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Texas Teen gets life in prison for killing homeless man

Posted on July 06, 2009
He beat a homeless man to death in a trash bin one night while drunk and on his way home from a party. |Meredith Rodriguez

She set out to capture class memories on a DVD

Posted on July 06, 2009
And a Northern California teacher added one extra vivid memory for her elementary school students. Six seconds of her sex tape was spliced between the children's class story-time. |Meredith Rodriguez

Serious lapse in teen judgment leads to 600K bond

Posted on July 06, 2009
An 18 and a 16-year-old were allegedly throwing rocks at cars on a freeway in Cincinnati last week, when one rock fractured the skull of a passenger in a taxi. According to Cincinnati Police Officer Howard Moy, the teens said...

Fallout for family after Pernice disappearance

Posted on July 06, 2009
The Star's Glenn Rice wrote a compelling story about how the Pernice family is dealing with Renee's disappearance. A quote from her father: ?Losing Renee, not having her body for closure and not having anyone arrested for her murder,? he...

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MySpace mom's conviction tentatively overturned

Posted on July 06, 2009
This was for the mom convicted of three misdemeanors after she posed as a boy to humiliate a teen girl. The girl ended up killing herself. The judge is challenging the computer crimes statute that prosecutors based their case on....

More July 4th disasters

Posted on July 06, 2009
A 14-year-old boy was injured by a pipe bomb he struggled to ignite at an abandoned home at 40th and Wabash Saturday night. He was upgraded from critical to serious Sunday, The Star's Christine Vendel reports. Earlier that night on...

He admits he has a problem

Posted on July 06, 2009
Yes I should say so ... Former drag racer Jim O'Neill caught dealing drugs outside a McDonald's during a drug raid Thursday in Indianapolis. He was IHRA's Rookie of the Year in 2007. Police found narcotics and needles in his...

Tragedy strikes Disney

Posted on July 06, 2009
A 21-year-old train operator died in a monorail accident at Disney World on Sunday at 2 a.m. Disney officials are mum on what exactly happened. From the Associated Press. |Meredith Rodriguez

It looked like 40 minutes of fireworks went off in four seconds

Posted on July 06, 2009
That's what one source said of the fireworks truck that exploded Saturday morning, killing three workers in North Carolina. |Meredith Rodriguez

Fifth victim of serial killer dies

Posted on July 06, 2009
A 15-year-old South Carolina girl, believed to be the fifth victim of a serial killer, died Saturday. She is the fifth victim near Gaffney, South Carolina in a week, police believe. Police said the killer may be driving a light...

What? Gunshots fired in Overland Park?

Posted on July 06, 2009
Sounds like a convoluted drama involving Craigslist, a male caller, a friend, a fight and a prostitute -- all at an apartment complex near 125th and Quivira in Overland Park. |Meredith Rodriguez

Sailor shot while standing sentry

Posted on July 06, 2009
His family believes it was a hate crime because of the sailor's race and sexual orientation, but the investigation continues. This happened Tuesday at Camp Pendleton. He was shot execution style, and whoever did it burned the surrounding area to...

Chicken crossing the road backs up traffic

Posted on July 06, 2009
Well...a rooster that is. From The Arizona Republic: "It's just a busy holiday - and of course the rooster," said Officer Robert Bailey, a DPS spokesman. "The rooster only compounded matters." |Meredith Rodriguez

17 bags of cocaine found in woman's buttocks, IN police say

Posted on July 04, 2009
The bags were probably very small, but that still seems like a lot ...

Scott Roeder sends anti-abortion pamphlets from jail, AP reports

Posted on July 04, 2009
And he's been writing to other activists described as being on the fringe.

CT woman literally wanted to "smoke out" her estranged husband

Posted on July 03, 2009
A Connecticut woman has confessed to first-degree arson. She reportedly set fire to an apartment where she thought her husband was sleeping to force him out. Snip: The prosecutor says Quigley wanted her estranged husband to be left without a...

SEC investigator pointed out Madoff fishiness back in 2004

Posted on July 03, 2009
But her bosses told her to move onto a different investigation.

Open Thread ... July Fourth Weekend

Posted on July 03, 2009
Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. PROGRAMMING NOTE: Because of the holiday weekend, posting will probably be...

To get revenge on 9-year-old, NY woman put ad on Craigslist, cops say

Posted on July 03, 2009
The ad was in the whole "Looking for a Good Time?" genre. The suspect did this because the 9-year-old girl was the enemy of her daughter, police allege. Yes, that sounds fair -- let's sic a bunch of Internet pervs...

German man uses flamethrower to kill weeds, burns down his home

Posted on July 03, 2009
Actually, flamethrowers ARE a common tool for killing weeds, but usually when the weeds are stuck between pavement cracks.

Man charge in hit-and-run that killed Olathe woman, police say

Posted on July 03, 2009
From Tony Rizzo: Johnson County prosecutors have charged an Independence man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Lenexa on Monday. Clark L. Montgomery, 32, was in custody Thursday after he was charged with leaving the scene of an...

KCK brothers killed within 1 month of each other

Posted on July 03, 2009
Meredith Rodriguez did a good job with this story about Tyrus and Norvel Johnson, two men who were slain within a month of each other. This isn't the first tragedy their family has suffered: Their father was killed back in...

They're everywhere, they're everywhere! KCPD runs 3 DUI lanes in 1 night

Posted on July 03, 2009
From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on July 2, 2009 at three different locations spanning the time of 2300-0400hrs. Southbound I 435 &12st/Truman Rd Exit, Southbound I 435 & Eastwood Exit, and Eastbound I...

OP man could get life for raping 9-year-old girl

Posted on July 02, 2009
Christopher D. Britt, 27, was convicted Tuesday in Johnson County. Joe Lambe has the details.

KCPD plans DUI checkpoints this weekend and next

Posted on July 02, 2009
It's almost like they want you to avoid drinking and driving.

OP plans DUI saturation patrol next Friday

Posted on July 02, 2009
You're on notice!

When do religious beliefs trump a kid's medical condition?

Posted on July 02, 2009
The AP has a good feature about laws that let families refuse medical treatment for their kids because it conflicts with their faith. By one count, about 274 U.S. kids have died since 1975 because they didn't get medical treatment...

We are dangerous robbers! Now give us some potato chips!

Posted on July 02, 2009
Story is from Pennsylvania ...

Bear knocks down NJ man, steals his sandwich

Posted on July 02, 2009
The only thing missing was a pic-a-nic basket.

Tax protesters Ed and Elaine Brown go to trial

Posted on July 02, 2009
Or as the federal government likes to call them, "tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown." The Browns spent nine months holed up in their New Hampshire home, avoiding authorities, after they were convicted of evading taxes on nearly $2 million...

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