Tenn. slayings suspect asked to hug daughter

Categories: Top Stories, U.S.| Nov 19, 2009

FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn.—A man charged with fatally stabbing and beating six people in Tennessee and Alabama asked a responding deputy to let him hug his 4-year-old daughter -- the only person spared in the attack, the deputy testified Thursday. Testifying at a ...Read More

Fifth suspect arrested in Mont Vernon, NH slaying

Categories: U.S.| Nov 18, 2009

Fifth suspect arrested in Mont Vernon, NH slaying Mark Wilson for The Boston Globe A section of Trow Road was closed as police scrutinized the crime scene last month. New Hampshire authorities have announced a fifth arrest in the Oct. 4 machete slaying of a 42-year-old woman in a house ...Read More

Anthony Sowell's neighbors wonder how stench of rotting bodies went unidentified for years

Categories: Top Stories, U.S.| Nov 4, 2009

Anthony Sowell's neighbors wonder how stench of rotting bodies went unidentified for years nChuck Crow, The Plain DealerThe crime scene around Anthony Sowell's home is still blocked off at the intersection of East 123rd Street and Imperial Avenue. People in the neighborhood believe the strong odor in the area came from a sausage ...Read More

Leech helps convict Australian robber

Categories: Top Stories| Oct 20, 2009

BEIJING, October 20 (Xinhuanet)-- A man has been convicted in Australia with the help of a blood sucking leech. Peter Alec Cannon was arrested by Australian Police in Tasmania after they identified his DNA in blood found in a leech ...Read More

Body in drain thought to be missing girl

Categories: World| Oct 12, 2009

A body found in a New Zealand drain is believed to be that of missing two-year-old girl, Aisling Symes. The child's body was removed from the drain by police last night and a post-mortem will be performed today. The body was discovered ...Read More

Sheriff: Family killed by 'blunt force trauma'

Categories: U.S.| Sep 24, 2009

LINCOLN, Ill.—All five family members slain in their central Illinois home were killed by "blunt force trauma," a sheriff said Thursday, though he declined to provide other details, including whether authorities have recovered any weapons. Logan County Sheriff Steven Nichols reported ...Read More

Illinois town on edge after 5 family members slain

Categories: U.S.| Sep 23, 2009

BEASON, Ill. – Residents of a tiny central Illinois farming town where three children and their parents were slain in their home anxiously awaited any word to settle their nerves after authorities warned them to lock their doors and be ...Read More

Expert: Bloody Footprint at Crime Scene Does Not Belong to Amanda Knox's Boyfriend

Categories: U.S.| Sep 18, 2009

PERUGIA, Italy — A bloody footprint found at the house where a British student was killed in Italy was wrongly attributed to one of the defendants in the case, a forensic expert testified at the murder trial Friday. The footprint was ...Read More

Michael Moore takes on capitalism

Categories: Entertainment| Sep 7, 2009

VENICE (Fortune) -- If anyone has profited from the free-enterprise system in the past 20 years, it's Michael Moore. Since 1989, when his "Roger & Me" pioneered the docu-comedy form of nonfiction film, Moore's movies, TV shows and best-selling books ...Read More

Dugard kidnapping probe branches out

Categories: Top Stories, U.S.| Aug 31, 2009

ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Armed with rakes, shovels and chain saws Sunday, about 20 officers combed the backyard of a couple charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard and used cadaver dogs to search an adjoining property where neighbors said ...Read More