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Mar 15, 2009 5:15 PM CDT

Miami Man Kills 4 in Murder-Suicide

Suspect set own house and truck ablaze

(Newser) - A furious Miami man gunned down four people at a birthday party today, including his estranged wife and daughter, before setting his house and truck ablaze and killing himself, the Miami Herald reports. He also killed his mother-in-law and his daughter’s boyfriend at the party, where he showed up...

Life? Nah. Make
Him Work at SEC

opinion

Mar 12, 2009 5:23 PM CDT

Life? Nah. Make Him Work at SEC

(Newser) - Now that Bernie Madoff is guilty, it’s time to talk sentencing. CNBC hosted a contest to come up with the most inventive one for the disgraced financier, and the winner is: working for the SEC, "catching people just like him." But that doesn’t mean the other...

Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop

UPDATED

Mar 11, 2009 12:36 PM CDT

Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop

(Newser) - Authorities say the Alabama gunman who killed 10 people and himself in a rampage yesterday had once trained as a police officer. Michael McLendon, 28, briefly went through officer training in 2003, but didn't complete the requirements to join the force. Investigators still aren't sure what led McLendon to go...

Anthony Case Inspires
Merchandise Bonanza

Mar 10, 2009 3:52 PM CDT

Anthony Case Inspires Merchandise Bonanza

(Newser) - The Casey Anthony murder case has inspired a bevy of profiteers hawking everything from “Caylee Sunshine” dolls to “CASEY ANTHONY=DEATH PENALTY” bumper stickers, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “There’s a long history of people being interested in high-profile murder cases and other people trying to make a...

Chris Brown's Manager Sent Sexy Text That Sparked Fight

Mar 10, 2009 1:21 PM CDT

Chris Brown's Manager Sent Sexy Text That Sparked Fight

TMZ says pair had sexual relationship

(Newser) - The woman who left a three-page text on Chris Brown’s cell phone, inciting Rihanna’s fury and Brown's aggression, was none other than Brown’s manager, TMZ reports. Rumor has it Brown and Tina Davis, 40, had a relationship when Brown was 16, though both have denied it. The...

Special Courts
Deal With Problem Vets

Mar 10, 2009 12:31 PM CDT

Special Courts Deal With Problem Vets

New system aims to rehabilitate returning troops

(Newser) - After returning from war, many “perfectly good kids” struggle with drugs and criminal behavior, but a new trend could help, the Los Angeles Times reports. Veterans courts are springing up around the country, offering an alternative route to justice—and recovery—for troubled former troops. “If they've been...

Lawyer: Lyme Disease Afflicted Church Shooter

Mar 9, 2009 1:28 PM CDT

Lawyer: Lyme Disease Afflicted Church Shooter

Man, 27, charged with murder in 'deteriorating' mental state

(Newser) - The 27-year-old man charged today with murder and aggravated battery in yesterday’s Illinois church shooting was suffering mentally and physically from Lyme disease, his attorney tells the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat. Terry Joe Sedlacek was ordered held without bail, though he’s still in the hospital recovering from self-inflicted...

Slain Pastor Blocked 1st Shot With a Bible

Mar 9, 2009 7:55 AM CDT

Slain Pastor Blocked 1st Shot With a Bible

As confetti flew, Illinois parishioners thought it was a skit

(Newser) - What drove the shooting death of a pastor at an Illinois Baptist church service yesterday remains a mystery, as more details emerge, the Chicago Tribune reports. After exchanging words with the gunman who walked toward him, the pastor blocked the first of four rounds of bullets with a Bible, sending...

Pastor Killed in Ill.
Church Shooting

Mar 8, 2009 2:08 PM CDT

Pastor Killed in Ill. Church Shooting

Three others injured, including suspect

(Newser) - Illinois state police say a man shot a pastor to death and injured others at a church during a service in Maryville. Master Trooper Ralph Timmins says the man walked down the aisle during the early Sunday service at First Baptist Church in Maryville, exchanged words with pastor Fred Winters,...

Woman Embezzles
$10M for Shoe
Habit: Police

Mar 7, 2009 7:29 PM CST

Woman Embezzles $10M for Shoe Habit: Police

(Newser) - A former California bookkeeper has been charged with embezzling nearly $10 million to bankroll her lavish shoe collection and gambling habit, the San Diego Union-Tribune writes. Annette Yeomans, 51, stole about $100,000 a month from a woodworks company in San Marcos, Calif., sheriff's investigators say. Among her alleged indulgences...

Facing Cops, Accused Killer Takes Own Life

Mar 6, 2009 7:05 PM CST

Facing Cops, Accused Killer Takes Own Life

Police sought Ohio man for murdering new wife and family

(Newser) - An Ohio man accused of killing his wife and four children took his own life today when police cornered him in a bathroom, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Following a tip, Cleveland police and US marshals were hunting room-to-room in a house when they found Davon Crawford, 33, hiding behind...

Suspect Killed
in Court After Stabbing Judge

Mar 5, 2009 11:24 AM CST

Suspect Killed in Court After Stabbing Judge

Accused murderer attacked justice during recess in Calif. trial

(Newser) - An accused killer jumped up and stabbed the judge presiding over his trial before a detective shot him dead in a California courtroom, Recordnet.com reports. David Paradiso was on trial for the stabbing death of his girlfriend. After the judge called for a recess, he attacked her “with...

Saggy-Pants
Debates Just
Hot Air

OPINION

Mar 4, 2009 1:51 AM CST

Saggy-Pants Debates Just Hot Air

'Legislative tailors' have their way across America

(Newser) - Legal battles against sagging pants are being waged across the US at an absurd rate, writes Greg Beato in Reason. Detractors argue that exposing large “swathes of underwear” should be banned, particularly because the style emulates prison attire and to wear them is “to embrace criminality.” “...

Psychic Vicar Killed Wife
in a 'Rage'

Mar 2, 2009 4:42 PM CST

Psychic Vicar Killed Wife in a 'Rage'

Exorcist lost it when she uncovered his affairs, UK jury rules

(Newser) - A British psychic healer murdered his wife in a fury when she uncovered his numerous affairs, a jury ruled today. David Chenery-Wickens, 52, will serve at least 18 years for killing his wife Diane, who found phone records of his calls to girlfriends and a gay chatline. The 5-week trial...

Bloody Shoe Print
'Links Knox to Murder'

Mar 1, 2009 7:45 AM CST

Bloody Shoe Print 'Links Knox to Murder'

Knox complains she wasn't allowed drinks, bathroom break until she signed statement

(Newser) - A bloody shoe print discovered beneath the body of Meredith Kircher links roommate Amanda Knox to her murder, Italian prosecutors charged in court yesterday. Defense attorneys denied the print belonged to the Seattle woman, who complained about treatment by Italian police after her British roomie was found murdered. "I...

Video Captures
Cop Tackling
Teen Girl in Cell

Mar 1, 2009 5:30 AM CST

Video Captures Cop Tackling Teen Girl in Cell

Girl tackled, apparently punched after kicking off her shoes in Seattle cell

(Newser) - A video of a Seattle cop hurling a 15-year-old girl to the floor of a holding cell and apparently punching her in the head has been released by prosecutors trying the officer for excessive force. "This case is beyond police misconduct, it's criminal misconduct," said the lead prosecutor....

HIV+ Brit Arrested
for Unprotected Sex

Feb 28, 2009 2:38 PM CST

HIV+ Brit Arrested for Unprotected Sex

(Newser) - Police have arrested a British man for allegedly keeping his HIV status secret while having unprotected sex with women, the BBC reports. Cops in Cornwall and Devon captured the suspect after multiple complaints from women who say they learned of his infection after sleeping with him. The man, 39, can...

In Japan, Sun Sets
on Yakuza Mob Scene

Feb 28, 2009 5:24 AM CST

In Japan, Sun Sets on Yakuza Mob Scene

Japan's criminal gangs are losing their semi-legitimate status

(Newser) - The role of the yakuza in Japanese society has always been hard for Westerners to understand. Since the 1950s the mafia-like organization has been tolerated by government and the public, trusted to run gambling and prostitution rackets with a modicum of respect for social order. But as a tough economy...

Miami Police:
Father Kills
2 Daughters,
Wife, Self

Feb 25, 2009 4:16 PM CST

Miami Police: Father Kills 2 Daughters, Wife, Self

Son eludes musician; motive still unclear

(Newser) - A well-respected music teacher and former tenor with the Greater Miami Opera Chorus shot to death two daughters, ages 13 and 14, and his wife before killing himself this morning, police say. His 16-year-old son escaped the house during the rampage by Pablo Josue Amador, 54, the Herald reports. Police...

Town Struggles With Prosecution of 'Killer Boy'

Feb 23, 2009 4:11 AM CST

Town Struggles With Prosecution of 'Killer Boy'

Boy accused of shooting dad's pregnant lover 'swimming' in adult prison duds

(Newser) - Pennsylvania authorities are struggling with how to handle the case of an 11-year-old boy arrested in the murder of his father's pregnant girlfriend. State law allows children over ten to be tried as adults. But the prison warden already wants Jordan Brown moved to a juvenile facility, reports the Pittsburgh ...