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Secret Service reports show Reagan shooter Hinckley is behaving well on visits to his mother and goes to volunteer

The man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 has behaved well over the past year when he's been freed from a Washington mental hospital to visit his mother in Virginia, according to U.S. Secret Service reports. Agents trailed John Hinckley on more than 35 days during 2012 when he visited his mother's home in Williamsburg. Surveillance logs show he shopped at PetSmart, Target and the grocery store Harris Teeter. He also did volunteer work, visited an art museum on the campus of the College of William and Mary and made planned therapy visits. The logs were part of more than a 150 pages of documents filed Wednesday as part of a court case where Hinckley is asking a judge to let him spend more time at his mother's home. In treatment: John Hinckley Jr. (posing at the White House in 1980) has been in treatment at a mental hospital since he was found to be insane at the time he shot Reagan in 1981 The mundaneness of the activities made public Wednesd

A meat-market style of assembly line abortions: Nurses quit Planned Parenthood because of 'dangerous and dirty work conditions and risk of AIDS'

wo Planned Parenthood nurses quit their jobs because of dirty and dangerous work conditions and what they called 'a meat-market style of assembly-line abortions'. The former employees of the Delaware branch have spoken out about what allegedly takes place behind its closed doors and said that a rush to get patients in and out leaves the operating tables soiled and unclean and that doctors don't wear gloves. Jayne Mitchell-Werbrich, former employee said: 'It was just unsafe. I couldn't tell you how ridiculously unsafe it was. 'It's not washed down, it's not even cleaned off. It has bloody drainage on it.' SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Under the spotlight: The former employees of the Delaware branch have spoken out about what takes place behind its closed doors and says it needs to be stopped Another former employee, Joyce Vasikonis told Action News: 'They were using instruments on patients that were not sterile. They could be at

This bilious hatred and lack of respect for the dead is a disturbing new low in British life

There were fine tributes to Margaret Thatcher yesterday in the House of Commons. Even the Labour leader Ed Miliband accepted she had been right to see that this country had to change, and right to come to the defence of the Falklands. But even as I listened to these mostly measured speeches I could not get out of my mind the foul and disgusting things that have been said or written about her over recent days by comedians, politicians, pop stars, a few journalists (I regret to say) and ordinary people.  Never in modern times, and probably not in the entire history of these islands, has the demise of a public figure been greeted with such euphoria and wild expressions of hate. The death of Margaret Thatcher has revealed something very unpleasant, and rather unexpected, about our country. Of course, politics in Britain has long been conducted competitively, passionately and, very occasionally, even violently. But what has happened over the past few days is different. Wi

President Obama says he welcomes senators' bipartisan deal to expand background checks for gun buyers

President Barack Obama has said he welcomes a bipartisan deal in the Senate to expand background checks for gun sales, which was announced early Wednesday. Obama said while it's not his bill and he wishes parts of it were stronger, the deal represents significant progress and if enacted would make it harder for dangerous people to obtain guns. Two key senators announced earlier Wednesday they'd reached a bipartisan agreement on background checks, improving prospects for gun control legislation that Obama has been pushing. Senators plan to hold an initial vote Thursday to begin debating gun legislation. Scroll down for video Deal: Senators Joe Manchin (left) and Pat Toomey (right) have reached a deal on background checks for firearm purchases   Senators reach deal over gun background checks Obama says there is a lot of work remaining to enact gun control measures, including getting them through the Republican-controlled House.

Fake Rockefeller 'with delusions of grandeur' found guilty of 1985 murder of man

A notorious Rockefeller impostor has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a man whose bones were found buried beneath a California home in 1985. Christian Gerhartsreiter was tried 28 years after the disappearance of newlyweds John and Linda Sohus in a heavily circumstantial cold case. Much of the prosecution’s evidence focused on the strange behavior of the man who adopted many names including Clark Rockefeller. He masqueraded as an heir to the fabled oil fortune for 20 years. The verdict was reached on Wednesday after the jury deliberated about a day. Scroll down for video Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter of Germany is found guilty of first degree murder in his murder trial in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, today Authorities said Gerhartsreiter was a German immigrant who lived another life long ago, occupying a guest cottage at the home of Sohus’ mother in the ritzy suburb of San Marino. He was known

Jenna Jameson 'used brass knuckle iPhone case to beat up her assistant in salon'

Former porn star Jenna Jameson used a brass knuckle iPhone case when she beat up her assistant in a California salon over the weekend according to reports. Jameson, 39, was charged with battery after allegedly assaulting her assistant, Britney Markham, with the accessory turned weapon following accusations she had stolen from her. Markham claims the mother of two entered a Newport Beach salon on Saturday yelling at her, hours before planning to celebrate her 39th birthday at Heat Ultra Lounge in Anaheim that night. Beat down: Jenna Jameson allegedly used a brass knuckle iPhone case, possibly the one seen in her hand, to hit her assistant in a California salon over the weekend Similar style:  Britney Markham, left, appears to own the same iPhone case, having posed in several pictures with the item that's sold online for around $15 She allegedly used the case to punch her assistant in the stomach and back while yelling 'I

Hot sausage ban at the BBC: Workers told they must not pick up heated food or make their own toast in case they burn themselves

BBC workers are fuming after being told they are not allowed to pick up 'hot sausages' with tongs or make their own toast - in case they burn themselves. Workers have complained to chiefs at the Beeb after the BBC Club took over running the canteen from another provider at the Media Centre in White City in Wood Lane, north west London, last week. The BBC Club - set up as a private members club for BBC employees in 1924 - was put in charge of the cafe on April 2. BBC workers have complained the regulations at the cafe in the Media Center is another case of 'health and safety gone mad' But after just over a week in charge, BBC staff are complaining that a 'new health and safety crackdown' has meant they can no longer make their own toast or pick up hot sausages - even with the tongs provided. BBC worker Chris Malpas, who works in technology support, said service was 'chaotic' since the BBC Club took over.   More... Public a