Former USTA director Ival Cianchette dies - Harness Link.com
Ival 'Bud' Cianchette, 83, a prominent Maine harness racing horseman and former U.S. Trotting Association director, died Thursday evening, Nov. 5, 2009. Funeral arrangements were not immediately known. Known for both his interests in the Standardbred ...

John Marshall Grad Killed in Afghanistan - Wheeling News-Register
MOUNDSVILLE - Julian Berisford was dedicated to fighting for American families. But on Wednesday, the Benwood soldier's life was cut short as he made the ultimate sacrifice while defending freedom. Spc. Berisford, 25, died Wednesday from injuries he ...

Community mourns, says thanks to fallen soldier - Southtown Star
Hundreds of mourners lined up single-file Friday afternoon at the Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn to pay respects for fallen Army Spc. Jared Stanker of Evergreen Park. "He was such a goofball. I know he would be (mad) if I was sad," said his best ...

Teen charged with killing nun in NM - WTVF
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items. Federal authorities accused Reehahlio Carroll, 18, of ...

Louisiana Attorney General Raids ACORN Office - Spectator.org
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell's investigators have raided ACORN's headquarters in New Orleans. A warrant was executed at ACORN's office at 2609 Canal Street and not at 1024 Elysian Fields Avenue, a former funeral home that used to serve ...

Teenager is charged with killing nun with ties to New Orleans - New Orleans Times-Picayune
Cable Hoover, Gallup Independent/The Associated Press Reehahlio Carroll holds down the top of his jumpsuit so he can be photographed Thursday at the Navajo Police department in Window Rock, Ariz. A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after ...