Screenwriter John Michael Hayes dies at 89

Published: November 25, 2008

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Screenwriter dies at age 89

CONCORD, N.H. — Screenwriter John Michael Hayes, nominated for Academy Awards for the classic Alfred Hitchcock film "Rear Window” and for "Peyton Place,” has died at age 89. Hayes, who was involved in Dartmouth College’s film studies program, died of natural causes Wednesday at a retirement community in Hanover, John Wilson of Rand Wilson Funeral Home said Monday.

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Ex-officer gets life sentence

NEW YORK — A former New York City corrections officer has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his two children — one of them a toddler who was in her high chair when she was shot. A jury convicted Everett George of murder and sentenced him Monday. Jurors rejected his claim that he was suffering extreme emotional distress and did not understand his actions were wrong.

MySpace case nears end

LOS ANGELES — The defense in the My

Space hoax trial rested Monday without calling a Missouri mother to testify on her own behalf, instead relying on her tearful daughter to direct blame elsewhere for an Internet ruse that allegedly led to a teenage girl’s suicide. A motion to dismiss the case against Lori Drew is pending.

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School reopens after shooting

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University locked down its campus for about an hour Monday after a man was wounded in a drive-by shooting several blocks from campus, police said. Students were alerted by e-mail of the lockdown after a 20-year-old man sitting in a parked car was shot in the neck from someone in a passing car, police said.

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Blaze claims three children

CINCINNATI — Authorities in Cincinnati say three children have died in a house fire. Fire Capt. Mike Washington said firefighters arrived after 2:30 a.m. Monday and found heavy flames throughout both floors of the single-family home. The bodies of the children were found inside after firefighters extinguished the fire. All were under the age of 10.

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Air Force issues crash report

LAS VEGAS — The head of an Air Force accident review board says a July 30 F-15 crash that killed a pilot over the Nevada desert was caused by a combination of factors. Brig. Gen. Robert Otto said Monday that imperfections in the jet’s nose cone and an imbalance in the fuel tanks hindered Lt. Col. Thomas Bouley as he tried to recover from a flat spin.

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