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Mother pleads for Terri Schiavo's life MITCH STACY Associated Press PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Hanging their hopes on a last-minute compromise in Congress, Terri Schiavo's parents notified her hospice to prepare to have her feeding tube reinserted on Sunday, her third day without food or water. Congressional leaders from both parties hoped an agreement reached on a bill would allow the tube to be restored while federal courts review her case. The House and Senate were expected to take up the legislation by Sunday or early Monday. If passed, President Bush planned to sign it. SNIP But Mary Schindler pleaded...

A spokesperson for Michael Schiavo says Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed Friday with Michael in attendance. He says a prayer service was held first, and that Michael was emotional and crying, saying he wanted to put the situation behind him. Terri Schiavo's parents, the Schindlers, visited with Terri Friday morning, prior to the tube's removal. Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court Judge George Greer denied two U.S. House of Representative emergency motions Friday, which allowed the tube's removal. The first motion was to intervene in the case for the House Committee on Government Reform and the second motion was to push the...