Sat, Jun 6th, 2009 | SciTech |

Investigators believe the object that narrowly missed a Continental Express jet a week ago was a civilian-made rocket - described as a white cylinder about 5 to 7 feet long with triangular fins on its tail - rather than a ...Read More

German FA lend full support to match fixing scandal

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | Sports |

A total of 32 games from the German second division and below are currently being studied by the State Prosecutors of Bochum as part of a Europe-wide investigation into suspected match-fixing. The German FA (DFB) and German Football League (DFL) have ...Read More

U.S. to drop manslaughter charges against Blackwater guard

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | World |

Prosecutors say they’ll drop manslaughter charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide contractors charged in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting. In court documents, prosecutors said they have asked that the case against Nicholas Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., be dropped. The request itself ...Read More

Missouri Sex Abuse Case Gets Even More Grotesque

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | U.S. |

Missouri Sex Abuse Case Gets Even More Grotesque Bizarre new allegations are emerging from a sex abuse case that has already shocked Missouri with charges that six men subjected the family's children to assaults ranging from rape to bestiality. Court documents released to ABCNews.com this week claim that at ...Read More

Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter during bank robbery pleads not guilty

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | U.S. |

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court. Albert Perkins, 40, admitted Thursday that he stole more than $3,100 from First ...Read More

Six arrested over murder and mutilation of woman

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | U.K. |

Six arrested over murder and mutilation of woman Six men were arrested today in connection with the murder of a woman left dying and mutilated in the street. Geeta Aulakh, 28, was found with severe head injuries and one of her hands cut off by a passerby in ...Read More

Search warrant: Suspect admitted taking NC girl

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Search warrant: Suspect admitted taking NC girl FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- A search warrant says a man charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl who was later found dead told police he took the girl to the hotel where she was last seen alive. Multiple media reported the ...Read More

Mo. teen charged in death of girl, 9

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | U.S. |

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Missouri grand jury yesterday indicted a 15-year-old on a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of her 9-year-old neighbor. Alyssa Bustamante is accused of killing Elizabeth Olten by strangling the girl, cutting her throat, and ...Read More

Mo. teen to be tried as adult in death of girl, 9

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A police officer testified Wednesday that a 15-year-old girl told investigators she killed a 9-year-old neighbor because she wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone, as a judge ruled the teen should stand ...Read More

Girl, 15, to be tried as adult in child's killing

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | U.S. |

Girl, 15, to be tried as adult in child's killing JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A judge on Wednesday ordered that a 15-year-old girl must stand trial as an adult for the slaying of a 9-year-old neighbor, whose disappearance last month touched off a two-day search. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem ...Read More

AP source: NYC newspapers' delivery offices raided

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | World |

NEW YORK — Investigators in the city raided offices for some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a corruption probe into a powerful union that has long faced accusations of ties to organized crime, a law enforcement ...Read More

LA prosecutors review Mike Tyson photographer case

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

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors have begun investigating whether to charge ex-heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and a photographer for a scuffle at Los Angeles International Airport. City attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan (muh-TEL'-jan) says police on Tuesday handed his office a preliminary report ...Read More

AP source: NYC papers' circulation offices raided

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

AP source: NYC papers' circulation offices raided NEW YORK—Investigators in New York City raided circulation offices at some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a union corruption probe, a law enforcement official said. Police officers working with the Manhattan district attorney's office searched circulation offices ...Read More

Sully vs. Langewiesche: Controversy Over Miracle Books

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

Sully vs. Langewiesche: Controversy Over Miracle Books In the aftermath of the Miracle on the Hudson, Capt. Chesley Sullenberger told any reporter who would listen that credit for putting the US Airways Airbus A320 safely down on the river after losing both engines to bird strikes, was ...Read More

Campaigner against hate crimes shot and killed in the Russian capital

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | World |

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian prosecutors say an anti-hate crimes campaigner has been shot and killed in Moscow. The Prosecutor General's Investigative Committee says the man killed Monday was an active campaigner against neo-Nazi groups. It said in a statement Tuesday that investigators ...Read More

Investigation Opened in Crawford Extort Probe

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Entertainment |

Investigation Opened in Crawford Extort Probe Prosecutors say they are opening an investigation against a German man suspected of trying to extort money from former supermodel Cindy Crawford and her family in the United States. Claudia Krauth, a spokeswoman for the Stuttgart prosecutor's office, said Monday investigators ...Read More

Police: Search is on for NC girl's body

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

Police: Search is on for NC girl's body (CNN) -- About 200 people were searching Monday in North Carolina for the body of a missing 5-year-old girl after "reliable information" indicated that she may be dead, Fayetteville, North Carolina, police said. The search focused on land near a roadway ...Read More

Man admitted taking missing girl, Fayetteville, N.C. police say

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | U.S. |

ALYSIA PATTERSON,Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.-- A North Carolina man has admitted to kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Friday, but investigators still have not found the child more than three days after she disappeared from a mobile home park. However, the ...Read More

Police say 2nd suspect admitted kidnapping NC girl

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -A North Carolina man has admitted to kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Friday, but investigators still have not found the child more than three days after she disappeared from a mobile home park. Mario Andrette McNeill, 29, admitted ...Read More

Guarded by police, woman slain

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | U.S. |

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Investigators were trying to determine Thursday how a man got into a woman's apartment and killed her while police stood watch outside, Los Angeles police said. Police at the scene shot the attacker but not ...Read More

Hasan Called Himself 'Soldier of Allah' on Business Cards

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Hasan Called Himself 'Soldier of Allah' on Business Cards Major Nidal Malik Hasan called himself a "soldier of Allah" on business cards found in his apartment after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood in which he is accused of murdering 13 people. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, reportedly obtained the business ...Read More