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Boy, 4, Found Dead in Dryer; Teen Busted

Nov 2, 2009 2:11 AM CST

Boy, 4, Found Dead in Dryer; Teen Busted

Toddler was dead when he was placed in dryer

(Newser) - A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after the body of a missing California toddler, 4, was found in a clothes dryer in the teen's home. Police said Alex Christopher Mercado's body was placed in the dryer after he was killed. Alex's parents reported him missing over the weekend, and the...

Cops Find 6 Bodies
at Rapist's House

Oct 31, 2009 3:27 PM CDT

Cops Find 6 Bodies at Rapist's House

He's arrested as search in Cleveland continues

(Newser) - Cleveland police have arrested a convicted rapist and discovered the remains of six bodies in and around his house. They're asking relatives of missing persons to bring them anything with DNA evidence to help identify the victims, reports the Plain Dealer . Anthony Sowell, 50, has lived at the house since...

Green Joyride Sours
for Paris' Rental Bikes

Oct 31, 2009 9:32 AM CDT

Green Joyride Sours for Paris' Rental Bikes

Vandalism, theft hurt pioneering program

(Newser) - A public bicycle-rental program launched in Paris in 2007 amid green good feeling has found reality to be a rough ride. Locals and tourists alike get unlimited access to Vélib’s fleet for about $1.50 a day, but some 80% of the $3,500 bikes have been stolen...

Citizen Convoys
Take on Jersey Crime

Oct 29, 2009 4:40 AM CDT

Citizen Convoys Take on Jersey Crime

Volunteers cruise Newark streets to deter thugs

(Newser) - Volunteer convoys have been cruising Newark's roughest streets over the last month in an effort to cut crime rates and fly the flag for law enforcement. Citizens taking part in the "Crime Caravan" program hit the streets in packs of vehicles that resemble crime response units, led by off-duty...

Five Youths Held in 'Barbaric' Calif. Gang Rape

Oct 28, 2009 11:44 AM CDT

Five Youths Held in 'Barbaric' Calif. Gang Rape

Victim knew one 15-year-old assailant, was drinking with them

(Newser) - San Francisco-area cops have arrested three more young men in the savage gang rape, beating, and robbery of a 15-year-old girl outside her homecoming dance while dozens more watched. Five youths are being held, ranging from a 15-year-old boy who knew the victim to a 21-year-old. The girl was drinking...

Do-Nothing Bystanders Watched, Filmed Calif. Rape

Oct 27, 2009 5:55 AM CDT

Do-Nothing Bystanders Watched, Filmed Calif. Rape

Two arrests made in vicious 2-hour attack

(Newser) - Two arrests have been made in a homecoming night rape of a 15-year-old high school student that was witnessed by as many as 15 do-nothing bystanders. Some may have even participated in the two-hour attack in a San Francisco suburb while others apparently filmed the assault with cell phones, according...

Fast-Food Customer Punches Out 'Zombie'

Oct 26, 2009 2:59 AM CDT

Fast-Food Customer Punches Out 'Zombie'

Man's nose broken by attacker freaked out by living dead

(Newser) - A man at a fast food restaurant in Iowa called another customer a zombie and punched him—twice. The victim was slugged in the eye as he stood at the counter to order food near the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. As he called police on his cell...

Wildfire Suspect Charged in Heart Attack 'Murders'

Oct 23, 2009 4:13 AM CDT

Wildfire Suspect Charged in Heart Attack 'Murders'

Unusual case links arson to deaths

(Newser) - California officials have taken the unusual step of charging a wildfire arson suspect with murder in the death of 5 people who suffered heart attacks escaping the flames. Prosecutors intend to prove the stress of the fire caused the deaths in the massive 2003 San Bernardino blaze. The groundbreaking case...

Swiss Tipped
US to Polanski Trip

Oct 20, 2009 8:53 PM CDT

Swiss Tipped US to Polanski Trip

Move gave LA prosecutors time to whip up arrest warrant

(Newser) - Swiss authorities set in motion the arrest of fugitive director Roman Polanski in his decades-old child sex case as he traveled to the country last month, emails obtained by the AP show. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice alerted US law enforcement Sept. 22 that Polanski, 76, was due in...

'Swap Wife'
Calls Heene
Mad Wiz
With Temper

Oct 20, 2009 2:52 AM CDT

'Swap Wife' Calls Heene Mad Wiz With Temper

'My dad can really yell,' son told her

(Newser) - The "swapped wife" who lived with the Balloon Boy's family as part of a TV reality program described dad Richard Heene as a mad scientist with a short fuse. Sheree Silver said Heene screamed at her, and son Bradford said: "My dad can really yell, can't he?" Silver...

UConn Football Player Slain
on Campus

Oct 18, 2009 2:11 PM CDT

UConn Football Player Slain on Campus

Cornerback Jasper Howard, 20, was stabbed to death

(Newser) - A University of Connecticut football player has died after being stabbed on campus early this morning. Jasper Howard, a junior cornerback from Miami and the first member of his family to attend college, was 20. Two groups of people scuffled as a dance at the student union was letting out,...

The Last Word in
Roman Polanski
Commentary

poetic justice

Oct 15, 2009 1:38 PM CDT

The Last Word in Roman Polanski Commentary

Calvin Trillin: 'He only raped one little girl'

(Newser) - The debate raging over Roman Polanski—hairsplitting over the definitions of guilt, genius, and rape, among other pertinent terms—has been missing one thing: verse. Veteran journalist and author Calvin Trillin dons his poet hat to take up the slack, devastatingly. His latest contribution to the Nation's "Deadline Poet"...

Brit Dad Busted
in Kids' Death

Oct 15, 2009 3:56 AM CDT

Brit Dad Busted in Kids' Death

Mom found children unresponsive after visit with father

(Newser) - A man separated from his wife was arrested yesterday after his two young children were found unresponsive in his home and were later declared dead. Police believe the father strangled the girl, 4, and 2-year-old boy, reports the Telegraph. They were discovered by their mom, who arrived to collect the...

Jaycee: I'm Happy to Be Home

Oct 14, 2009 7:31 AM CDT

Jaycee: I'm Happy to Be Home

Dugard releases first statement, photos of herself as an adult

(Newser) - Jaycee Dugard’s 18-year kidnapping ordeal is over, and she spends her time now riding horses, cooking, and maybe collaborating on a book. The 29-year-old lives “a surprisingly normal life” with her mother and daughters Angel, 15, and Starlit, 11, says her mother’s stepmother. Now, Dugard speaks out...

Vicious Beating
of NY Gay
Caught
on Tape

Oct 14, 2009 4:11 AM CDT

Vicious Beating of NY Gay Caught on Tape

Jack Price remains in coma

(Newser) - The brutal hate-crime beating of a gay man on a deserted Queens street was captured on a neighborhood surveillance video. Jack Price, 49, tries repeatedly to escape his attackers who continue to punch and stomp him on the tape. "From beginning to end, it was absolutely horrible," Price's...

Dad Used
Facebook to
Proposition
Daughter:
Cops

Oct 11, 2009 3:24 PM CDT

Dad Used Facebook to Proposition Daughter: Cops

Self-described 'Bad Daddy' faces up to 30 years in prison

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania man who used Facebook to proposition his 13-year-old daughter has been charged with attempted incest and unlawful contact with a minor, police say. After tracking down the girl, with whom he had had no contact for a decade, he asked to meet her for sex, writing, "Not...

Web Game Nets Creator $1.5M

Oct 8, 2009 2:13 AM CDT

Web Game Nets Creator $1.5M

Players pay for extra points to commit murder, mayhem

(Newser) - An Internet crime game has earned its young creator nearly $1.5 miilion. Torn, a text-based game noir that lets players commit murder and mayhem, boasts some 41,000 active players and 1.3 million account holders worldwide. The game is free, but players can opt to pay $5 a...

Man Posing as Doc Charged as 'Craigslist Molester'

Oct 7, 2009 5:21 AM CDT

Man Posing as Doc Charged as 'Craigslist Molester'

He offered money for sperm samples

(Newser) - A Phoenix man posing on Craigslist as a fertility doctor offering money for sperm samples has been charged with sexually assaulting four young men, reports the Arizona Republic. Jeffrey Graybill, 40, is suspected of molesting as many as 24 victims in Arizona and California, police said. He is also charged...

Jamaican Busted in Murder of UK Diplomat

Oct 5, 2009 4:00 AM CDT

Jamaican Busted in Murder of UK Diplomat

Cops suspect slaying motivated by gay hatred

(Newser) - A 23-year-old Jamaican man has been arrested in the suspected gay-hate murder of a British diplomat. Consul John Terry, 62, was found last month bludgeoned and strangled in his long-time Montego Bay home with a handwritten note on his body containing a derogatory term for gays, reports the Telegraph. Police...

Congrats, Rio; Now Get to Work

Oct 4, 2009 12:53 PM CDT

Congrats, Rio; Now Get to Work

Brazil has some serious cleaning to get ready for 2016 Olympics

(Newser) - Rio de Janeiro waltzed into Copenhagen on Friday, elbowed a couple of superpowers aside, whispered in the IOC's ear, and made off with the 2016 Olympics. But now in the cold light of day, Brazil has some serious roll-up-the-sleeves work to do. Its onetime oceanside gem now hangs on a...