NJ town grieves for slain priest, accused janitor – Times Union

NJ town grieves for slain priest, accused janitor – Times Union
CHATHAM, N.J. — An arrest in the brutal slaying of a Roman Catholic priest has brought little solace to his parishioners in this affluent community, who widely view the suspected role of the longtime church janitor as a second tragedy. More than 150 people at St. Patrick’s Church for Sunday’s early

Palm Beach police: Jeffry Picower has died – Big Hollywood
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say Jeffry Picower, a Florida philanthropist and a friend of Bernard Madoff for decades, has died. He was 67. Picower was the former New York lawyer and accountant alleged to have extracted billions of dollars from the Bernard Madoff investment scheme. Authorities

147 killed in Baghdad as devastating suicide attacks raise questions about Iraq’s security – The San Francisco Examiner
BAGHDAD A pair of suicide car bombings Sunday devastated the heart of Iraq’s capital, killing at least 147 people in the country’s deadliest attack in more than two years. The bombs targeted two government buildings and called into question Iraq’s ability to protect its people as U.S. forces

Tom Brady throws 3 TDs as Patriots beat Buccaneers 35-7 at Wembley Stadium – Hartford Courant
WEMBLEY, England (AP) A trans-Atlantic trip couldn’t slow down Tom Brady and the New England Patriots . Brady threw three touchdown passes and had more than 300 yards as the Patriots (5-2) beat the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-7 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday in the NFL ’s third regular-season

Philly transit workers authorize subway, bus strike if talks fail as World Series games near – Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Week Ahead Police: Madoff associate Jeffry Picower dies at 67 Open letter to a pain-in-the-butt fellow passenger AP sources: Senate likely to cut employer mandate Feds interview crew of plane that overshot airport PHILADELPHIA – Transit system workers in Philadelphia voted to authorize a union

Harvard lab workers poisoned by tainted coffee – MSNBC
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August after drinking coffee that was laced with a chemical preservative, according to university officials. In an internal memo first reported in the Boston Herald’s Sunday editions, the school said the coffee came from