Around the Nation
Around the Nation
|
TOOLBOX
   Resize
COMMENT
 Discussion Policy
 CLOSE
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.
Who's Blogging  |
Chimp Had Attacked Before, Woman Says
STAMFORD, Conn. -- The 200-pound chimp who was fatally shot this week after a vicious attack on his owner's friend also bit a woman in 1996, the woman said in an interview broadcast Thursday.
Leslie Mostel Paul said on NBC's "Today" show that Travis the chimp bit her hand and tried to pull her into a vehicle as she greeted him. She said she complained to the chimp's owner and to police.
Travis was killed Monday after severely wounding his owner's friend, 55-year-old Charla Nash.
Nash was transferred from Stamford Hospital to the Cleveland Clinic on Thursday but remained in critical condition with massive injuries to her face and hands, hospital spokesman Eileen Shiel said. Just two months ago, the Cleveland Clinic performed the nation's first face transplant.
Travis's owner, Sandra Herold, who raised the chimpanzee from its infancy, has said he was a loving pet whose behavior Monday was out of character. She said the chimp combed her hair each night and slept in her bed.
Paper Apologizes for Cartoon
NEW YORK-- The New York Post is apologizing for a cartoon that critics say links President Obama to a chimp shot dead by police in Connecticut. But the paper says the image was exploited by its longtime antagonists. The paper posted an editorial on its Web site saying the cartoon was meant to mock the federal economic stimulus bill, but "to those who were offended by the image, we apologize."
No Charges for GOP Organizer
PORTLAND, Maine -- A federal judge has dismissed the latest charges against a former Republican official who was cleared of taking part in a plot to jam Democratic phone lines in New Hampshire on Election Day 2002. District Judge George Singal agreed with attorneys for James Tobin and ruled on Wednesday that bringing new charges against the former GOP political organizer qualified as vindictive prosecution. The vindictive prosecution doctrine places constitutional limits on prosecutors' discretion. Singal said those limits were exceeded.
