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VIA: WTVD.COM Nearly a year after he went from anonymity to notoriety, Michael Jackson’s doctor returns to court for a pretrial hearing that will determine when he goes to trial and what he will be able to do in the meantime. Dr. Conrad Murray is likely to face the usual placards and catcalls from Jackson […]
VIA: CNN.COM Joran van der Sloot said he elbowed murder victim Stephany Flores Ramirez in the face before strangling her and then suffocating her with his own shirt, according to transcripts of his confession. The transcripts — provided to CNN by an anonymous police source — give shocking details of the murder van der Sloot […]
An advocacy group requested that the building glow on Aug. 26 for the centennial of the late Nobel Peace Prize winner’s birth. The request was denied in an unsigned, faxed letter, Donohue said, “and they never gave an explanation.” He said Empire State Building officials were “stonewalling” not only the Catholic League, but also the […]
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An Ohio woman found herself spending 3 days in jail for calling 911 repeatedly to ask for “a husband”. Audrey Scott was charged with a misdemeanor for making false 911 calls, 5 total in a one hour period of time. Ms. Scott acknowledges that she was drinking heavily and was in the wrong for calling […]
Via The Weekly Vice …. Seattle, Washington Graydon Smith, a 31-year-old Washington man, was arrested for allegedly forcing his pregnant 19-year-old girlfriend to sign an abuse contract so he could continue to beat her up. Why is a 31-year-old man dating a 19-year old to begin with? According to the Seattle Police Department, police were […]
VIA: HUFFINGTONPOST.COM An unemployed military veteran who raised no funds and put up no campaign website shocked South Carolina’s Democratic Party leadership by capturing the nomination Tuesday to face Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint in November. With nearly all precincts reporting, Alvin Greene, 32, commanded 59 percent of the vote against 41 percent for former […]
VIA: ABCNEWS.COM We all know that some flights are more prone to delays than others. But some trips just seem destined for failure. Take American Eagle flight 3637 from Miami to Charlotte, North Carolina. Passengers on that flight in April did not arrive on time once. That’s right, every single day of the month the […]
The South Carolina shooting death of an African American man whose body was then dragged behind a pickup truck for miles is being investigated as a possible hate crime, after a white man was arrested. Newberry County deputies have arrested and charged 19-year-old Gregory Collins with the murder of Anthony Hill of Winnsboro, S.C., about […]
Via NYTimes While jury makeup varies widely by jurisdiction, the organization, which studied eight Southern states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee — found areas in all of them where significant problems persist. In Alabama, courts have found racially discriminatory jury selection in 25 death penalty cases since 1987, and […]
WASHINGTON — America’s vaunted can-do spirit is badly frayed. From the Gulf oil spill to the war in Afghanistan, from lost jobs to soaring budget deficits, cascading crises are defying easy resolution and undermining faith in the future.