY — The president of the Mormon church was remembered Saturday as a "giant among men" who cared deeply for others and devoted his life to the work of his faith. • Click here to watch video. Thousands of people, including some who waited overnight, packed the conference center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, capping a week of mourning for Gordon B. Hinckley. He died Sunday at age 97 after leading the worldwide church for nearly 13 years. Thomas S. Monson, next in line to succeed Hinckley, spoke twice during the service, and described...

SALT LAKE CITY — Hundreds of Mormon faithful flocked to view church President Gordon B. Hinckley's body to begin three days of public mourning for their leader, capped by a funeral Saturday. "He definitely makes you want to be a better person," said Michelle McAllister, 21, who arrived in the early-morning cold Thursday for the viewing at the conference center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "He's recognized everywhere for being such a kind person and a good example of optimism." Hinckley died Sunday at age 97 after nearly 13 years as president of the church. His...

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon B. Hinckley, the longest-serving president of the Mormon church who presided over one of the greatest periods of expansion in its history, died Sunday, a church spokesman said. He was 97. Hinckley, the 15th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died because of complications from age and was surrounded by his family. Hinckley, a grandson of Mormon pioneers, was president for nearly 13 years. He took over as president and prophet on March 12, 1995. He oversaw one of the greatest periods of expansion in church history. The number of temples...

Science: Erin Brockovich, the environmental heroine celebrated in the movie of the same name, is receiving the Harvard School of Public Health's highest honor. Too bad her fame is based on an enormous falsehood.The Julia Richmond Award is given, Harvard says, to those who "have promoted and achieved high standards for public health conditions."In this case, as a letter to an outraged alumnus, American Council of Science and Health President Elizabeth Whelan said, it's for Brockovich's efforts "on behalf of all of us, and especially the residents of Hinkley, California, whose health was adversely affected by a toxic substance dumped...

Interesting how Nobody seems to recall THAT BUSH AND HINCKLEY HAD DINNER PLANS THAT NIGHT He is currently undergoing emergency surgery at George Washington University Hospital but there are unconfirmed reports he walked in unaided. Initial reports claim he may have a punctured lung. Five to six shots were fired as he left the Washington Hilton Hotel where he had been addressing a union convention, about one mile from the White House. A man, firing at close range, also wounded White House Press Secretary James Brady in the head. A Secret Service official and a Washington policeman were also injured...

Fox: Pres. Reagan wanted to meet with Hinkley in person in order to forgive him...

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<p>The Justice Department will not appeal a judge's decision allowing John W. Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Reagan, to visit his parents without the presence of staff from a mental hospital. "While the Justice Department has decided not to file an appeal of the court order, the department will continue to work to ensure that there are significant restrictions imposed by the court, which continues to have jurisdiction, on any conditional releases in the future," Channing Phillips, chief of staff of the U.S. attorney's office here, said Friday.</p>

So, who appointed U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman, the guy who wants would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. to run around loose? Bill Clinton, of course. We suspected as much even before doing our research. According to the federal courts' Web site, Friedman won his appointment in 1994. Oh, and he was "Associated Independent Counsel for the Iran-Contra investigation from 1987 to 1988." The Washington Times reported in July 1999 that Friedman and the other seven judges appointed by Clinton to the U.S. District Court in Washington "meet privately every month in closed-door sessions that other jurists believe are...

Yesterday was the 22nd anniversary of the shooting of Ronald Reagan by a love-crazed nut named John Hinkley, but I saw no mention of it in the papers; the war has eclipsed mention of many past events Yet Hinkley‘s inability to kill the nation‘s 40th president was perhaps the most significant failure if not in the history of the United States then certainly since 1933 when Joseph Zangara took a potshot at Franklin D. Roosevelt but fatally wounded Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak instead. Zangara’s miss put the United States on the road to semi-socialism that it continues to travel to...

1. I will not justify the counsel of president Hinkley. 2. I will speak with Heavenly Father each night on my own and with my eternal companion. 3. I will read 1/2 hour each day from the Book of Mormon. 4. Before I cast judgement on someone I will first think of that person as a child of God and one who is my brother/sister. 5. My faith is that of Joe Smith and Nephi. 6. I will pray for missionary experiences each day. 7. I will tell my wife 'I love you' everyday. 8. I will neglect my favorite...