Scott Roeder, a 51-year-old man from the Kansas City, Kansas area, has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Dr. George Tiller, a physician whose women's clinic frequently took center stage in the debate over abortion. Tiller, 67, was serving as an usher during morning services Sunday when he was shot in the foyer of Reformation Lutheran Church. Tiller was one of the few doctors in the U.S. who performed late-term abortions and his women's clinic has been the site of repeated protests for about two decades. A protester shot Tiller in both arms in 1993, and his clinic was bombed in 1985. FOX News
General Motors has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a deal that will give taxpayers a 60 percent ownership stake and expand the government's reach into big business. The federal government would pump $30 billion dollars into GM as it makes its way through bankruptcy court. That's besides the $20 billion in taxpayers' money that the Treasury already lent to the automaker. At least 11 plants will be closed and three idled and 21,000 more jobs will be eliminated. Dealership cuts could total 2,600. Additionally GM's Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and Saab operations will be either sold or closed. CBS News
Officials believe a missing Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into strong thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean and was possibly hit by lightning. Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, left Rio on Sunday at 7 p.m. local time, 6 p.m. EDT, with 216 passengers and 12 crew members on board. About four hours later, the plane sent an automatic signal indicating electrical problems while going through strong turbulence. The plane eventually disappeared from radar. Two Brazilian Air Force planes were searching the waters about 300 kilometers northeast of the coastal city of Natal near the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha.
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