■UNITED STATES
Vein holds up execution
Executioners couldn’t find a suitable vein in which to inject drugs to kill a 53-year-old man convicted of murder, who then got a one-week reprieve from the Ohio governor so prison officials could figure out what to do. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland issued the reprieve at the request of the prison warden overseeing the state’s execution chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. Prison officials said they would consult “several people” about how to perform convicted rapist and murderer Romell Broom’s execution, which must be done by lethal injection. Broom is to be executed for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Tryna Middleton in Cleveland in 1984.
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Toys “R” Us giraffe dies
A giraffe that starred in a series of TV commercials for Toys “R” Us and appeared in the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective has died at a Boston zoo. American Humane, an animal welfare group that oversees animal treatment on movie sets, said Tweet the giraffe died on Friday at the Franklin Park Zoo where producers are filming the Kevin James movie The Zookeeper. The 18-year-old giraffe didn’t belong to the zoo and had no known health problems. Tweet collapsed while feeding. The animal welfare group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said Tweet was mistreated and has asked for an investigation. American Humane denies mistreatment.
■CANADA
Protest shuts Shell mine
A Greenpeace protest shut down Royal Dutch Shell’s massive oil sands mine on Tuesday on the eve of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit with US President Barack Obama. Two dozen Greenpeace members chained themselves to giant earth-moving equipment, shutting down Shell’s massive Albian Sands oil sands mine in northwestern Alberta for several hours. Shell suspended operations to ensure the safety of the activists and of Shell staff, while it negotiated with the protesters. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Karolina Malik said the protesters were very polite, so there was no rush to cut the chains or make arrests.
■UNITED STATES
Search warrant in Yale case
Police on Tuesday executed a search and seizure warrant against a person of interest in the murder of Annie Le, a student who went missing days before she was to be married. The 24-year-old’s body was found on Sunday. Police late on Tuesday carried out the search of the Middletown, Connecticut, apartment of “Raymond Clark, a person of interest in the murder of Annie Le,” New Haven police said. “Clark has not been charged in the death of Annie Le,” the statement added.
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