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More than 'Shaft': Hayes was goldmine of influence

Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop music's iconic songs, but also the defining work of Hayes' career. Yet the "Theme from Shaft" was just a snippet of the groundbreaking music for which Hayes - who died Sunday at age 65 - was responsible.

George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead

Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.

Film legend Charlton Heston dead at 84

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.

Emerging Infectious Diseases On The Rise

It's not just your imagination. Providing the first-ever definitive proof, a team of scientists has shown that emerging infectious diseases such as HIV, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), West Nile virus and Ebola are indeed on the rise. The team recently published their findings in leading scientific journal Nature.

New Jersey to become first state in four decades to abolish death penalty | Special reports | Guardi

For the first time in more than 40 years a US state is to abolish the death penalty.

Tasered At Airport

On October 13, 2007, Robert Dziekanski died at Vancouver International Airport after being "tasered" by the RCMP. It has been reported that he (gasp) "threw things". Is anyone as bothered as I am by the ambiguous terminology being used to justify sending 50,000 volts through this man's body?

Tales From The Morgue | Orato.com

Forensic specialist Doctor in Chief at the Official Morgue of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr. Roberto Cohen has performed more than 10,000 autopsies in eleven years. From ex-Presidents to his own colleague, he seems to have seen it all. Just in time for Halloween, he teaches us the lessons he has learned by working with the dead.

24 Hours Vancouver - Six bodies found in apartment, execution-style

Surrey, BC's murder rate spiked with six bodies found in a Whalley apartment on Friday, but a city councillor said the apparent executions don't equal a gang war.

The United States, Revisionism and Cuba: Is there justification for hating Dr. Fidel Castro?

What is with the vociferously Christian, pro-Europocentric neo-conservative American right and Dr. Fidel Castro?

Cat plays furry grim reaper at nursing home

Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours.

Execution of Ivon Ray Stanley

In 2001, radio producer Dave Isay released "The Execution Tapes," 19 recordings of electrocutions carried out by the state of Georgia since 1984. They remain the only recordings of executions in the United States. They were recorded internally by the Georgia Department of Corrections as a secret official record of the executions.

Troy Davis, Unjustly Sentenced to Death

The murder weapon was never found. There's no DNA evidence or other physical evidence. Seven of the nine non-police witnesses said they were coerced by police and have since recanted their testimony.

Pinochet Took His Crimes To The Grave

General Augusto Pinochet, who polarised Chile during his repressive 17-year rule from 1973-1990 when more than 3,000 people were killed in political violence, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack a week earlier. He was 91.

CIA admits to killing Afghani durring toture

"He told me that he had struck him," the other CIA contractor testified under the pseudonym Randy Wilson. "I was quite surprised about that."