Gas Leak Sparked Explosion At Flat
- May
- 17
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AN EXPLOSION that could leave a pretty teenager scarred for life and killed her neighbour was not caused by a rival gang say police.
A purple liquid had been poured through the letterbox of Tyneside-born Charlotte Anderson just hours before the blast flattened three London houses.
It had been thought by detectives that the substance might have [...]
Lawyers Surgery Delays Sentencing Of Sex Offender
- May
- 15
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A sex offender waiting for a prison sentence gained a few extra months of freedom after a judge delayed sentencing so his attorney could recover from spinal surgery.
Juneau Superior court Judge Philip Pallenberg last month granted a three-month continuation to allow attorney Thomas Nave to recover from major neck surgery.
Richard Bailey, 60, in March pleaded [...]
Law Loophole Allows Sex Offenders To Live Near Schools
- May
- 15
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One thousand feet, about three city blocks, that’s the distance Missouri sex offenders have to put between their home and schools or daycares.
But of the 8,200 sex offenders in Missouri’s registry, we found many are not following that law.
Some are so close they can look out their windows and see kids in class.
And there’s nothing [...]
Texas judge holding custody hearing for polygamists kids
- April
- 21
SAN ANGELO, Texas - The 416 children who once led cloistered lives on their church’s ranch outside a tiny town in West Texas have spent the past two weeks sleeping on cots, shuffled from shelter to shelter.But on Thursday, a judge was to hear from their attorneys, along with attorneys for their parents and Child [...]
India twofaced baby’s family refuses special care
- April
- 12
The month-old girl suffers from what appears to be craniofacial duplication, an extremely rare congenital disorder in which part of the face is duplicated on the head.
Lali (red), born to a family of poor farm labourers in a village about 55km east of New Delhi, has an extra pair of eyes, nose, and lips.
Media reports [...]
White House Hopefuls Pay Tribute to King
- April
- 8
MEMPHIS - Republican and Democrat, black and white, the three remaining presidential candidates summoned memories of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 40 years after his death on Friday and gently sought to advance their own strivings as they found greatness in his.”The quality of his character is only more apparent,” said Sen. John McCain, [...]
Man caught in Internet sex sting sentenced to 5 years
- March
- 11
He was one of more than two dozen men arrested in a four-day sting led by Polk County Sheriff’s Office in late March 2007. The majority of the men arrested in the sting, held at a home in the Four Corners area, did not live in Polk County.
Gaugh, using the screen name “G4Ric,” had a [...]
Friends, family mourn Auralia
- January
- 30
Relatives of a 10-year-old girl who was fatally shot in her southwest Denver apartment spoke out Wednesday, saying the victim’s family is being wrongly accused of drug and gang ties.
“We need to clear up all this nonsense that it’s gang-related or a drug deal gone wrong,” said Jonathan Davis, 23.
Auralia Cisneros was killed Monday [...]
We forget to celebrate the small stuff
- January
- 27
I have a present for you. It’s an image, a story, a retell.
I read it in a newspaper, and when I got to the end, I was left with an intake of breath, a small huff, almost an “oh” of surprise.
I cut out the column and taped it in my notebook. It has [...]
Humanity held hostage Tom Sutherland and Terry Anderson
- January
- 25
As fellow Beirut hostages Tom Sutherland and Terry Anderson sat bound to a wall in near- total darkness year after endless year, they told stories to keep each other alive. Their captors could chain their bodies, but they could not chain their minds.
Anderson, the Associated Press war correspondent, helped Sutherland picture how a [...]
