Sun, Jun 28th, 2009 | U.S. |

LONGMONT, Colo., June 28 (UPI) -- A 12-year-old boy was killed Sunday when stomped on by a bull that threw him while he was competing in a rodeo in Colorado, authorities said.Boulder County Sheriff's Deputy Cathy Bryarly said the youth ...Read More

Plane crashes in San Gabriel; pilot dies

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | Top Stories |

A single-engine plane crashed this afternoon in San Gabriel, killing the pilot. The plane took off from Brackett Field in La Verne and was headed to Van Nuys when it crashed in the 5100 block of Walnut Grove Avenue, Los Angeles ...Read More

5 bodies found inside homes in Arkansas

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

PEARCY, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say they found four bodies in a burning mobile home in southwest Arkansas and another person was found dead inside a nearby house. Officials say around 2:30 Thursday morning authorities in Pearcy received a report of ...Read More

Missouri Land Scoured in Sex Crimes Case

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

LEXINGTON, Mo. (Nov. 12) - An excavation was scheduled to resume Thursday at a rural western Missouri property where authorities believe they may find bodies and buried glass jars with notes written by children who may have documented sexual abuse. The ...Read More

5 men accused of sex with kin

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

LEXINGTON, Mo. -- Authorities were searching a rural property in western Missouri yesterday for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who might have documented sexual abuse by five members of their ...Read More

Missouri officials search for more victims, clues in child-abuse case

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

Missouri officials search for more victims, clues in child-abuse case (CNN) -- Investigators are searching the property that once belonged to one of five members of a Missouri family arrested on multiple child sexual abuse charges for "a body or bodies," the Lafayette County sheriff said Wednesday. Sheriff Kerrick Alumbaugh said ...Read More

Five men charged with sex crimes against kids

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | U.S. |

LEXINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday were searching a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members ...Read More

Search in family sex abuse case also is for bodies, Lafayette sheriff says

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories |

Search in family sex abuse case also is for bodies, Lafayette sheriff says LEXINGTON | Authorities are searching a rural property near Bates City, Mo., looking for bodies, as well as buried jars of written memories of anguish and horror allegedly left years ago by sexually abused children. Indications are that “an individual or ...Read More

No bail in case of slain pregnant woman from Ore.

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

A pregnant woman was repeatedly beaten with a collapsible police baton before a "cutting instrument" was used to slice open her abdomen and remove her fetus, a detective testified Tuesday. Another woman, Korena Roberts, is accused of aggravated murder in the ...Read More

Gunman Reportedly Holding High School Principal in Dutchess County, NY

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | Most Viewed, U.S. |

A gunman reportedly took the principal hostage at an upstate New York high school Tuesday, but the students are safe, a town official said. Police said that Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, N.Y., was on lockdown because of an ...Read More

Teen killed while sleeping at Ore. hunting camp

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

TERREBONNE, Ore.—Authorities say a 14-year-old boy is dead and his cousin is in custody after a bullet came through the wall of the motor home the boy was sleeping in at a central Oregon hunting camp and struck him in ...Read More

4 found shot to death in Texas home

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | U.S. |

San Jacinto County Sheriff James Walters said Monday it appeared that a man fatally shot his girlfriend, her 4-year-old daughter and his adopted mother before killing himself. Walters says that the gunman "might have been off his medication." He declined to ...Read More

Katt Williams arrested on burglary charge

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | Entertainment, U.S. |

NEWNAN, Georgia - Comedian and rapper Katt Williams remained jailed in suburban Atlanta on Monday after police said they arrested the entertainer for breaking into a home. Williams, who police say is 38, is charged with burglary and criminal trespassing, according ...Read More

Texas Police Find Family Shot to Death in Home

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

CLEVELAND, Texas — Authorities called to check on a family's well-being in a rural southeast Texas home found the bodies of four people who had been shot to death. San Jacinto County Sheriff James Walters said Monday it appeared that a ...Read More

Lost deer breaks into Pinellas Co. home

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | U.S. |

TAMPA, Fla. -- Call it a deer home invasion. Two Pinellas County sheriff's deputies responded to calls of a house being burglarized Sunday morning. They found a broken window and there a blood trail. Once inside, though, they discovered that their suspect ...Read More

Huge crowd lines up for 5500 swine flu shots in San Jose

Sat, Nov 7th, 2009 | Health |

Huge crowd lines up for 5500 swine flu shots in San Jose Starting in the wee hours of Saturday morning, thousands of eager people spilled out of the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in a determined effort to receive one of 5,400 doses of the coveted swine flu vaccine. The mass of humanity formed ...Read More

North Dakota Softball Players: Cell Phone Calls Helped Find Them, But Not Soon Enough

Thu, Nov 5th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

North Dakota Softball Players: Cell Phone Calls Helped Find Them, But Not Soon Enough (CBS/Lenny Gemar/Dickinson Press)Photo: Ashley Neufeld, Kyrstin Gemar and Afton Williamson. DICKINSON, N.D. (CBS/AP) The three Dickinson State University North Dakota softball players believed to have been on a stargazing trip were found dead inside a Jeep after signals from their last ...Read More

Sheriff's deputy shot, wounded in Lawndale

Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 | Top Stories |

LAWNDALE, Calif. -- Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say a deputy has been shot and wounded in Lawndale. Deputy Byron Ward says the deputy was shot in the back or shoulder Tuesday night and taken to a hospital. Ward says the ...Read More

Despite criticism, police said they worked hard to bring Sowell to justice

Tue, Nov 3rd, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Despite criticism, police said they worked hard to bring Sowell to justice View full sizeCuyahoga County Sheriff Anthony E. SowellCLEVELAND, Ohio - Thirty-seven days passed between the time a woman told police Anthony Sowell choked and raped her in his house and when police went to Imperial Avenue to arrest him. That time ...Read More

Happy Halloween! - Omaha World

Sat, Oct 31st, 2009 | Entertainment |

Happy Halloween! - Omaha World Rolling Hills Ranch retirement community, 4324 N. 132nd St., will offer Trick-or-Treat Halloween Safe House from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Children accompanied by an adult are invited to trick-or-treat throughout the building as they show off their costumes and ...Read More

Colorado boy, 14, suspected of killing parents

Wed, Oct 28th, 2009 | U.S. |

DEL NORTE, Colo.—A sheriff in southwestern Colorado says he expects a 14-year-old boy to be charged in the deaths of his mother and stepfather after their bodies were discovered at their home. A relative found the bodies of 38-year-old Tracy Aaron ...Read More