Gary Lee Sampson Asks for New Trial in Death Penalty Case

Gary Lee Sampson asks for new trial in death penalty case
BOSTON – As a federal judge began hearing arguments Monday in a request for a new trial from a man who was sentenced…
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Axl hits the headlines (but not the notes)
Even by the standards of Axl Rose – one of the most mercurial singers in the pantheon of rock – it was a remarkably bitter way to end an extraordinary weekend of public tirades against the organisers of the Reading and Leeds festivals. “We come here to play for you but the cops and the promoters wanna fuck us in the ass,” was all the Guns N’ Roses front man had to say to 80,000 fans as his band …
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Smoking marijuana helps reduce pain, trial shows
Researchers in Montreal have completed what they say is the first placebo-controlled clinical trial to show that smoking pot really helps to relieve pain.
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