Ohio senators pass lethal injection drug bill
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Ohio lawmakers on Thursday rushed to pass a lethal injection law meant to restart executions even as prosecutors who want a condemned child killer executed in February…
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Jury gets case of wife strangled in Detroit suburb
A jury has the case of a former Rotary Club president charged with arranging his wife’s murder while he was having affairs and exploring bondage and masochism with other women…
‘I can’t breathe!’ tops list of notable quotes
I can’t breathe!” — the exclamation made by a black man, Eric Garner, while being placed in a police chokehold — was chosen as the most notable quote of the…
Ivory prices soar in China on new demand: report
By JASON STRAZIUSO Street prices for illegal ivory are soaring in China, where newly wealthy middle and upper class citizens are buying carved ivory and whole tusks as a status…
Vatican: Bishops should be led by pope on family
By NICOLE WINFIELD The Vatican urged bishops on Tuesday to be guided by Pope Francis and the “turning point” of a recent meeting on family issues that sought to provide…
CMG December Book #2 of the Month IS Strong Inside
Author(s): Andrew Maraniss Strong Inside Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South Based on more than eighty interviews, this fast-paced, richly detailed biography of Perry…
CMG December Book #1 Of The Month Is Sweet Land of Liberty:
by Robert Cook Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
Putin in Turkey amid Syria differences
By SUZAN FRASER The leaders of Russia and Turkey met Monday amid striking differences over the crises in Syria and Ukraine, but the two presidents were expected to focus instead…