The Minnesota Daily

U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold lethal injection shocks inmates

Published April 17, 2008

Death sentences that were put on hold will be carried out as soon as dates can be set.

Killer of Idaho family wants to defend self in penalty case

Published April 17, 2008

The man murdered three members of a family and raped their two young children.

Admitted Nazi hit man charged with 3 murders

Published April 17, 2008

>BERLIN (AP) - A German prosecutor has filed new murder charges against an admitted Nazi hit man who has avoided jail for nearly six decades despite being convicted in the Netherlands of killing civilians...

When gay couples can’t make it work, divorces prove hard to obtain

Published April 16, 2008

.PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gay couples had to struggle mightily to win the right to marry or form civil unions. Now, some are finding that breaking up is hard to do, too. In Rhode Island, for example, the...

French lawmakers aim to outlaw glamorizing thinness

Published April 16, 2008

.PARIS (AP) - In image-conscious France, it may soon be a crime to glamorize the ultrathin. A new French bill cracks down on Web sites that advise anorexics on how to starve - and could be used to hit...

China demands apology from CNN

Published April 16, 2008

.BEIJING (AP) - China demanded an apology from CNN on Tuesday after network commentator Jack Cafferty called the country's leaders a "bunch of goons and thugs" and said its products were "junk." It was...

U.S.-friendly Berlusconi elected for third stint as leader of Italy

Published April 15, 2008

.ROME (AP) - Media billionaire Silvio Berlusconi won a decisive victory Monday in Italy's parliamentary election, setting the colorful conservative and staunch U.S. ally on course to his third stint as...