US ex-astronaut to plead insanity
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Former US astronaut Lisa Nowak will pursue a defence of temporary insanity at her trial next month, her lawyers say.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak is pursuing an insanity defense on charges that she assaulted and tried to kidnap a romantic rival, according to a document released Tuesday.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, charged over an alleged attack on a romantic rival, testified on Friday that police searched her car without her consent as she sought to have some evidence thrown out.
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The lawyer for Lisa Nowak -- the former NASA astronaut accused of assaulting a romantic rival -- is asking a judge this morning to throw out her statements to police, suppress evidence collected from her car and remove her ankle-bracelet monitor.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO, Fla. - Astronaut Lisa Nowak boarded a plane Wednesday to return home to Texas, a day after being charged with trying to murder the woman she believed was her romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - A U.S. astronaut was accused on Tuesday of trying to kidnap and kill a rival for the affections of a male astronaut after she drove 950 miles wearing diapers to confront the woman.
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A Scot who was on death row in the US is to attend an appeal hearing which should see him released.
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Even after her arrest for allegedly assaulting a romantic rival, former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak was so consumed by a lovers&#39; triangle that a police detective urged her to get therapy, according to a transcript of her interrogation released on Monday.
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Former Gov. John G. Rowland will plead guilty Thursday to federal charges in U.S. District Court, the Associated Press has learned.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA asked an astronaut aboard the international space station to exercise vigorously Friday, hoping the rapid movement would jostle a half-retracted solar wing that refuses to fold up properly.
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WASHINGTON Dec 13, 2004 - Sean O&#39;Keefe, who has spent three tumultuous years running the nation&#39;s space program, is preparing to resign, a government official says.
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U.S. astronaut Lisa Nowak returned to Houston on Wednesday and was to undergo mental evaluation at Johnson Space Center after her arrest on charges she tried to kill a romantic rival for a fellow astronaut.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - A U.S. astronaut accused of trying to kidnap a woman she considered a rival for another astronaut's affections was granted bond at her first court appearance in Florida on Tuesday.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - The trial of former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak on charges she attacked a romantic rival has been postponed until next year to allow prosecutors time to prepare for an insanity defense, according to a court order.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - The attorney for former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak said on Friday his client's right to a fair trial is being jeopardized by a "big lie" that she wore a diaper during a nonstop 950-mile (1,530-mile) drive to confront a romantic rival.
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Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak plans to rely on an insanity defense at her trial next month on charges she attacked a rival during the unraveling of a love triangle with fellow ex-astronaut Bill Oefelein, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Capt. Lisa M. Nowak was accused last month of attacking a romantic rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut.