A son kept the body of his 93-year-old mother in the apartment they shared for days after she died, police said.The body of Helen Salonen was discovered in her Westchester County home after officials with the state Office for the Aging were unable to meet with the woman, Capt. Joseph Schaller of the New Rochelle police said Friday. Authorities were investigating, but do not believe the death was suspicious.Her 52-year-old son, Robert, kept telling officials his mother was sleeping, Schaller said. But police on Tuesday found the woman dead in her bed, "apparently for several days," he said.The medical examiner's office has not determined the cause or time of death, police said.Salonen, a longtime resident of the building in New Rochelle, had been living with her son for about eight years, said David Kuilan, the building superintendent.... http://www.foxnews.com censor News |
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Chinese workers freed in Ethiopia |
| Seven Chinese oil workers kidnapped by rebels in Ethiopia have been released and handed to the Red Cross, Red Cross officials and the rebels said. One Somali and an Ethiopian oil worker were also released, an O.. full News |
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World rallies for Darfur action |
| Protests have taken place around the world to demand intervention to end the fighting in Sudan's Darfur region. Organisers of the Global Day for Darfur said events were taking place in 35 capitals to mark the f.. full News |
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Huge rally for Turkish secularism |
| Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in Istanbul in support of secularism in Turkey, amid a row over a vote for the country's next president. The protesters are concerned that the ruling party's candida.. full News |
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Tanker ignites; Oakland interchange collapses |
| An interchange connecting highways to the busy Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a tractor trailer hauling 8,600 gallons of gasoline caught fire, authorities said.The truck's driver .. full News |
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Baghdad Hit With Blasts; Karbala Toll Up Explosions Rock Baghdad As Death Toll From Car Bomb in Shiite Holy City of Karbala Hits 68 |
| U.S. forces fired an artillery barrage in southern Baghdad Sunday morning, rocking the capital with loud explosions. The death toll from a suicide car bomb attack in the Shiite holy city of Karbala rose to 68 a.. full News |
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