Monday, August 31, 2009

SPB News for Monday


Dr. George Tiller's Murderer Considering Justifiable Homicide Defense

Doctor admits euthanizing patients during Katrina

FEINSTEIN OBJECTS TO CIA TORTURE PROBE



ACLU activist found dead in DC park



General Motors expands ... in China


Toyota accused of hiding evidence



Father of Terri Schiavo, 71, dies of heart failure



Kennedy widow is urged as appointee
The widow of Senator Edward M. Kennedy should be considered as an interim appointee to represent Massachusetts in his place, two US senators said yesterday.

57% Would Like to Replace Entire Congress — If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, just 25% of voters nationwide would keep the current batch of legislators. — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again.

Owner of Orange County Register May File for Bankruptcy By ZACHERY KOUWE and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED — Freedom Communications, owner of The Orange County Register and 30 other daily newspapers, is expected to file for bankruptcy this week under a plan that will hand its publications to its lenders …

Two thirds want British troops home from Afghanistan Almost two-thirds of people oppose Britain’s continued deployment of troops in Afghanistan, a new poll shows. The public’s growing opposition to the conflict comes after the number of British deaths in Afghanistan rose above 200 earlier this month. A Daily Telegraph/YouGov poll showed 62 per cent of people opposed British troops staying in Afghanistan, while 26 per cent were in favour.



Last week poll had asked:



The lawyer who defended the Lockerbie airliner bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi during the 1990s has criticised the decision of the Scottish authorities to send him back to Libya. Do you agree? Majority of readers answered no. New poll is now up.

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