Sun, Mar 8th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories |

MARYVILLE, Ill. – A gunman walked down the aisle of a church during a Sunday service and killed the pastor, then stabbed himself and two others as parishioners wrestled him to the ground, authorities said. The man walked into the sprawling ...Read More

Michael Scott: School Board Chief's Apparent Suicide Stuns

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Michael Scott: School Board Chief's Apparent Suicide Stuns (AP) CHICAGO — Chicago's school board president apparently shot himself in the head near the Chicago River before dawn Monday, officials said as his death was met with disbelief by civic leaders and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Chicago Board ...Read More

Chicago schools president's death ruled suicide

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

Chicago police said an investigation into the death of the city's school board president would continue even as an autopsy concluded the longtime civic leader shot himself in the head on a Chicago River embankment. Chicago Board of Education President Michael ...Read More

Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty to Gun Charges

Thu, Oct 22nd, 2009 | Entertainment |

Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty to Gun Charges Rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to second-degree weapons possession charges on Thursday in a New York City courtroom, changing his previous not-guilty plea. Under the terms of the plea bargain the rapper, 27, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., ...Read More

Pastor's accused killer deemed unfit for trial

Tue, Oct 20th, 2009 | U.S. |

A judge says a man accused of gunning down a pastor during his sermon in a southwestern Illinois church is mentally unfit to stand trial. Madison County Circuit Judge Richard Tognarelli made the ruling Tuesday after receiving a court-ordered psychiatric examination ...Read More

Neighbors: Elderly shooting victim seriously ill

Tue, Sep 22nd, 2009 | U.S. |

LAGUNA WOODS, Calif.—James and Phyllis Fish did everything together. The Indiana natives both served in World War II -- she was a nurse -- and they filled their ensuing decades of marriage with golfing, world travel and community service at the ...Read More

Former Kentucky lawmaker charged with murder

Tue, Sep 15th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Lexington police charged former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn with murder Monday in the death of his ex-girlfriend. Nunn, 56, was also charged with violation of a protective order. Lexington police said warrants were served on Nunn after he ...Read More

acqui Smith sued over shock jock accusations

Sun, May 31st, 2009 | U.K. |

Radio host Michael Savage, real name Michael Weiner, is taking legal action after he was "named and shamed" on a Home Office list of undesirables earlier this month. Mr Savage's name figured on a list which also included former Ku ...Read More

'Shock Jock' Michael Savage seeks Hillary Clinton's help over UK ban

Thu, May 14th, 2009 | U.K. |

Radio host Michael Savage, real name Michael Weiner, was among 16 people "named and shamed" on a Home Office list of undesirables. He has since said he will sue for defamation and has now written to the US Secretary of State ...Read More

Banned list won't protect us from extremists - it's just a ...

Tue, May 5th, 2009 | U.K. |

Drumroll please...Ta-da! Published today, courtesy of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, is a list of 16 fanatics barred from entering the UK for fostering extremism or hatred. Islamic extremists...White supremacists...a US radio host...Just roll up and take a look. Entering Britain is ...Read More

US shock-jock, Jewish extremist and Hamas MP on list of 16 banned ...

Tue, May 5th, 2009 | U.K. |

An American “shock jock”, hate preachers and anti-gay protesters are among those who have been banned from entering Britain since October. The list of the 16 “least wanted” includes the US radio talk show host Michael Savage, whose real name is ...Read More

Police: Lawyer on Verge of Job Loss Found Dead in DC

Thu, Apr 30th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

A 59-year-old lawyer with an Atlanta-based firm who was due to lose his job today for economic reasons was found dead in his Washington office this morning of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police. Mark I. Levy, a former ...Read More

3 women found slain in Pa. glass shop

Sat, Apr 25th, 2009 | Most Viewed |

SALTSBURG, Pa. - An elderly woman, her sister and her niece were found shot to death inside an auto-glass business and a handgun similar to one owned by a relative was found nearby, police said. Police asked a judge for permission ...Read More

NJ man killed at Alcoholics Anonymous in SC

Mon, Apr 13th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A New Jersey man has been shot and killed at an Alcoholic Anonymous center in South Carolina in what police say was a thwarted robbery. The State newspaper reported that Columbia police said Sunday that a visitor to ...Read More

NY gunman fired 98 shots in about a minute

Wed, Apr 8th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

(CNN) -- The gunman who killed 13 people at an immigrant services center fired 98 shots in a minute or so, the police chief in Binghamton, New York, said Wednesday. Jiverly Wong, a 41-year-old Vietnamese immigrant from an ethnic Chinese family, ...Read More

Shawn Johnson of 'Dancing With the Stars' victim of kidnap plot?

Thu, Mar 26th, 2009 | Entertainment, Most Viewed |

A man allegedly obsessed with Shawn Johnson was arrested early Tuesday morning. He was trying to sneak onto the "Dancing With the Stars" set and, according to TMZ, cops say he had a loaded shotgun and .45, zip ties and duct ...Read More

Church resumes services week after pastor slain

Sun, Mar 15th, 2009 | Entertainment, U.S. |

MARYVILLE, Ill. - An Illinois church where the seniorpastor was gunned down mid-sermon a week ago is resuming itsservices with help from a Texas preacher who understands thechurch's grief. The Rev. Al Meredith of Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth,Texas, was ...Read More

Pastor's slaying suspect appointed public defender

Sat, Mar 14th, 2009 | U.S. |

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The man accused of gunning down a clergyman in his southwestern Illinois church has made his court appearance. Defendant Terry Sedlacek (SEHD'-lak) watched over a video hookup Saturday from the Madison County Jail as charges against him were ...Read More

Texas pastor preaching at Illinois church

Thu, Mar 12th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories |

FORT WORTH, Texas — The pastor of a Texas church where seven people died in a 1999 shooting will preach at an Illinois church a week after the pastor there was gunned down. "I want them to know you get through ...Read More

Church shooting suspect left 'Last Day Will' card

Tue, Mar 10th, 2009 | U.S. |

ST. LOUIS – The man accused of gunning down an Illinois pastor during his sermon as horrified churchgoers watched left an index card marked "Last Day Will" at his home, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Other documents detail how the ...Read More