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Terri Schiavo, the badly brain damaged woman at the center of a national right to die debate, was near death and resting peacefully late Monday afternoon, her husband’s attorney said. Attorney George Felos told reporters late Monday afternoon in Florida that Michael Schiavo has requested that Pinellas County’s chief medical examiner perform on autopsy on his wife once she dies in order to answer questions about the severity of brain damage and to put to rest rumors about her physical condition. Meanwhile members of Schiavo’s family say the 41-year-old woman is still fighting to live, almost 11 days after the...

Man Learns Fate For Arranging Wife's Rape Judge Sentences Anthony Smith To 10 Months In Jail Posted: 11:35 a.m. EST February 26, 2003Updated: 11:56 a.m. EST February 26, 2003 A local man who pleaded no contest to charges he arranged his wife's rape Tuesday learned his fate in court. A judge sentenced Anthony Charles Smith (pictured, left) to 10 months in jail, Local 4 learned. Authorities said the man arranged the attack of his wife last June to pay off his $5,000 gambling debt. Police said that the incident happened while the husband laid awake next to her in the...