Connecticut Man Receive Sentence Reduction in Gay Murder Case
I am having mixed feelings about the modification that a Connecticut judge made to a man sentenced in the death of gay man. Sean Burke who, along with Marcos Perez, was originally convicted in the murder of Richard Reihl. The pair beat Reihl to death outside his home back in 1998. Burke was ordered [...]
Update on Lietenant Rebrook
In an update to an entry I posted yesterday on Lieutenant William Rebrook IV, a soldier in the US Army and graduate of West Point, AmericaBlog took up the cause and lead a donation drive which resulted in $5400 being donated in about two hours. John Aravosis just posted a little while ago that a [...]
Potential Breakthrough in Curing AIDS Found by Brigham Young University Researchers
Researchers at Brigham Young University may have finally found the breakthrough needed to rid the world of AIDS. The process hinges on compounds called Ceragenins or CSAs that mimic disease-fighting agents in a normal immune system. This particular CSA, CSA-54 latched onto HIV molecules and disrupts their ability to attack T-Cells. The best part is [...]
Army Demands Money From Soldier Wounded in Iraq for Body Destroyed as Biohazard
One thing that I love about supporters of Bush’s Extreme Family Feud in Iraq is how mindlessly the defend Bush and the actions of the Donald Rumsfeld is how they have latched on to the "if you do not support us and stop thinking for yourself, you are hurting our troops and aiding out enemy" [...]
Suspect in Massachusetts Gay Bar Attack Aprehended but Near Death
The story surrounding eighteen year-old Jacob D. Robida, the assailant in the New Bedford, Massachusetts gay bar attack reported on Thursday keeps getting weirder and weirder. After Robida was identified as the suspect, a police search turned up Nazi paraphernalia and anti-Semitic materials so we know he was just a charming individual. But thankfully he [...]
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