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TV Anchor Dies Days After Attack

(Newser) - An Arkansas newscaster who was brutally beaten in her home earlier this week died today from her injuries, reports her home station of KATV. Anne Pressly, 26, had been sedated in intensive care since the assault and unable to communicate with police or her family. Doctors said only yesterday they...

Hudsons Beg for Boy's Return
 Hudsons Beg for Boy's Return 
Oct 25, 2008 7:32 PM CDT

Hudsons Beg for Boy's Return

(Newser) - Jennifer Hudson's family is begging for the singer's 7-year-nephew to be returned as details emerge about a suspect in the case, the Chicago Tribune reports. “All I ask, I don’t care who you are, just let my baby go," said Jennifer's sister Julia, mother of missing...

Hudson's Family Kept Her Grounded
Hudson's
Family Kept
Her Grounded
Oct 25, 2008 2:41 PM CDT

Hudson's Family Kept Her Grounded

Murders of mother, brother come at height of her success

(Newser) - Even as she rose to fame and fortune, Jennifer Hudson never forgot her family. “One reason my dreams have been able to come true is because of the people in my life,” she said last year. “They’ve always believed in me.” Now, just as her...

Hudson's Nephew Still Missing
 Hudson's Nephew Still Missing 
Oct 25, 2008 1:18 PM CDT

Hudson's Nephew Still Missing

(Newser) - The 7-year-old nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson was still missing today, one day after the shooting deaths of Hudson's mother and brother in their Chicago home. A suspect in the deaths remained in custody, but young Julian King had not been seen since the bodies of Darnell Donerson, 57,...

Suspect Held in Hudson Killings
 Suspect Held in Hudson Killings   
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Oct 24, 2008 5:54 PM CDT

Suspect Held in Hudson Killings

Actress' nephew reported missing after Chicago shooting

(Newser) - Chicago police took a man into custody today in the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. No charges have been filed against William Balfour, 27, who was involved with a member of the Hudson family and had lived with Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson. Balfour...

Woman Admits Making Up Tale of Carved 'B'

McCain volunteer told police that mugger cut one onto her face

(Newser) - The blogosphere smelled a rat, and they were apparently right. The woman who claimed that an Obama-supporting mugger carved a "B" into her cheek has confessed to making up the tale, KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh) reports. The 20-year-old told police that her black mugger got ticked when he saw her McCain...

Assailant Carves 'B' Onto McCain Backer's Cheek

Robbery turns brutal over bumper sticker

(Newser) - An assault on a Pittsburgh woman at an ATM machine took a brutal turn last night over her political affiliation, the Tribune-Review reports. A knife-wielding assailant robbed the 20-year-old woman of $60, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on her car, police say. After punching and...

NYC Cops Bust Pickpocket, 76, for 37th Time

Retirement not looking likely for granny with 30-year rap sheet

(Newser) - Can you blame an old lady for being set in her ways? New York City cops have busted a 76-year-old woman with 20 aliases and 30 convictions for the 37th time, the New York Post reports. This time known as "Katherine Kelly," she was nabbed after lifting a...

Yacht Killer Guilty on All Counts

Former child actor may now be sentenced to death

(Newser) - A former bit-part child actor has been found guilty of murdering a couple by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard off the California coast in a plot to steal their yacht, the Orange County Register reports. The jury must now decide if Skylar Deleon, also found guilty...

Man Jailed After Tryst With Car-Wash Vacuum

Crime is 'receiving sexual favors' from machine

(Newser) - A 29-year-old Michigan man was been jailed over the weekend for “receiving sexual favors from a vacuum” at a car wash, the Saginaw News reports. The policeman who—responding to a call of “someone acting suspicious”—discovered the man in the act said, “I've seen some...

Japan's Seniors Turn to Crime
 Japan's Seniors Turn to Crime 
Oct 17, 2008 9:10 AM CDT

Japan's Seniors Turn to Crime

Violence surges among over-65s

(Newser) - It's not the kids who are causing hand-wringing in Japan these days, but the elderly, who are responsible for a crime wave, the Daily Telegraph reports. With some 49,000 people over the age of 65 convicted of crimes ranging from petty theft to murder last year—more than triple...

Husband Busted in Wife's Vacation Disappearance

New evidence leads to arrest

(Newser) - A husband has been arrested in the disappearance of his wife who went missing during the California couple's island vacation. Leta Lynn Cordes, 49, vanished after she left on a walk on the island of St. Maarten in January, her husband, Frank Cordes, told police. His arrest follows the discovery...

Stevens' Wife Denies Impropriety

Catherine Stevens says she thought oil workers were part of construction crew

(Newser) - Ted Stevens’ wife, testifying at the Alaska senator’s Washington corruption trial today, said she didn’t know that two men working on a home renovation were oil-company employees, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Catherine Stevens, herself a lawyer, often spoke directly to the jury as the defense pushed its...

Justifiable Killings Surge for Cops, Civilians

(Newser) - Justifiable homicides committed by cops and civilians are at their highest levels in more than 10 years, USA Today reports. Last year's totals: 391 for police and 254 for civilians. Analysts attribute the rise to a growing “shoot-first” attitude among both groups, especially as criminals improve their arsenals.

Drunk 'Hijacker' Arrested After Making Bomb Threat

Man subdued by other passengers during flight from Turkey to Russia

(Newser) - A man claiming to have explosives was foiled in an attempt to hijack a Turkish Airlines plane today, the BBC reports. The man, who was drunk, handed an attendant a note saying he had a bomb, then tried to force his way to the cockpit, but was overpowered by passengers....

UK Aims to Mine Facebook in Fight on Crime, Terror

Criminals use chat features on social, game sites to hide conversations: authorities

(Newser) - With social-networking, gaming, and video sites offering stealth chatting that criminals and terrorists exploit, the British government is moving to require such websites to collect and provide user data to authorities. Accessing chat contents would still require a specific warrant, but demographic information could help find pedophiles, kidnappers, drug traffickers,...

Drunk Driver Opts for 'I'm Stupid' Sign

Man chooses to wear the sign, not do the time

(Newser) - A Wisconsin drunk driver who crashed into a water treatment plant has chosen humiliation over jail time, WEAU reports. Instead of serving a sentence for property damage, Shane McQuillan, 22, who admitted he was “just being stupid,” was sentenced to wear a sign reading “I was stupid....

Simpson Facing 'Very Hard Years' in Prison
Simpson Facing 'Very Hard Years' in Prison
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Oct 4, 2008 2:08 PM CDT

Simpson Facing 'Very Hard Years' in Prison

(Newser) - Don't expect a miracle legal rescue to set OJ Simpson free anytime soon, writes Richard Abowitz in the Los Angeles Times. Simpson will be imprisoned until his December sentencing—the judge didn't have to do that but chose to anyway—then sent into the Nevada prison system. His appeal probably...

OJ Will Appeal Conviction
 OJ Will Appeal Conviction 
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Oct 4, 2008 3:47 AM CDT

OJ Will Appeal Conviction

Lawyer: Appeal is "only hope" after Simpson found guilty on all counts

(Newser) - OJ Simpson’s lawyer has said that “you would have to be living on another planet” to not anticipate his client’s guilty verdict, reports the Las Vegas Sun. Simpson was found guilty on all 12 counts of armed robbery, kidnapping and other charges late last night and could...

Simpson Guilty on All Counts, Faces Life Sentence

(Newser) - Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, OJ SImpson was found guilty late last night in Las Vegas of all counts in the 2007 robbery of two sports-memorabilia dealers. The disgraced NFL great faces life when he is sentenced Dec. 5. Simpson, 61, sighed as...

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