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Washington - Alan Gross has been about communications all his life: The call-mom-everyday son, the family newsbreaker, the message guy for Jewish groups, the get-out-the-vote enthusiast for candidate Barack Obama, the technology contractor who helped the U.S. government bring the world's remotest populations into the 21st century. Now, however, Gross, 60, of Potomac, Md., has been languishing for three months ... Full story

Florida - Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show that he will eventually leave the country if the health care bill passes and its provisions are implemented. Liberal media watchdog Media Matters recorded Limbaugh's comments, which you can hear at left. At the 1:20 mark,... Full story

Staten Island, NY - New York City's oldest resident, Staten Island supercentenarian Jane "Jenny" E. Gilsenan, died yesterday in the Presentation Convent Mother House in Woodrow. She was 111. Gilsenan was one of the oldest people in the world. "I'm lucky to live as long as I have so far," the super-centenarian told ... Full story

Omaha, NE - It freshens our breath and helps us quit smoking, but some cosmetic surgeons believe chewing gum does one more thing: It gives us wrinkles. “Many of my patients who are gum chewers have a certain pattern of wrinkles around their mouth,” says Dr. Joel Schlessinger, a board certified ... Full story

New York, NY - Continental Airlines Inc., the fourth-biggest U.S. carrier, expects to collect $350 million in checked bag fees this year. Continental Chief Executive Officer Jeff Smisek disclosed the figure during remarks today at a J.P. Morgan aviation conference in New York. Houston-based Continental is working on “many, many” additional products and ... Full story

Austin, TX - A small single-engine plane crashed into a building in Northwest Austin Thursday morning, sparking a fire. The crash happened near MoPac and Highway 183. Smoke could be scene pouring from a building on traffic cameras. The structure is a 7 story building. no information as of now if any deaths or injuries. ... Full story

Starke, FL - Martin Grossman was declared dead at 6:17 p.m. at the Florida state prison in Starke, 15 minutes after the start of his execution by lethal injection. In a final statement, Grossman expressed remorse to the family of Peggy Park, the Florida wildlife officer he beat and shot to death more ... Full story

Miami, FL - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday that his office was the target of "almost an outcry" of nearly 50,000 e-mails, phone calls and letters from people urging him to spare Martin Grossman's life. "We've been swamped," Crist said. "I'm getting calls from people who are asking me to stay this ... Full story

Starke, FL - During the rather antiseptic execution of Martin Grossman for killing Wildlife Officer Peggy Park in 1984 in North Pinellas County, Park's mother stared at her daughter's killer who was just 10 feet away. Afterwards, Margaret Park said she was thinking of the children of Haiti who were buried ... Full story

Brooklyn, NY - She survived the Holocaust. But  a tenacious life story wasn't enough for 92-year old Eta Eckstein to keep her Brooklyn landlord at bay. While out of her apartment in a rehab facility, the grandmother got evicted. "It's unspeakable," says Eta's grandson, Idan. "They just threw her belongings onto the street." ... Full story