Apparently, it takes a lot more than elfin magic to propel a person into the White House! That’s why we’re bringing you “The Top 7 Reasons Dennis Kucinich Dropped Out of the Presidential Race”!
At 7 o’clock, I’d like a show of hands: who doesn’t like free money?! Tax rebates are coming soon and our government hopes you’ll stimulate the U.S. economy by running right out and spending the cash. Or are they just doling out money to get you to feel good about them? Plus, I can’t help but think this money will be just another crutch in the hands of the poor!
At 8 o’clock, we’ll discuss the tools of an educator: books…chalk and chalkboard…and a 357 Magnum? Arizona state Senator Karen Johnson wants guns in the hands of teachers and staffers at your kid’s school! She says kids are vulnerable “like fish in a bowl.” So having teachers and janitors running around with guns will make them safe and snug as a bug in rug? What is Gaydos missing here?
At 8:55, Fred Taylor tells us about the upcoming Celebrity Golf Classic, which benefits the Southwest Prostate Cancer Foundation! He’s got info on just how to participate and help them save lives this weekend!
It’s Red V. Blue Thursday and Gaydos After Dark goes national during the first half of our final hour! We’ll talk to voters in South Carolina, where the Democratic Primary will take place this Saturday. We’ll find out if race is playing a role in this big decision for South Carolinians!
At 9:30, it’s the triumphant return of Presidential Match Game! Democratic champ Carlos and Republican challenger Roger try to match answers with our panel of stars! Headbanger Hanna Scott, young Gaydos apprentice Jarrett Carlen and presidential historian and scholar B. Nicks all return for Red V. Blue Thursday fun!
At 9:50, we take a moment to look back on tonight’s G.O.P. debate in Florida. We’ll find out what the candidates had to say on Iraq and the economy as the pressure builds down south!
DAYTON, Ohio - Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a woman accused of killing her 1-month-old daughter by burning the child in a microwave oven.
If convicted of aggravated murder, China Arnold, 27, could face the death penalty.
Police investigators believe Arnold killed 1-month-old Paris Talley by putting her in a microwave at her Dayton home in 2005. Coroner’s officials said the baby suffered high-heat internal injuries and had no external burns. They have ruled out scalding water, open flame or other possible causes of death that could have damaged the skin.
Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion has said Arnold had nothing to do with her daughter’s death and was stunned when investigators told her that a microwave might have been involved. Arnold took the baby to the hospital after finding her unconscious and does not know how she died, Rion said.
Visiting Judge John Kessler began questioning potential jurors in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Monday, asking them if they would be able to serve at a trial that may last three weeks.
During a pretrial hearing in July, police Detective Michael Galbraith said Arnold told him she arrived home in the early morning hours after drinking, fell asleep and was awakened at 2:30 a.m. by the baby’s crying.
She said she warmed a bottle in the microwave oven, tried to give it to the baby, changed the child’s diaper and then fell asleep on the couch with the baby on her chest.
Arnold said she and her children were the only ones in the apartment until her boyfriend arrived several hours later and noticed something was wrong with the baby.
Galbraith said Arnold told him: “If I hadn’t gotten so drunk, I guess my baby wouldn’t have died.”
When cross-examined by Rion, Galbraith acknowledged that Arnold told him she did not know how the baby suffered the burns and that she had nothing to do with it that she could recall.
Earlier this month, defense witness Robert Belloto, a staff pharmacist at Good Samaritan Hospital, testified he does not believe it would have been possible for Arnold to place the baby in the microwave because the woman was so intoxicated.
Belloto said Arnold told him she had consumed about 40 percent of a pint of high-proof rum in 90 minutes. But he acknowledged that he had no other corroboration for her claim.