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...attic; charges were dropped after a judge ruled that the police search of Lewis' home was illegal. But police could never tie him to the Tylenol killings and he denied committing them. Lewis was convicted of extortion for the letter and spent more than 12 years in federal prison. Richard Brzeczek, the Chicago police superintendent at the time, said it was unlikely Lewis would ever be prosecuted for the killings themselves...
...though Real Mother's lips remain Perma-pressed). But the happy ending doesn't dilute the story's moral, obvious enough to stick like a needle in any kid's eye. Both the book and movie warn kids to distrust the kindness of strangers, and find refuge in the prison of the status quo. It's important, Coraline says, for children to learn that real life, though it may be preferable to being devoured by a Spider-Mom, ain't so hot. That lesson is a cautionary preview of their adult years. Don't expect perfection. Life is something...
...court in France has convicted a German convert to radical Islam for his involvement in a 2002 suicide attack on a synagogue in Tunisia that killed 21 people. Christian Ganczarski was found guilty of complicity in the plot and sentenced to 18 years in prison. That was a shorter sentence than prosecutors had hoped for, but French justice officials say the case and its outcome is, nevertheless, a timely reminder to Washington that international cooperation to combat terrorism can succeed without recourse to phantom prisons, extra-legal trials, or morally questionable extraordinary renditions. President Barack Obama has said that...
...brought charges of reckless endangerment against Kara's parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann. The couple protested on grounds of religious freedom, but Judge Vincent Howard of Marathon County Circuit Court ordered Mr. and Mrs. Neumann to stand trial this spring. If convicted, each faces up to 25 years in prison. Unleavened Bread Ministries immediately released a statement saying the couple is being unfairly punished for the "crime of praying." (Read the top 10 religion stories...
...tour of the region in 1961, he learned of the suffering of farmers under the Great Leap Forward, and recommended more pragmatic economic policies. That earned him the enmity of Mao, whose followers persecuted Liu during the Cultural Revolution. Denied medicine for conditions including diabetes, he died in a prison cell...