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On Anniversary of Coal Mine Disaster, Families Still Waiting for Answers
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsAs a minister in Appalachian coal country, the Rev. Dennis Sparks knows more than he wants to about grief. He serves as executive director of the West Virginia Council of Churches and has consoled countless families of coal miners who've lost husbands, fathers and brothers in an industry that annually kills 30 to 40 miners and injures hundreds more every year. Sparks counseled families after the mine disaster in Sago, W.Va., claimed a dozen men in 2006, and he was there for the long wait when an explosion one year ago today at the Upper Big Branch mine killed 29 miners and seriously injured ...
Police Search NY Park for Clues in College Student's Slaying
By David Lohr - AOL NewsPolice in upstate New York are searching a seven-acre park for clues in the slaying of an 18-year-old college student who was dumped there over the weekend. Hyde Park police confirmed Monday the identity of Kathryn Filiberti. Her body was found Saturday afternoon near Greentree Park in the Dutchess County town of Hyde Park, about 75 miles north of New York City. "We are searching for anything we think might be of evidence in the case," Lt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department told AOL News. "We are not narrowing it down to any one specific thing." An autopsy on ...
SEC's Porn-Watching Employees Earned Over $200,000 Per Year
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsIt's safe to say that spending eight hours of company time watching pornography would get most workers canned. Not so at the Securities and Exchange Commission, it seems. New documents regarding a 2005-10 investigation into the agency's porn-surfing employees reveal that several workers were "disciplined" for downloading erotica on their SEC-issued computers but never fired. A Freedom of Information Act request from Denver-based lawyer Kevin Evans asking the SEC to release details regarding the investigated employees has also shown that some of the distracted individuals were earning ...
Yale University Police Investigate Report of Forced Drinking and Nudity
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsPolice at Yale University are investigating a report of a "naked party" held off-campus by a senior society that may have involved forced, heavy drinking and possibly even a sexual assault, according to a school publication. The party was held Feb. 19 by the Pundits, Yale's senior prank society, the Yale Daily News reported. About 50 people attended the party during which they allegedly were told to disrobe. The party was part of the Pundits' "tap" process which involves "tapping" someone whom they want to invite to become a member. "The biggest problem, and what was dis-inhibiting people, ...
French Prison Official Suspended for Alleged Affair With Inmate
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsThe governor of a French prison is under investigation for allegedly having a sexual affair with a woman jailed for acting as bait in the kidnap and murder of a Jewish man in 2006. Florent Goncalves, 41, who ran the Versailles women's prison, has admitted that he had "fallen in love" with inmate Emma Arbabzadeh, The Telegraph reported. Goncalves planned to build a life with her once she got out of prison, he told police. Maxppp / ZUMA Press Florent Goncalves, director of the women's prison of Versailles, reportedly told police he had "fallen in love" with an inmate ...
Police Frustrated by Lack of Leads in NC Teen's Disappearance
By David Lohr - AOL NewsTwo weeks after a 16-year-old North Carolina girl disappeared while visiting relatives in Baltimore, police appear to be hitting a dead end in the investigation. There are no suspects, no motive and few leads to follow in the disappearance of Phylicia Barnes. "It is almost like she completely vanished," Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told AOL News today. "We have nothing tangible in terms of leads. There was a big meeting today -- we have gone 14 days now -- and not a single sighting or a single tip has turned out to be true." Baltimore Police Phylicia ...
Police Trying to Unravel Timeline of Mysterious Wheeler Homicide
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe mystery surrounding the death of former Army officer and government military consultant John P. Wheeler III has deepened as police study a timeline of events in the case as well as a newly released video that shows a disheveled Wheeler acting in a bizarre manner in the days leading up to his apparent homicide. Wheeler, 66, was found dead in a Newark, Del., landfill on the morning of Dec. 31. An autopsy revealed the former Pentagon aide's death was a homicide, police said, although they have not commented on any details of how he might have been killed or what his killer's motive might ...
$100K Down the Toilet: Scandal Rocks DC Suburb
By Allan Lengel - AOL News
(Nov. 21) -- The former school superintendent is behind bars. County Executive Jack Johnson and his wife are whisked away in handcuffs by FBI agents, after authorities say she flushed evidence in the form of a $100,000 check down the toilet. And a few days later, three county cops are indicted in an FBI probe linked to the county executive -- a probe that has all the markings of a much bigger scandal to come. This is no obscure county in the middle of Nowheresville, U.S.A. It's Prince George's County, 498 square miles with more than 800,000 residents, long considered one of the most affluent ...
Charlie Rangel: A Relevant Question, At Last
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Israel Launches Inquiry Into Deadly Flotilla Raid
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM (June 14) -- Israel's Cabinet today approved a commission to investigate the raid on a Turkish-flagged ship two weeks ago that left nine activists dead. Turkey immediately dismissed the inquiry as "one-sided." The panel will be headed by retired Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel and will also include two other Israelis, along with two international observers: Nobel Peace Prize winner Lord William David Trimble from Northern Ireland and Canadian jurist Ken Watkin. In a statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the commission will "submit conclusions on the question of ...
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