Conn. suit: Track athlete forced to drink blood – Buffalo News

Conn. suit: Track athlete forced to drink blood – Buffalo News
A former track athlete at Central Connecticut State University has sued the school, saying a coach forced him to drink blood as a kind of “tribal ritual.” The lawsuit filed this week by Kenyan Charles Ngetich claims that in 2005, track coach George Kawecki told Ngetich he’d seen a documentary in

Ex-aide says Edwards fathered mistress’ child – Houston Chronicle
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. A man who once claimed he fathered the child of John Edwards’ mistress now says in a book proposal that the former presidential candidate is the baby’s father. The New York Times reported Saturday that political donors made payments to the woman. The claims are all in a book

Experts: Defense in Yale killing has tough job – News-Democrat
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Defending a Yale lab technician charged with murder against what appears to be a mountain of forensic evidence might mean trying to convince jurors that the crime scene was contaminated because police didn’t immediately shut down the lab where the victim was eventually found

Atty: Estate deal possible in Michael Jackson case – Boston Globe
LOS ANGELES Katherine Jackson’s attorney says a judge’s ruling that she can challenge the administrators of her son’s estate could result in a deal that will determine control of the singer’s gargantuan assets. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff determined in a ruling released

A look at members of the Senate Finance Committee – The Miami Herald
President Barack Obama called reinventing health care a “defining struggle of this generation,” even as several Democrats criticized some of the fine print in the Finance Committee’s new proposal. Obama pressed on nonetheless, telling thousands of college students at a campaign-style rally that

Russia: Won t deploy missiles near Poland – MSNBC
MOSCOW – Russia said Saturday it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. It also harshly criticized Iran’s president for new comments denying the Holocaust. Neither move, however, represented ceding any significant