Daily Archives: July 29, 2013

Michael Jackson’s Doctor Conrad Murray to Be Released From Jail in October

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conrad-murray-waits-leave-courtroomAfter serving less than two years out of his four-year involuntary manslaughter sentence for Michael Jackson‘s death four years ago, Dr. Conrad Murray is set to be released from prison in no time at all. The convicted cardiologist is set to become a free man on October 28 after being sent to jail back in November 2011.

The news has enraged Jackson’s mother Katherine, who believes Murray should have been tried for murder which carries a stiffer penalty as compared to that for involuntary manslaughter. “It is not right I will never be able to see my son again, while his mother can see him,” the devastated matriarch said.

A source who says Murray should have at least served the complete sentence for his crime calls the early release “an insult.” Murray’s sentence was apparently shortened by his good behavior, as prison authorities have described him as a “model inmate,” with some additional help from an overcrowded California jail system.

The Jackson family is also furious at Murray for refusing to give evidence in the current wrongful death trial against concert promoter AEG Live, feeling he has key evidence to prove AEG acted negligently resulting in the King of Pop’s untimely death. Murray supposedly wants nothing to do with the lawsuit for fear of being incriminated and has even gone on to threaten that he will reveal secret information about the singer and his family if he was forced to testify.

 

5 dead in Pennsylvania helicopter crash

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helicopter-crash-pennsylvaniaFive people, including a child, died when their helicopter crashed in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, that county’s coroner said.

Three men and one woman also died, said coroner Tom Kukuchka. Authorities were still attempting to contact next of kin.

Holly Baker, with the Federal Aviation Administration, said the helicopter was reported missing with five people on board Saturday.

The wreckage of the Robinson 66 helicopter was found Sunday afternoon in a wooded area, Baker said.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

CNN affiliate WNEP reported that controllers at Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton International Airport lost contact with the helicopter around 10:30 p.m. ET Saturday night during bad weather.

Pope Francis Says He Won’t Judge Gay People

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AP_pope_francis_dm_130729_16x9_992 (1)Pope Francis told reporters today that he would not judge or marginalize gay people within the Roman Catholic Church.

“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” Francis asked reporters.

Francis’ calls for treating gay people with dignity is a clear departure from the style and approach of his two most recent predecessors.

Francis’ remarks came in a wide-ranging interview aboard a flight back from Brazil in his first foreign trip as pontiff.

Francis, 76, also said in the interview that having Benedict at the Vatican is like having a wise grandfather at home, to whom he turns for advice.

 

43 dead after car bombings pummel Baghdad and other areas of Iraq

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iraq-bombings-story-topA string of car and roadside bombs exploded across Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 43 people and wounding nearly 200 others, police said.

Interior Ministry officials said more than 20 attacks were carried out by the “enemies of Iraq.”

Most of the casualties occurred in the capital, Baghdad, the officials said. All the attacks occurred in predominantly Shiite areas.

No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Iraq has been in the throes of relentless violence, much of it stemming from discord between Sunnis and Shiites.

Sunnis have long felt politically marginalized under a Shiite-led government in the post-Saddam Hussein era.

According to a CNN tally, the violence has killed nearly 600 people in Iraq this month.

 

SCR Urges Citizens to Follow Safety Rules on the Railway

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ЮКЖД призывает граждан соблюдать правила безопасности на железной дорогеOn July 28, 2013 at 17: 25 on the 2803 km of railway line Qarakert-Arteni a freight train collided with cattle. The Rolling stock of 22 cars weighing 1,738 tons drove onto 6 cows. The collision caused a breakdown of the train the repair of which took an hour at Qarakert station.

            In connection with the recent incident on the track CJSC “South Caucasus Railway” once again reminds citizens to follow safety standards and do not use the way for grazing and transhumance.

SCR encourages citizens to be more attentive at the railway stations, while transition the tracks. The company requires to strictly follow safety standards and calls on citizens not to cross the railroad tracks not on the proper location.

For its part, SCR takes all necessary measure to ensure traffic safety: holds a program of repair of railway crossings, regularly carried out to identify shortcomings on crossings, conducts technical studies for the duties and spreads fliers among drivers about road safety.

Rail transport like automobile can not stop at once: in an emergency stopping passenger trains pass a distance of at least 800 meters. Be careful and remember that by your wrong actions you endanger not only yourselves, but also the lives and health of passengers!