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Woman Says DB Cooper Was Her Uncle

Actually, his name was Lynn Doyle Cooper, says Marla Cooper

(Newser) - Marla Cooper (yes, Cooper) says she knows the true identity of "skyjacker" DB Cooper: His name was Lynn Doyle Cooper, known to family members as LD, and he was her uncle, Marla tells ABC News . She recalls a suspicious conversation between LD and another uncle she overheard as an...

Cops: Woman Draws Beard on Face, Robs Bank

Cops say she drew it on outside

(Newser) - Both Bonnie and Clyde would be proud. Cops say a woman drew a beard on her face and wore men's clothes to rob a bank in Alabama. She allegedly told tellers at the Bank of Tuscaloosa in Cottondale she had a bomb, placed a device on the counter, and...

Cops Bust Blood-Drenched Guy Biking With an Ax

Maybe he was just going to get a Band-Aid?

(Newser) - Try explaining this one to the cops: Ontario police stopped a blood-soaked man riding his bike into town carrying an ax. On the plus side, the blood was his own and there were no victims, reports the Peterborough Examiner . The suspect, Lawrence Carnrite, 41, is well-known among local police, and...

Hot Lead in DB Cooper Case
 Hot Lead in DB Cooper Case 
Aug 1, 2011 4:55 AM CDT

Hot Lead in DB Cooper Case

FBI comparing suspect's fingerprints with those found on plane

(Newser) - Forty years later, the FBI just might be closer to nailing the bold hijacker who parachuted, scot-free, from a plane with $200,000 in ransom. Officials say they have their "most promising" lead yet in the decades-long search for DB Cooper. A suspect's name and an unrevealed piece...

Teens Busted for Spraying Burka on Busty Angel

Lynx ad is a 'sin,' argue London pair

(Newser) - Two Muslim teenagers have been busted for spraying black burkas on images of hot women in ads. They told a judge in their recent London court appearance that it's a "sin" for women to dress provocatively, and that they were "just trying to do good," reports...

Kid-Killer Mom Wins Custody of Teen Boys

She was just 'temporarily insane,' says husband

(Newser) - A Washington mom is horrified that her teenage sons will be living with a stepmother who shot to death her two young daughters. The boys can stay with their biological dad and his first wife, Kristine Cushing, who says a bad reaction to Prozac is to blame for the killings...

Girl's Body Exhumed 54 Years After Murder

Investigators hope new DNA techniques will help nail prime suspect

(Newser) - A little girl's body has been exhumed 54 years after her murder, by cops who now think they can nail the killer using new forensics techniques. Prime suspect Jack McCullough, a former neighbor of the 7-year-old girl, has already been extradited from Washington to Illinois to face charges. "...

DSK Accuser: I Want Justice
 DSK Accuser: I Want Justice 
Jul 25, 2011 4:47 AM CDT

DSK Accuser: I Want Justice

Nafissatou Diallo rips Strauss-Kahn again, this time in ABC interview

(Newser) - In a one-two punch, the woman accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape blasts him again—this time in a broadcast interview—just as her account of the attack hits newsstands in Newsweek magazine . "I want justice. I want him to go to jail," Nafissatou Diallo says in an...

Breivik Wants to Appear in Court in Uniform...

But his lawyer doesn't know what kind of uniform

(Newser) - The man who confessed to killing nearly 100 people in the Norway terror attack plans to explain his actions in court today—"in uniform," reports the BBC . But his attorney doesn't know what kind of uniform Anders Behring Breivik hopes to wear, reports AP . Though Breivik had...

Babysitter, Baby Boy Missing
Babysitter,
Baby Boy Missing
Jul 25, 2011 3:42 AM CDT

Babysitter, Baby Boy Missing

Dad left son in care of 'friend of a friend'

(Newser) - Baltimore cops are seeking a 16-year-old babysitter and a baby boy in her charge who have been missing for three days. "Put my baby somewhere safe and call somebody. He's probably hungry," the baby's tearful mom pleaded at a support rally yesterday. "It's a...

Couple Busted for Sex in Aquatic Park

Witnesses 'disturbed,' pool water recycled

(Newser) - That's one sizzling couple. Stunned kids and parents at an Indiana aquatic park were grossed out when a wet and wild couple decided to make love in a pool on Sunday, according to cops. The facility manager ordered the 33-year-old man and 40-year-old woman to break it up some...

Kids to Cops: Mom Tried to Kill Us in Car Crash

North Carolina mother is charged with assault with a deadly weapon

(Newser) - Two young sisters have told police that their mom intended to hurt them in a deliberate car wreck because she was "mad at daddy," according to investigators. The girls, ages 7 and 8, were treated for cuts and bruises after mom Teresa Caffrey of North Carolina drove their...

Dad Suspected of Killing Wife, 4 Kids

Stabbed kids, all under age of 8, found in torched home

(Newser) - An Oregon man stabbed his four children—all under the age of 8—and his wife before torching his house yesterday, police believe. Firefighters arrived to douse the flames after someone called in the fire around 9am, and found the family inside. They pulled the bodies onto the lawn and...

Teen Kills Parents, Throws Wild Party: Cops

Florida son advertised bash on Facebook before killings

(Newser) - A Florida teen killed his parents with a hammer and stashed their bodies in a bedroom before hosting a wild house party for dozens of friends, police say. Tyler Hadley, 17, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after police acting on an anonymous tip-off arrived at the house and...

Teen Busted for Body in Car Trunk

Cops tracked him on the cell phone

(Newser) - A North Carolina man was busted Friday after parking his Mustang in Virginia with a woman's body in the trunk, police report. Cops tracked cell phone calls by the 19-year-old suspected killer after discovering a crime scene, and kept watch on his parked car until he returned to it....

Mouse Decapitator on Facebook Sentenced

Aussie posted death video

(Newser) - An Aussie woman has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service for slicing the head off a mouse with a steak knife and posting a video of its 40-second death on Facebook. The 23-year-old woman pleaded guilty to animal cruelty. A second enemy of animals faced charges the same...

Mom, Baby Jump From Car—as It's Being Carjacked

Baby was unharmed, mother suffered head laceration

(Newser) - It's every mother's nightmare: A carjacker forced his way into a 24-year-old woman's car at a Baltimore gas station last night—and drove away while she and her 20-month-old baby were still inside. And as 22-year-old Terron White led police on a chase from I-95 to the...

Hacker Gets 18 Years for Framing Neighbor in Biden Threat

Attack started after parents reported man for kissing young son

(Newser) - A Minnesota man has been sentenced to 18 years for hacking into his neighbors' wireless account to send child pornography and threats against Vice President Joe Biden and other officials. Barry Ardolf aimed to "ruin" his neighbors' "reputation and livelihood," said an FBI spokesman. The two-year attack...

Rio de Janeiro Racks Up 60K Unsolved Murders

...and that's just in the last 10 years

(Newser) - Looks like we won't be seeing Law & Order: Rio de Janeiro anytime soon. The Brazilian state has racked up 60,000 murders over the last decade that have gone unsolved and unprosecuted. The number came to light as part of a departmental investigation related to a national plan...

Anthony Juror: Our Verdict Made Us Sick

'We didn't have evidence to convict,' says Jennifer Ford

(Newser) - If the Casey Anthony verdict made you ill, it was even worse for the jurors who made the decision, claims one of them. Jurors cried and "were sick to our stomachs" after voting to acquit Anthony of charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, said jury member Jennifer...

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