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Reality TV Crew at Cop Shooting of Girl

A&E staff may have footage of killing

(Newser) - A reality television crew was on the scene when 7-year-old Aiyana Jones was shot by a Detroit police officer, and may have filmed the killing. The film crew of A&E's First 48 Hours accompanied cops as they sought a homicide suspect in a home. During a struggle with Aiyana's...

Brazen Teen 'Barefoot Bandit' Now Linked to Boat Thefts

Cult hero's list of escapades grows

(Newser) - Add two stolen boats and another burglary to the feats of the bold teen "'Barefoot Bandit," who has evaded police for 2 years and amassed a cult fan following. Colton Harris-Moore, 18, has terrorized islands in the Pacific Northwest, where he is suspected in dozens of burglaries and...

Mom Killed by Man She Met on Facebook

After stabbing her, he threw himself in front of a train

(Newser) - A mother of four from England was killed by her lover, a man she met on Facebook, weeks after he was arrested for assaulting her, the Daily Telegraph reports. He killed himself the same day. Stewart Shaw and Julie Sudlow, both in their 40s, met online in late 2008 and...

Jailed Kisser Slams Dubai 'Hypocrisy'

Brit woman exits squalid desert prison after 'peck'

(Newser) - A furious Brit is slamming Dubai "hypocrisy" after serving time for giving her male friend a "peck on the cheek." Charlotte Adams spent 23 days in a squalid desert prison for violating "decency" laws after an innocent flirtation and "maybe" a quick kiss at a...

5 Female Students Take Down Slasher

Nursing student save by gutsy girls

(Newser) - Five female students at a Maine university pounced on a slasher who stabbed a woman and held him for police. Howard Wolk, 45, has been charged with attempted murder after police said he stabbed a nursing student who had an order of protection against him. Nearby Husson University students rushed...

Granny Busted for Slapping Cursing Granddaughter

'I had enough,' says grandma, 73

(Newser) - A Florida granny was busted for domestic violence after slapping her granddaughter for cursing out the old woman. "I am so shocked after everything that happened. I wanted to crawl into a hole and die," said Theresa Collier, 73. Cops collared Collier after her granddaughter Felicia, 18, called...

'Pastry Poacher' Killed Bear Lured With Doughnuts

Man fined $7K for illegally killing black bear

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania hunter was fined $7,000 for luring a black bear with doughnuts, then illegally shooting it. Charles Olsen was spotted in his pastry-packed truck a week before hunting season. "Seeing him drive by with an unusual amount of pastries was like watching an individual go down a...

28 Children Stabbed in China Attack
28 Children Stabbed
in China Attack
Apr 29, 2010 6:08 AM CDT

28 Children Stabbed in China Attack

Knifeman goes berserk in kindergarten

(Newser) - A knife-wielding man went berserk in a kindergarten in eastern China today, stabbing 28 children and 3 adults. The suspected attacker, 47, was arrested after the multiple assaults in Jiangsu province, the BBC reports. Most of those injured were 4-year-old children from the same class. Five victims are in critical...

Girlfriend 'Accidentally' Killed During Sex: Beau

'She liked to be throttled,' he tells cops

(Newser) - An unfaithful lover claims he "accidentally" killed his girlfriend who liked to be throttled during sex, a British court was told yesterday. Beauty therapist Kerry Sneddon urged her beau to apply "a bit of pressure" to her throat during sex and they had done it some 7 times...

Pediatrician Hit With 529 Kid Sex Charges

127 victims in case against Delaware doc

(Newser) - A Delaware pediatrician charged with sexually assaulting more than 100 of his small patients has been hit with another 58 counts of sex offenses, reports CNN , boosting the total against him to a record 529 charges. Dr. Earl Bradley, 56, has pleaded not guilty to 471 felony counts involving sex...

Cops Probe Gay Sex Link in Supremacist's Murder

'Something shocking,' says suspect's attorney

(Newser) - South African police are probing a possible gay sex link to the murder of white supremacist land owner Eugene Terreblanche. A teenager has admitted that he killed the farmer with a co-worker after Terreblanche refused to pay them wages. But police said they are probing all possible motivations, including gay...

'Text Rage' Sparked Vicious Teen Beating

Boy taunted about brother's suicide attacks girl

(Newser) - Florida police are citing "text rage" as the trigger in a savage beating of a teenage girl after she sent her attacker a vicious cell phone message. Josie Lou Ratley, 15, is in a medically induced coma to relieve swelling on her brain after she was repeatedly kicked in...

Couple Busted After Finding, Keeping Suitcase Full of Cash

Australians charged with 'theft by finding,' kept $100K

(Newser) - Imagine this: You buy an old suitcase from the Salvation Army, get it home, and discover that it has $100,000 hidden in its lining. It’s your lucky day right? Well, not if you live in Australia. A Melbourne-area couple who found themselves in that situation have been arrested...

600-Pound Food Scammer Too Big for Jail

He strikes a deal to plead guilty but stay in nursing home

(Newser) - A 600-pound man escaped the possibility of a jail term because his weight and related illnesses would have made it too expensive to put him on trial. Instead, he struck a deal to plead guilty to scamming several fast-food restaurants for meals and to pay fines, reports AOL News . George...

Talk-Show 'Sorcerer' Wins Saudi Reprieve

Lebanese man dodges beheading—for now

(Newser) - A TV talk-show host condemned to die by beheading for "sorcery" by a Saudi court has won a reprieve. Officials, however, gave no indication that his sentence would be commuted, or that he would be released. Ali Hussain Sibat offered predictions and advice on a call-in program in Beirut...

Babies Found Along Chinese River; Hospital Staff Arrested

Mortuary workers were supposed to dispose of bodies

(Newser) - The bodies of 21 babies, some with hospital identification tags around their tiny ankles, washed ashore on a river in eastern China and two mortuary workers were detained for allegedly dumping them. News footage shows the babies—at least one of whom was stuffed in a yellow plastic bag marked...

Fugitive Killer Nabbed Running Wedding Chapel

'Blended in with locals' say cops

(Newser) - A convicted killer on the lam for 38 years was finally nabbed this week—running the Cactus Rose wedding chapel in Arizona. Frank Dryman, who murdered a driver who picked him up hitchhiking on a snowy Montana road in 1951, skipped out on parole decades ago. He was finally tracked...

French Cops Nail Man Who Hacked Obama Twitter
French Cops Nail Man Who Hacked Obama Twitter
'NOT A GENIUS'
Mar 24, 2010 6:52 PM CDT

French Cops Nail Man Who Hacked Obama Twitter

Unemployed, 25-year-old Frenchman did it on a bet

(Newser) - An unemployed 25-year-old was arrested today by authorities in his native France for hacking the Twitter account of President Obama—apparently on a bet, sources tell AFP . No identity was given for the man, who lives with his parents and goes by “Hacker Croll”—the nom-de-Web of the...

Ala. Blogger Hails 'Window War' Against Dem Offices

Glass smashed at least five places across US

(Newser) - Rocks have been flying through the windows of Democratic offices across the US, and one Alabama-based blogger is taking credit for what he calls the “window war” against the big-government supporters of health reform. “I guess that guy’s one of ours,” Mike Vanderboegh told the Rochester ...

Ex-Doc Hacks 8 Children to Death in Eastern China

Knife-wielding attacker targets grammar school

(Newser) - A former doctor armed with a large knife hacked 8 children to death and injured 5 at an elementary school in eastern China today. The attacker, who has a history of mental health problems, was nabbed by police after the bloodbath at Nanping City Experimental Elementary School in Fujian province....

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