| Once Out, Miners Face Hospital Stay The trapped Chilean miners will be taken to the hospital for at least two days of observation after they are rescued. online.wsj.com |
Miners Braced for Media Crush The 33 miners saved from a Chilean mine this week emerged equipped to face the press: In the days before their rescue, they laid the foundation for how and when they would tell their story and even took lessons on how to deal with journalists. online.wsj.com |
Skydiver sentenced to 30 years in jail for love rival's murder Belgian teacher sabotaged fellow skydiver's parachuteA Belgian teacher who killed a love rival by sabotaging her parachute was sentenced to 30 years in prison today.Els Clottemans, 26, who was convicted of murder yesterday, had faced a maximum sentence of life in jail. The judge told her the only mitigating circumstance was her feeble psychological condition. Clottemans attempted suicide in 2008.Els Van Doren plunged to her death in November 2006 after both her parachutes failed.She and Clottemans, members of the same parachute club, were involved with the same man, a Dutch skydiver. A jury in the town of Tongeren agreed with the prosecution that Clottemans was motivated by jealousy.The jury said Clottemans acted with premeditation and that, as an accomplished jumper, she knew very well how to disable a parachute. Evidence at the trial showed she sent anonymous letters about Van Doren's love life to mutual friends and that she was psychologically unstable.Her trial opened on 24 September with the accused sitting nervously near the mudcaked parachute bag and helmet that Van Doren wore on the day she died.The jury saw video footage from a camera mounted on her helmet that Van Doren shot during what would be her last jump.She and Clottemans were among the last four jumpers to leave the Cessna plane.The video showed how the victim looked up, yanking at her gear, hoping to see an open canopy above her.Neither parachute opened and she crashed into a garden in the town of Opglabbeek and died instantly.Throughout her trial, Clottemans maintained her innocence.Belgiumguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Home sales up in Sept. but more troubles ahead By ALAN ZIBEL and JEANNINE AVERSA 2010-10-25T16:08:38ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of previously occupied homes rose last month after the worst summer for the housing market in more than a decade. And fears over flawed foreclosure documents could keep buyers on the sidelines in the final months of the year.... hosted.ap.org |
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