| Tulsa baby's death ruled a homicide
(TULSA, Okla.) February 7 - Tulsa police say the weekend death of a 2-month-old baby is a homicide. Investigators say Dacari Ackerson died of blunt force injuries to his head and chest and the medical examiner has ruled the death a homicide. No arrests have been made. Officer Jason Willingham says the baby wasn't breathing when officers and an ambulance arrived at the home shortly before 2 Sunday morning. The child was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. The child's father told officers the baby had been in a swing before being placed on his stomach on a bed and later stopped breathing. Ackerson is the third infant homicide victim in Tulsa this year and the 13th homicide overall in the city. .
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2007
WASHINGTON - The barricades that quadriplegic Ed Roberts and his comrades stormed 40 years ago were a few inches high. Yet today millions of Americans pass daily through the breaches they created. Curb cuts, the breaches are called. Or curb ramps. Since 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act has required them on new construction, renovations and wherever a city does major street or sidewalk work. All this curb-ramp building has helped the United States lead the world when it comes to providing public access for people with disabilities. "For all this country's many faults, one thing we do better than anybody is architectural-barrier removal," said Mary Lou Breslin, the co-founder and senior policy adviser of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, based in Berkeley, Calif.
Will Anna's girl be a million-dollar baby?
Los Angeles, Feb 10 With the death of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, the question on everyone's lips is the future of her baby Dannielynn Marshall Stern. Since the identity of her father is still to be determined, will Dannielynn get any of the nearly half-billion-dollars that Anna was fighting for in the courts? And if she does, how much? .
What's On: Events
WinterCity Festival The fourth annual city-wide celebration of the city's "diversity of spirit" which includes the popular Winterlicious restaurant promotion and more, wraps up today. More info on the event can be found at www.toronto.ca/special_events or 416-338-0338. Vaughan Winterfest This wintry event features a pancake breakfast, free entertainment – The Big Comfy Couch, the Stylamanders and the Dueling Pianos – and lumberjack shows, midway rides, carnival games and more. Sun. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (free admission). Vellore Village Community Centre, 1 Villa Royale Ave. Woodbridge. Info at www.vaughan.ca. White Cane Week presents recreations of two old-time radio shows – The Bickersons: The Honeymoon is Over and NBC Science Fiction Series X Minus One: Lifeboat Mutiny, performed by the Glenvale Players.
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