Ex-policeman says he doesn't understand firing over noose incident Dec 9, 2007
THIBODAUX -- In his first public comments since being fired for displaying a miniature hangman s noose, a former Thibodaux police officer said Thursday evening he would have removed the rope from his truck earlier had he known it would cost him his job. Abby Tabor / The Courier. (WWLTV.com, LA)
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Hangman' Sculpture Freaks Out TownEmergency workers in Grand Rapids, Mich. respond to 911 calls of a man hanging from a building. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
A big day for Uranquinty's favourite son Nov 24, 2007
A seventh generation Australian, Kevin's paternal grandmother five times removed was that London street urchin sentenced, at age 10, to hang for having "feloniously" stripped an eight-year-old of her clothes in a public lavatory but who dodged the hangman to beget a line of Australian descendants, over the next 200 years, in the "thousands upon thousands", including our about-to-be prime minister. The stuff of tabloid fiction. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Cheneys Staff Says He Never Saw Confederate Flag Oct 31, 2007
events and hangman nooses all over the country, for the Vice President to relax under the flag of the hangman nooses is an unpardonable insult to all Americans, particularly blacks. He ought to leave immediately, call for the flag to be brought down at once, and apologize for being connected to an institution that would be insensitive enough to fly it in the first place. (New York Times)
Saved from the Noose--for Now Oct 20, 2007
All that remained was to wait for his appointment with the hangman. At the gallows, there was extra security to thwart any rescue attempt, a senior Iraqi official tells Time. (Time.com)
Fast start for hot prospect Oct 16, 2007
Got my hangman s noose on the Saddle. By Wayne in Utah. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
LETTER: Why are trigger-happy thugs being hired? Oct 10, 2007
Doh wrote on Oct 9, 2007 8:06 PM:" Well Dohbaugh- we both agree on a pragmatic approach to the Blackwater affair. And Billie is right- if the security force knowingly opened fire on innocent civilians then I will be p!ssed. But let's see what comes about before we call the hangman. And as far as my bragging habit of old Dohbaugh- it was never directed towards you. And I use it for specific effect with specific posters. And it was more than provoked. ". Most commented. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Truck plows into man during altercation Oct 2, 2007
Patty Farley told Deputy Michael Chad Hendricks that three rings had been stolen out of her jewelry box at her Hangman Drive home in Bokchito. According to the Friday report, Farley contacted area pawn shops before calling the sheriff's office and was told she needed to call the law. (Durant Daily Democrat, OK)
Black and white fades to gray in the home of the 'Jena Six' Sep 23, 2007
It s got all the elements of a Delta blues ballad from the days of Jim Crow: hangman s nooses dangling from a shade tree; a mysterious fire in the night; swift deliberations by a condemning, all-white jury. And drawn by this story, which evokes the worst of a nightmarish past, they came by the thousands this past week to Jena, La. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Girlhood, Interrupted Aug 26, 2007
"I eat to live; I don't live to eat," she says as Rachel and her friends play a not-so-discreet game of Hangman. "I want to cover eating disorders in another class, because I see a lot of that in this industry." That is a lecture Rachel doesn't care to hear. (Boston Globe)
John Rigas, Tim Rigas get last minute change of prison; Family makes final parting shots Aug 15, 2007
hangman wrote on Aug 15, 2007 6:35 AM:" Liz, get real... the Rigas's are crooks, committed fruad, ruined peoples lives, ruined coudersport, lost money to thousands of people who believed in them, families split, all while they were riding in and out of wellsville to florida and california playing gold and having lunch... come on! the sentence guidelines said give em' 215 years.. thats fair.. and they try to blame it on politics! another case of people not wanting to say they did wrong!! maybe... (Wellsville Daily Reporter, NY)
Rigas heading for prison with hope of new trial; Former Adelphia and Buffalo Sabres owner still fighting on eve of prison Aug 15, 2007
hangman wrote on Aug 14, 2007 7:03 AM:" free the rigases? ha, lock them all up, they destroyed peoples lives, people lost their homes, coudersport became a ghost town with properties for sale, they broke the law, committed fraud, spent shamelessly and now let them pay the price, to be totally fair, we could be kind and lock the sons up next to the father...that would be ironic justice. ". JH wrote on Aug 14, 2007 12:57 AM:" Mr Rigas, pray psalm 35 to GOD. ". (Wellsville Daily Reporter, NY)
Merv Griffin's Only Child Discusses Loss Aug 14, 2007
" Although Tony said his father was bigger than life, he was also a very private man who appreciated simple things. He loved being on his boat and traveling. He loved his dog, Charlie Chan, and his grandchildren. But, said Tony, his father also truly loved the work he did. His love of games started as a child when he would play hangman with his sister. That turned into "Wheel of Fortune," Tony said. He also loved music, so he wrote the theme songs to all his shows. "He has a new game show out,... (CBS News -- Early Show)
Why We Loved Merv Griffin Aug 13, 2007
A decade later he invented his own version of hangman, creating the most successful game show in TV history, Wheel of Fortune. As usual, his involvement with the show was total; friends used to tell of being at dinner parties with Merv, where he'd stop the conversation whenever he heard a particular clich; or bon mot another hidden phrase for Wheel of Fortune, he'd exclaim. (Time.com)
Alaska Pol: Taxpayers cash is 'my money'... Jul 19, 2007
thank goodness for them I'm not judge Jury AND hangman. Posted By: johneb57 | July 18, 2007 at 05:02 PM. (The Drudge Report)
Nigeria: Crime And Punishment Jul 14, 2007
Mr. Zheng Xiaoyu, erstwhile head of Chinese Food and Drug Administration, Nigeria's equivalent of NAFDAC, kept his date with the hangman on Tuesday for abusing the trust reposed in his former office. He was executed for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash. (AllAfrica.com)
Libya: Libyan Supreme Court Upholds HIV Death Sentences Jul 12, 2007
The decision generated stern reaction, leaving leaders of the EU in disappointment and dismay owing to the high-level negotiation going on to save the convicts from the noose of Libyan hangman. Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU's Commissioner for External Relations, who visited Libya in the spring said: "I deeply regret the verdict of the Supreme Court confirming the death sentence for the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor. I firmly hope that clemency will be granted to the medical... (AllAfrica.com)
Psycho killer, "Mr. Brooks" Jun 3, 2007
Meanwhile, a cop on the chase (Demi Moore) gets sidetracked by a messy divorce and an assault by a second serial killer, an escaped convict (Matt Schulze) known as the Hangman. As you know, there are good serial killers, and there are bad serial killers, and the Hangman -- he's not good. (Albany Times Union)
Roadman, Dimmitt scholars named May 30, 2007
Iowa: Jennifer Ball, Sergeant Bluff; DeRae Bettin, Odebolt; Brianna Blake, Wiota; David Bohlken, Le Mars; Katie Bowen, Keystone; Ashley Bress, Spencer; Shannon Chaffin, Cherokee; Tyler Childress, Alvord; Sara Courter, Rockwell City; Samantha Fritsch, Neola; Miranda Galvin, Cherokee; Diana Garcia, Le Mars; Sarah Garret, Churdan; Edwin Graf, Logan; Danya Hangman, Anthon; Hilary Hansen, Atlantic; Nathan Harris, Akron; Alec Henry, Griswold. Emily Heuertz, Le Mars; Heather Huntley, Charter Oak; Tina... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
To hell and beyond May 27, 2007
They were cracks a hangman could be proud of. A neurosurgeon later told Dave that it was only the third time he had seen such fractures - and the other two victims had been dead. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
LISTMANIA: Biggest Cache urban legends. May 17, 2007
Hangman wrote on May 15, 2007 2:12 PM:" I heard a story about a something that resembled the Creature From The Black Lagoon wading out from 1st Dam and scaring the crap out of teenagers who were parked there. But it just turned out to be Doug Hancey with a mask on.... ". EXLOGANITE wrote on May 15, 2007 12:30 PM:" Wasn't there somthing about that little "tunnel" that was behind the old Capitol Theater? Or did that have somthing with the ghost? That was too many beers ago ". (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Letters: Story of death prior to sentencing hurtful May 17, 2007
Kolya wrote on May 15, 2007 9:10 PM:" VanSickle article appropriate- Generally, the GT waits until sentencing for most stories about sex offenders. The fact that a convicted person died and "beat the hangman" out of a mandatory prison sentence is newsworthy. Where is the sympathy for the child that was sexually abused by VanSickle? Those critical of the GT for printing a newsworthy story about a convicted sex offender need to focus their thoughts on the victim's family not on a pedophile. ". NH... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Summer movie preview Apr 29, 2007
"Pierrepoint" Timothy Spall plays Albert Pierrepoint , Britain's most -- for lack of a better word -- prolific hangman and the most notable occupant of a job done by three generations of Pierrepoints. A drama directed by Adrian Shergold. (Boston Globe)
Letters to the Editor Apr 13, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007. SF Chronicle Submissions. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Parallel worlds Mar 28, 2007
Sweating, he wakes from dreams of ghosts, gallows and hangman. He speaks his shame and pleads with me to stay. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Managers on the hot seat Feb 17, 2007
At Bat: Ted Robinson's baseball blog - Baseball - MSNBC.com. File this under the banner of occupational hazard. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Feds: No Misconduct In Lodi Terror Trial Feb 6, 2007
The defense motion is based on statements made by juror Alicia Lopez that jury foreman Joseph Cote made a "hangman gesture" and once said "hang him" in front of others on the panel. "These bare bone allegations, on their face, are vague and ambiguous and do not constitute substantial evidence that (Cote) was actually biased against the defendant," wrote prosecutors S. Robert Tice-Raskin and Laura Ferris. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
'I need to be punished' Feb 6, 2007
Michael Hernandez, left, listens as his attorney, Mike Rollo, hashes out jury instructions with Circuit Court Judge Ron Swanson Monday at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse in Milton. Published - February, 6, 2007. (Pensacola News Journal)
Hangman pictures on jail wall, says Hicks Feb 1, 2007
A PHOTOMONTAGE of Saddam Hussein - including a picture of him dangling from the hangman's noose - is displayed on a wall at Guantanamo Bay with a warning that prisoners could face the same fate, David Hicks says ... au/news/world/hangman-pictures-on-jail-wall-says-hicks/2007/02/01/1169919474225. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
More of this story Jan 26, 2007
I had a broken neck, what they call a hangman s break, Mabey told the crowd who had come to honor Larson. If anyone would have even jarred me, I d have been dead, or at least paralyzed from the neck down. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Outcry over hanging of Saddam's henchmen Jan 16, 2007
Barzan, who served as the former dictator s intelligence chief, has his head torn off by the noose during the hanging, leading to suggestions that the hangman had misjudged the length of rope needed to carry out the penalty. Officials admitted the decapitation but denied any malice in the action, insisting there was no "violation of procedure", nor none of the rowdiness or illicit film-making that marked Saddam s execution. (Yahoo News -- Iraq)
more reader opinions Jan 14, 2007
Editor -- In her Jan. 6 letter ("FDA's bad decision on cloned food'') Evelyn Yturralde is concerned that eating cloned animals will somehow be dangerous. That the cloning process will somehow contaminate the product and ingesting it will cause harm. Yet, many people, our new Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi included, are at the same time trying to expand cloning of human embryos to be used for stem-cell therapy in humans. How can eating cloned animals be dangerous, but injecting cloned... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Passing moral judgment Jan 11, 2007
The electorate is judge, jury and hangman. What baseball and the union wouldnt police, these voters will. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Fisk: Whole Bloody Thing Jan 10, 2007
Of course, Saddam gave his victims no trial; his enemies had no opportunity to hear the evidence against them; they were mown down into mass graves, not handed a black scarf to prevent the hangman's noose from burning their neck as it broke their spine ... Saddam's own hangman at Abu Ghraib, a certain Abu Widad, would also taunt his victims before pulling the trap door lever, a last cruelty before extinction. (Zmag.org)
In Days Before Saddam's Hanging, Feuds Among Iraqi and U.S. Officials... Jan 7, 2007
When his cell lights were dimmed on Friday night, Mr. Hussein may have hoped that he would live a few days longer, and perhaps cheat the hangman altogether. According to Task Force 134, the American military unit responsible for all Iraqi detainees, Mr. Hussein had heard some of the rumors on the radio about potential execution dates. (The Drudge Report)
Saddam Hussein's executioner danced a jig of joy around his body... Jan 1, 2007
Joining in the outpouring of joy was the masked hangman, guards and even Iraqi officials ... As the hangman prepares to pull the lever to open the trap-door, Saddam chants the Muslim profession of faith. (The Drudge Report)
3. Saddam: 'I have chosen this path' Jan 1, 2007
Faroun stepped in and ordered the hangman to back away ... The chief hangman offered Saddam a black hood and asked him to place it over his head, but he refused ... So the hangman folded the hood and wrapped it around Saddam's neck like a neck warmer. (The Commercial Appeal, TN)
The final moments of Hussein Jan 1, 2007
Faroun ordered the hangman to back away ... The chief hangman offered Hussein a black hood, but he refused ... As Hussein recited his Islamic prayer for the second time, the chief hangman asked for silence. (San Francisco Chronicle)
