James Bond Jailbreak Plot Includes Homemade Helicopter
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An arrest was made by federal agents this week.
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October 5, 2009 6:00 AM NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Someone had better call James Bond, because a creative Nashville woman allegedly hatched a jailbreak plot that involved a convicted gang leader directing his underlings to build a small helicopter and learn how to fly it.
An arrest was made by federal agents this week.
An arrest was made by federal agents this week.
August 3, 2009 8:36 AM 
WAUSAU, Wisconsin - A man accused of killing his 11-year-old diabetic daughter by praying instead of seeking medical care has been found guilty of second-degree reckless homicide.
Dale Neumann, 47, was convicted in the March 23, 2008, death of his daughter, Madeline, from undiagnosed diabetes. Prosecutors contended he should have rushed the girl to a hospital because she couldn't walk, talk, eat or drink. Instead, Madeline died on the floor of the family's rural home as people surrounded her and prayed. Someone called an ambulance when she stopped breathing.
Father Who Used Prayer Instead of Medicine Found Guilty in Daughter's Death
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Dale Neumann, 47, was convicted in the March 23, 2008, death of his daughter, Madeline, from undiagnosed diabetes. Prosecutors contended he should have rushed the girl to a hospital because she couldn't walk, talk, eat or drink. Instead, Madeline died on the floor of the family's rural home as people surrounded her and prayed. Someone called an ambulance when she stopped breathing.
July 29, 2009 11:20 AM WAUSAU, Wis. - Many parents with a deathly ill child pray for a miracle. Some even get one. Are their children healed by medical intervention or divine intervention? They'll likely never know.
But the parents of an 11-year-old central Wisconsin girl went a step further. They prayed for their daughter’s cure but refused to see doctors. Why?
Leilani Neumann, the girl’s mother told a Wausau courthouse Tuesday she believes sickness is caused by sin and can only be cured by god.
Daughter Dead Because Parents Loved God?
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But the parents of an 11-year-old central Wisconsin girl went a step further. They prayed for their daughter’s cure but refused to see doctors. Why?
Leilani Neumann, the girl’s mother told a Wausau courthouse Tuesday she believes sickness is caused by sin and can only be cured by god.
July 24, 2009 6:45 AM 
OREGON CITY, Ore. - Their prayers to save their dying daughter went unanswered. But an Oregon jury has shown mercy on an Oregon couple on trial for using prayer instead of medicine in their failed attempt to save their 15-month-old girl.
Carl Worthington was convicted of criminal mistreatment Thursday, a misdemeanor punishable by no more than a year in jail. His wife, Raylene Worthington, walked free.
Mixed Blessing: Parents Beat Manslaughter Charge in Baby's "Faith Healing" Death
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Carl Worthington was convicted of criminal mistreatment Thursday, a misdemeanor punishable by no more than a year in jail. His wife, Raylene Worthington, walked free.
July 14, 2009 1:25 PM 
OREGON CITY, Ore. - A few days after her toddler died, Raylene Worthington told detectives that the child had been choking on phlegm.
But on the witness stand Monday, accused of using prayer instead of medicine to heal her increasingly ill child, Worthington said she didn't remember the 15-month-old girl choking at all.
Worthington contested or said she didn't remember several points from interviews with police on the night of the death and two days later.
Did Keeping Their Faith Kill Their Child?
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But on the witness stand Monday, accused of using prayer instead of medicine to heal her increasingly ill child, Worthington said she didn't remember the 15-month-old girl choking at all.
Worthington contested or said she didn't remember several points from interviews with police on the night of the death and two days later.
July 13, 2009 12:20 PM 
OREGON CITY, Ore. - Carl and Raylene Worthington, parents of a 15-month old daughter, Ava, put their faith in spiritual healing, when their child got sick. Now the couple is on trial for manslaughter and criminal mistreatment for the infant’s death.
Carl Brent Worthington testified Friday that in the hours before his daughter died of pneumonia, he didn't lose his faith, which he called a gift from God. But Worthington wouldn't say whether he would have done anything differently or taken the 15-month-old to a doctor last year.
Dad Who Chose Prayer Over Doctors ‘Shocked' by Daughters Death
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Carl Brent Worthington testified Friday that in the hours before his daughter died of pneumonia, he didn't lose his faith, which he called a gift from God. But Worthington wouldn't say whether he would have done anything differently or taken the 15-month-old to a doctor last year.
July 1, 2009 6:10 AM 
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Most U.S. states have child abuse laws allowing some religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, but a few recent cases highlight thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths.
Existing laws have gradually accounted for more well-known and established faiths, such as Pentecostalism, Christian Science and Jehovah's Witnesses.
Thorny Legal Issues in Faith Healing Cases
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Existing laws have gradually accounted for more well-known and established faiths, such as Pentecostalism, Christian Science and Jehovah's Witnesses.
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