VIA: CNN.COM A driver for the Valentine Cab Co. in Roosevelt, New York, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after he kicked a young boy out of his cab Tuesday for not having any money, police said. Nassau County Police detectives say a 7-year-old boy with special needs was put into a […]
A man arrested after streaking at a rally for President Barack Obama over the weekend was trying to win a $1 million Internet challenge, a billionaire entrepreneur said. Alki David recently offered the million-dollar prize to the first person who could successfully streak in front of the U.S. president with a website name written on […]
VIA: TIME.COM Walmart has rolled back its rollbacks. Earlier this year, the retailer tried to spark sluggish U.S. sales by lowering its prices — already bargains — even further. One analyst called it “an initiative that screams: Price! Price! Price!” These rollbacks, as they are known in Walmartspeak and in the company’s advertising, were intended […]
VIA: WRAL.COM A Warren County infant was critically injured Monday morning when his mother accidentally ran over him while he was strapped into a car seat, authorities said Tuesday. Shakita Williams, 26, of 132 Norlina Pines Drive, set the car seat down in front of her Ford Explorer while she put two older children into […]
An Arizona woman accidentally glued an eye shut when she mistook super glue for her eye drops. KSAZ-TV said Irmgard Holm of Glendale had cataract surgery a year ago. She was reaching for what she thought was one of her half-dozen eye drop medications. The burning sensation told her immediately something was seriously wrong. MORE
VIA: WRAL.COM A Maxton man who raped and killed his 69-year-old grandmother in 2005 has lost an appeal challenging his conviction. James Junior Blue, 33, was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree rape and armed robbery in the death of Shirley Locklear. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutors said that Blue […]
The L.A. Times has uncovered emails between Obama administration officials regarding the firing of Shirley Sherrod from the Agriculture Department over statements taken out of context by right wing blogger, Andrew Breitbart. Hundreds of pages of e-mails released to the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau under the Freedom of Information Act provide a detailed, behind-the-scenes […]
A website promising a Tiger Woods sex tape has surfaced, marking some virgin territory in the fallen golf legend’s cheating scandal.
VIA: WTVD.COM Former Carolina Panthers player Rae Carruth wants his conviction in a murder for hire case reconsidered. Carruth was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder after the 1999 death of his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams — who was pregnant with his son. She told police in a 911 call that Carruth was responsible for […]
VIA: TMZ.COM Braxton — who sold more than 40 million albums in her career — just filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in California … and in the docs, the singer claims she’s only worth somewhere between $1 mil and $10 mil … but she could have up to $50 mil in debts. MORE
VIA: WRAL.COM A Mississippi judge ordered an attorney to spend several hours in jail Wednesday after the attorney chose not to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in court. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported that Chancery Judge Talmadge Littlejohn told a court audience to rise and say the pledge. People in the courtroom said Danny […]
The average murder case in North Carolina took 544 days to go to trial last fiscal year. In that time, 619 people were charged with murder and only 106 went to trial. “People get frustrated in the length of time it takes to work through the caseloads and the fact that so many cases are […]