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

Casey Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of her daughter Caylee, 2, Trial is set for October. The state had previously said it would not ask for the death sentence for Anthony, and the development could have a ...Read More

Attorney seeks psychiatric care for Missouri teen murder suspect

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

JEFFERSON CITY | A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said. A judge had not approved the move Friday, though a draft ...Read More

Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect

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

Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said. A judge had not approved the move Friday, though a ...Read More

Mo. teen murder suspect sent to psych hospital

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

Mo. teen murder suspect sent to psych hospital JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor was sent to a mental hospital after her attorney said she showed signs of severe depression and anxiety. A judge ordered 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante to be taken to the Fulton State ...Read More

Could New Evidence Help Caylee's Mother?

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

Attorneys for Casey Anthony say they have new evidence that could indicate she didn't kill her two-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony, and instead could implicate the man who helped police find Caylee's remains. Casey is awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges. She's ...Read More

Detroit father accused of shooting, killing 15-year-old son in field

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

Detroit father accused of shooting, killing 15-year-old son in field 37-year-old Jamar Pinkney Sr. is facing a first degree murder charge in the Monday shooting death of his son, 15-year-old Jamar Pinkney Jr., in a field in Detroit's Highland Park. The incident was sparked by allegations that the younger Jamar Pinkney ...Read More

Man charged with raping, killing NC girl, 5

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.—A man charged with raping and killing a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was expected in court Friday, a day after authorities revealed what they believed happened to her in her final days. Authorities said Thursday that Shaniya Davis was sexually ...Read More

Man charged with murder in death of missing girl

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | Most Viewed |

Fayetteville police charged a 29-year-old man with first-degree murder Thursday in the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, the missing girl found under the kudzu on a rural highway earlier this week. A medical examiner's preliminary report shows the girl killed, her ...Read More

N.C. man faces murder charge in girl’s death

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday. Mario McNeill is being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child, Fayetteville ...Read More

Man Charged with Murder of Shaniya Davis

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | World |

A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday. Mario McNeill is being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom ...Read More

Pa. cop killer convicted of 1st degree murder

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

A Philadelphia jury has convicted a confessed cop killer of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a police officer on Halloween 2007. Twenty-three-year-old John Lewis was found guilty Thursday afternoon of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 54-year-old Officer Chuck Cassidy. ...Read More

Alyssa Bustamante, Missouri Teen, Charged With Murder Of 9-Year-Old Neighbor

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

Alyssa Bustamante, Missouri Teen, Charged With Murder Of 9-Year-Old Neighbor Alyssa Bustamante, a 15-year-old of Missouri, was indicted today on a charge of first-degree murder of her neighbor, 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten. Jon Beetem, the circuit judge in rural Cole County, ruled that Bustamante had been certified as an adult after he ...Read More

Teen Murder Suspect Was Indicted, Wanted to Know 'What It Felt Like to Kill'

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

A police officer testified today that the 15-year-old girl accused of killing her 9-year-old neighbor confessed to the crime, saying that she did it so she would "know what it felt like to kill someone." Alyssa Bustamante was indicted today in ...Read More

Mo. teen charged with murdering 9-year-old girl

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

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri grand jury has 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 ...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

15-Year-Old Girl to Stand Trial as Adult in Missouri Murder of Elizabeth Olten, 9

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

A 15-year-old girl was ordered to stand trial as an adult for the murder of a 9-year-old Missouri girl, a judge ruled. Elizabeth Olten's disappearance last month on her way home from a friend's house touched off a two-day search. Cole County ...Read More

QB closing in on Razorbacks record

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | Sports |

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Quarterback Ryan Mallett, who's helped Arkansas become the Southeastern Conference's highest-scoring team, this week he'll have a chance to set the school's single-season passing record. "When the coach calls a play, he always says, 'This is going ...Read More

Kansas: Admission in Killing of Abortion Provider

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

The man accused of shooting an abortion provider in Wichita confessed to the killing in an interview with The Associated Press, saying he had no regrets. In a telephone call from jail, the suspect, Scott Roeder, said, "Because of the ...Read More

Mickelson leads Woods in Shanghai

Sat, Nov 7th, 2009 | Sports, Top Stories |

Mickelson leads Woods in Shanghai -14 P Mickelson (US) -12 N Watney (US), T Woods (US) -11 R Moore (US) -10 L Westwood (Eng) Selected others: -7 E Els (SA), M Kaymer (Ger) -6 P Casey (Eng) Mickelson won the Shanghai event after a play-off ...Read More

4 'main offenders' in Fenger beating now charged, Weis says - Chicago Sun

Fri, Nov 6th, 2009 | U.S. |

4 'main offenders' in Fenger beating now charged, Weis says - Chicago Sun With the arrest of a 14-year-old, Chicago Police believe they have now charged the four "main offenders who struck the critical blows" that killed Fenger High School student Derrion Albert, but they're still looking for three others. Police Superintendent Jody Weis ...Read More

Man convicted of attempted murder of ex-Jag Collier; life in jail possible

Thu, Nov 5th, 2009 | Sports, Top Stories |

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A jury convicted an ex-con Thursday of attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of former Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier in 2008. The six-person jury deliberated two hours and 45 minutes before returning its verdict against ...Read More