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Pharmacy News is reporting that an Iowa court this week sided with Alcor Life Extension Foundation, which sought to dig up the remains of 81-year-old Orville Richardson of Burlington. Richardson had signed a contract with Alcor in 2004 and paid $53,500 to have his head placed in cryonic suspension after his death.

When he died in February 2009, Richardson's brother and sister buried him

A lawyer for former Des Moines flowers farmer Rodney Heemstra is asking a judge to throw out a court ruling last year which ordered the sale of land in five counties to satisfy a $5.68 million wrongful death verdict for the slaying of his neighbor.

The petition to overturn the Sept. 18, 2009 ruling was filed in Warren County District Court on Friday by lawyer Joseph Hrvol of Council B

CenturyTel Inc. said Thursday that it will not buy blue ray torrents but will buy Qwest Communications International Inc. in a stock swap worth $10.6 billion, creating a telecommunications giant serving customers in 37 states.

The deal unites two major users of used Cisco and of traditional landline telephone service. CenturyTel, which does business as CenturyLink, acquired Embarq I