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21-year-old Jesus Mata created a false robbery story after blowing his $1000 tax refund check at a local strip club. Mata told police that two cars cornered him, then proceeded to hop out of the car, pull guns out on him and steal his money. After the police began investigating his story, they soon began […]
DALLAS (AP) — The parents of a 23-year-old woman killed by a monster truck outside a gentlemen’s club have won a $10.5 million civil verdict against the driver and the club for serving him alcohol. Kasey McKenzie died after she was run over in March 2011 by a pickup truck elevated on monster tires in […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police searched Friday for a Range Rover with dark tinted windows and custom rims that set off a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip when someone in the luxury SUV opened fire on a Maserati driven by an aspiring rapper. Kenneth Cherry’s great aunt, Patricia Sims, of Oakland, Calif., told […]
A teenager who planned a Harlem Shake flash mob at his high school is heading to court after the fun-intended dance routine turned into an all out riot. Arnis Mehmetaj, 17, posted the invite on Facebook for his peers to meet up in the school’s lobby but when students began to flood the halls it […]
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Drew Peterson — the swaggering Chicago-area police officer who gained notoriety after his much-younger fourth wife vanished in 2007 — was sentenced to 38 years in prison on Thursday for murdering his third wife. The sentence came moments after Peterson shocked the courtroom with a rare public outburst of anger as […]
Yolivel Lopez was so angry with her cheating husband, Nefer Netan, that she allegedly poured a pot of boiling hot water over his genitals while he was sleeping, according to El Meridiano. Earlier in the day, the Columbian woman reportedly received a call from her husband’s mistress, informing her they had just indulged in passionate lovemaking. But when Netan arrived […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted four former employees of a peanut company linked to a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, leading to one of the largest recalls in history. The 76-count indictment was unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Georgia. It charged the former employees of Virginia-based […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Strip became a scene of deadly violence early Thursday when someone in a Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati at a stoplight, sending it crashing into a taxi that went up in flames, leaving three people dead and at least six injured. Police were checking with nearby […]
TOWSON, Md. (AP) – A former Johns Hopkins Hospital gynecologist suspected of secretly recording patients has been found dead at his Towson home. Police say 54-year-old Dr. Nikita Levy is believed to have committed suicide. Johns Hopkins officials said in a statement that they began investigating Levy earlier this month after an employee reported that […]
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The NCAA believes former Miami assistant coaches Clint Hurtt, Aubrey Hill and Jorge Fernandez provided false or misleading information during the probe into the Hurricanes’ athletic department. The NCAA said all three violated “principles of ethical conduct” as part of the notice of allegations served against the Hurricanes, according to […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only dribbled out of the taps at the downtown Cecil Hotel for days. On Tuesday, after showering, brushing their teeth and drinking some of the tap water, they headed down to the lobby and found out why. The body of a […]
GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. (AP) — Marguerite Joseph can be forgiven for lying about her age on Facebook. The 104-year-old Michigan woman’s granddaughter says Joseph is unable to list her real age on the social media site. Gail Marlow says when she tries inputting her grandmother’s birth year as 1908, Facebook changes it to 1928. […]
