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Feb 10, 2011 2:41 AM CST

Facebook Plea for Missing Twins

Girls, 6, last spotted sobbing on Corsican ferry

(Newser) - A heartsick Swiss mother has turned to Facebook in a plea to the public to help find her young twin daughters, missing since they were snatched by their suicidal father. Alessia and Livia Schepp, both 6, were last spotted crying on a ferry to Corsica with their dad after he...

Man Hid Drugs in Penis: Cops

Feb 9, 2011 2:19 AM CST

Man Hid Drugs in Penis: Cops

What will cons think of next?

(Newser) - Youch. Kentucky cops have busted a guy carrying a stash of cocaine under the foreskin of his penis, according to authorities. They became suspicious when they found a small bag of crack tied to the waistband of Antoine Banks' boxers as they patted him down for processing into jail on...

Dead Baby Found in
Bedroom of Girl, 14

Feb 8, 2011 4:06 AM CST

Dead Baby Found in Bedroom of Girl, 14

Teen hid pregnancy, police investigating

(Newser) - Police are investigating what caused the death of a newborn found in the bedroom of a 14-year-old girl who had kept her pregnancy hidden. The girl's mom rushed her daughter to a local hospital when she began bleeding heavily. The doctor reported an apparent birth, and police arrived at...

2 Busted in Ohio
Frat House Killing

Feb 7, 2011 4:00 AM CST

2 Busted in Ohio Frat House Killing

Cops still seeking motive in party shooting

(Newser) - Two Ohio men have been busted in the shooting death of a 25-year-old student at a Youngstown State University fraternity house. The gunmen opened fire at an early morning party in a clash that also injured 11, including 6 students, said police. One of the injured is in critical condition,...

Hunt on for Missing Twins

Feb 7, 2011 2:35 AM CST

Hunt on for Missing Twins

Father tells wife he can't live without them

(Newser) - European police are frantically searching for 6-year-old twin girls who disappeared after their father was found dead. Matthias Kaspar Schepp, 43, of Switzerland, apparently committed suicide after taking his daughters in the midst of a marital dispute, according to investigators. He threw himself in the path of an oncoming train...

'Cartel Queen'
Gets Botox in
Mexican Prison

Feb 3, 2011 2:59 AM CST

'Cartel Queen' Gets Botox in Mexican Prison

Trying to look her best in cocaine smuggling biz

(Newser) - Mexican authorities have launched an investigation into a beauty treatment received by a suspected drug cartel queen while cooling her heels in prison. Sandra Avila Beltran—facing charges of cocaine trafficking to the US, money laundering and conspiracy—was given a Botox injection by a doctor last month in an...

Teens Tape
Beating of
Schoolmate

Feb 2, 2011 3:02 AM CST

Teens Tape Beating of Schoolmate

'It's America bullying at its worst,' says police superintendent

(Newser) - Seven teenagers have been arrested for beating up a screaming schoolmate in a Philly suburb and taping the attack on a cell phone. The victim is dragged on the ground, kicked and punched, stuffed up a tree and finally hung from a metal fence by his jacket. "They could...

MTV Fears Skins
May Break
Child Porn
Statutes

Jan 20, 2011 7:19 AM CST

MTV Fears Skins May Break Child Porn Statutes

Execs order scenes to be toned down

(Newser) - As creators bust boundaries with a raunchy view of teen sex and substance abuse in MTV's new program Skins , network executives are now worried they may be close to violating federal child porn laws. MTV executives have already ordered that some scenes involving underage teens be toned down, reports the...

Kidnapped
Baby Found
23 Years
Later

Jan 20, 2011 6:34 AM CST

Kidnapped Baby Found 23 Years Later

'Our baby girl is home,' says Nejdra Nance's grandma

(Newser) - A sickly infant snatched from her Harlem hospital crib has been located—23 years after she was kidnapped. Nejdra Nance of Atlanta contacted the distraught mom who always thought her daughter was alive. Nance spotted photos of missing "Carlina" online and thought they looked amazingly like her own baby...

Drug-Seeking Burglars
Snort Man, Dog Ashes

Jan 20, 2011 2:01 AM CST

Drug-Seeking Burglars Snort Man, Dog Ashes

Teen sniffers were hoping for cocaine, heroin, say cops

(Newser) - Oops. Burglars were so desperate for drugs when they broke into a Florida home that they snorted a powder found in a ceramic urn. But they didn't get even a hint of a buzz because they had inhaled some of the cremated remains of the former man of the house...

Castrated Reporter's Ashes Scattered Over NYC Subway

Jan 18, 2011 2:02 AM CST

Castrated Reporter's Ashes Scattered Over NYC Subway

Sisters claim they had permission

(Newser) - In an unusual burial ritual, relatives scattered the ashes of a castrated murder victim over a Manhattan sidewalk grate to the subway below. Two sisters of 65-year-old Portuguese journalist Carlos Castro sprinkled his remains over a Times Square station. They said they had permission to scatter the ashes there, but...

Missing Teen Was
Afraid of Mom's Boyfriend

Jan 14, 2011 2:24 AM CST

Missing Teen Was Afraid of Mom's Boyfriend

He lurked in her bedroom doorway, watching her, says grandma

(Newser) - A missing 13-year-old Texas middle-schooler told her grandma she was afraid of her mother's new boyfriend who often lurked in her bedroom doorway and watched her. Hailey Dunn has been missing for nearly three weeks. Her mom's boyfriend, Shawn Adkins, walked off his job the day of her disappearance, and...

Europe Dismayed by Stumbling,
Gun-Crazed America

Jan 11, 2011 5:05 AM CST

Europe Dismayed by Stumbling, Gun-Crazed America

Shooting seen as sign of violent super power in decline

(Newser) - While Americans are wringing their hands, trying to make some sense of a senseless act, the rest of the world is shaking its head in dismay. To Europeans in particular, the shooting deaths of 6 people and the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is symptomatic of a gun-obsessed nation...

2nd Suspect Surrenders
in Disabled Rapes

Jan 10, 2011 4:03 AM CST

2nd Suspect Surrenders in Disabled Rapes

Cops press on in 'most heinous' attacks

(Newser) - A second man is in custody in an investigation into a disturbing string of sex assaults of severely disabled women revealed in more than 100 hours of videotaped attacks. The tapes were discovered by a tech hired to scrub a hard drive containing film of the assaults, according to cops....

Wife of Email Snoop:
I Was Violated

Jan 6, 2011 4:45 AM CST

Wife of Email Snoop: I Was Violated

Leon Walker acts like he's the victim, says angry wife Clara

(Newser) - The wife of a Michigan man who could get jail for snooping in her email is blasting those who feel sorry for her husband. Leon Walker faces up to 5 years in prison if he's convicted of felony misuse of a computer. Leon, Clara Walker's third hubby, discovered through her...

'Chainsaw Massacre' Chat
Linked to Girl's Murder

Jan 5, 2011 2:22 AM CST

'Chainsaw Massacre' Chat Linked to Girl's Murder

Zahra Baker, 10, was killed the same day as chilling conversation, cops believe

(Newser) - Her parents' creepy chat about a "virtual chainsaw massacre" emerged on the internet the same time their young daughter may have met an unbelievably horrific end. Police, who recovered pieces of the 10-year-girl in the North Carolina woods, aren't revealing how Zahra Baker was killed. But her stepmom has...

Son of Top Hitler Aide
Accused of Child Sex Abuse

Jan 4, 2011 4:06 AM CST

Son of Top Hitler Aide Accused of Child Sex Abuse

He became a priest to atone for father's sins, Bormann told press

(Newser) - The son of a top Hitler aide who was supposedly spending his life atoning for his father's sins is being accused of years of child abuse at a Catholic school. The former priest, son of Hitler secretary Martin Bormann, violently and sexually abused students as headmaster at an exclusive Austrian...

Man Torches Foreclosed Home, Shoots Himself, Wife

Jan 3, 2011 4:26 AM CST

Man Torches Foreclosed Home, Shoots Himself, Wife

He threatens mayhem in 911 call

(Newser) - Economic hard times took a deadly turn when a soon-to-be-fired 60-year-old California man apparently torched his foreclosed home and shot himself and his wife. Authorities found the remains of two people in the ashes of the suburban San Diego home after the man called 911 to report that he had...

Daughter's 'Honor Killing'
Hitting Arizona Court

Jan 3, 2011 1:40 AM CST

Daughter's 'Honor Killing' Hitting Arizona Court

Dad slammed car into 'Americanized' daughter: prosecutors

(Newser) - An Iraqi immigrant charged with slamming his car into his daughter in a shocking Arizona "honor killing" heads to court this month. Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, faces life in prison if convicted of killing his 20-year-old daughter, Noor, who refused an arranged marriage in Iraq and moved into her...

San Diego Professor
Stabbed to Death in Mexico

Dec 30, 2010 4:35 AM CST

San Diego Professor Stabbed to Death in Mexico

Police seeking motive behind killing of well loved instructor

(Newser) - Authorities are still scrambling to find a motive behind the murder of a popular San Diego professor in Tijuana. Henry Acejo, who taught at three colleges in the San Diego area, was stabbed to death in his Mexico apartment late at night, reports AP . “He had a great sense...