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Veteran British TV Reporter Admits to Mercy Killing

By Katie DrummondFeb 16th 2010 – 5:16PM
PA / AP

PA / AP

(Feb. 16) -- A well-known British television reporter admitted on camera that he smothered an ailing lover. Police are investigating the extraordinary statement, which is expected to reinvigorate debate over the national policy on assisted suicide. ''I killed someone once. ... He was a young chap. He'd been my lover and...

New Twist in Killing of 'Life Coach' Jeffrey Locker

By David LohrJan 29th 2010 – 7:05PM
AP

AP

(Jan. 29) – According to Jeffrey Locker's own Web site, he was an "exciting" and "dynamic" motivational speaker who presented "from the heart." According to his accused killer, Kenneth Minor, Locker was a suicidal man who was all too anxious to offer up his own heart to the blade of a knife. As unbelievable as...

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