Terri Schiavo’s body was cremated Saturday in Tampa as disagreements continued between her husband and her parents, who were unable to have their own independent expert observe her autopsy.
The cremation was carried out according to a court order establishing that Michael Schiavo had the right to make such decisions, said his lawyer, George Felos. He said plans for burying her ashes in Pennsylvania, where she grew up, were not complete. Terri Schiavo’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, had wanted to bury their daughter in Pinellas County so they could visit her grave.
TRAIN DERAILS, 10 HURT: An Amtrak train derailed Sunday in a Washington state gorge, sending at least 10 passengers to hospitals, officials said. The train was carrying 115 people when its wheels left the track, leaving four passenger cars leaning upright against an embankment in the Columbia River Gorge.
SHARPTON WRONGLY LINKED: An investigation into whether Rev. Al Sharpton was involved in a scheme to defraud a pension fund was based on misinterpreted wiretaps, a prosecutor said Saturday. In a sealed 2003 affidavit, FBI agents alleged there was “probable cause” to believe Sharpton and others were conspiring to defraud the New York pension fund.
BORDER PROTEST: Volunteers for an effort to patrol the Mexican border for illegal immigrants marched in southern Arizona on Saturday to draw attention to what they say is the government’s failure to control illegal immigration. About 150 people chanted “Hey, hey, ho, ho, illegal aliens got to go” as they filed past the Border Patrol station in Douglas, Ariz.
SCHOOLS BLACKLIST COLOR RED: Red, the color that teachers have long used to grade work, has been replaced in some schools across the country with more “pleasant-feeling” ink colors such as blue and purple. Some parents said they found red writing “stressful.”
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