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Daughter in Missing Family Rescued
 Daughter in 
 Missing Family 
 Rescued 
NO SIGN OF OTHERS
Nov 15, 2010 12:24 AM CST

Daughter in Missing Family Rescued

'Weirdo' Ohio man charged with kidnapping

(Newser) - A police swat team has rescued a 13-year-old girl found bound and gagged in the home of an Ohio man suspected in the disappearance of her family. "We did not want to give him time to harm her, so we used a tactical team," said a police spokesman....

Cops Nab Alleged Dealers... Using Google Street View

(Newser) - Police say they’ve nabbed a trio of alleged Brooklyn drug dealers—after spotting them working a corner in Google Street View. In the photo, they’re not doing anything terribly incriminating, simply milling about outside a bodega. But the bodega’s owner complained to police that they were peddling...

Paraplegic Saves Shopkeeper
 Paraplegic Saves Shopkeeper 
Nov 9, 2010 7:12 PM CST

Paraplegic Saves Shopkeeper

Vancouver man defends clerk against angry customer

(Newser) - Being stuck in a wheelchair didn't stop a Vancouver man from playing the hero this weekend, when he helped a store clerk fend off an angry customer, CBC reports. The customer was trying to pay with a counterfeit $50 note, and when shopkeeper Cindy Grewal spotted it and refused to...

New Jersey's 'Safe Surrender' Day Draws 3,901 People

Including 550 not actually in any trouble

(Newser) - New Jersey held a wildly successful Safe Surrender program last week, during which 3,901 people turned themselves in—including 550 people who weren’t actually wanted for anything. “For some people, this seemed to be a way to check: Do I have a warrant or not?” explains a...

Hayes Sentenced to Death for Grisly Triple Murder

Conn. man convicted in fatal home invasion

(Newser) - A Connecticut man was condemned to death today for a night of terror inside a suburban home in which Jennifer Hawke-Petit was strangled and her two daughters tied to their beds, doused in gasoline, and left to die in a fire. Jurors in New Haven Superior Court voted unanimously to...

Google Blogger Accuses Twitter Engineer of Sex Attack

'I'm tired of the fear' at conferences, complains tech writer Noirin Shirley

(Newser) - A Google tech writer has accused a Twitter engineer of sex assault, which she detailed in her personal blog. Noirin Shirley claims the engineer accosted her in a pub near Atlanta's ApacheCon tech conference last week, kissed her against her will, then "jammed" his hand down her underwear. Shirley,...

Court: Sex Offenders Can Live By Schools, Playgrounds
Sex Offenders Can Live by Schools, Playgrounds
says court
Nov 5, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

Sex Offenders Can Live by Schools, Playgrounds

Law restricting location of where criminals can live is unconstitutional: court

(Newser) - Sex offenders can now live close to schools and playgournds in Los Angeles County, a California court has ruled. Sections of a law requiring convicted offenders to live away from areas where children congregate is unconstitutional, declared Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza. He said some sex offenders...

Beau Drives Into House, Kills Girlfriend, Newborn

Eduardo Villarreal had been battling with his girlfriend over custody

(Newser) - An angry Los Angeles man deliberately drove his car through the wall of his teenage girlfriend's bedroom as she slept on Sunday, killing her and the couple's 10-day-old baby girl, police said. Eduardo Villarreal, 21, was arrested at the scene and held on suspicion of murder. The couple had been...

Josef Fritzl: I Love My Daughter

Incest dad says he's 'world famous,' 'dead sad'

(Newser) - Austrian incest monster Josef Fritzl has granted his first press interview, boasting to reporters that he's "world famous," "loves" the daughter he repeatedly raped for 24 years, and is convinced his wife is still in love with him. "My dream is to get out of here...

Central Park Crime Jumps 45%
 Central Park Crime Jumps 45% 
Nov 2, 2010 1:43 AM CDT

Central Park Crime Jumps 45%

Poor economy blamed

(Newser) - Crimes in Central Park have skyrocketed 45% over last year, and Manhattan officials are blaming the poor economy. Rapes jumped from zero to 7 so far this year, and grand larceny is up 60% to 56 cases. "A bad economy doesn’t help. Many more people are using the...

Beau Waterboards 'Cheating' Girlfriend

Trevor Case tackled lover in 'terroristic' assault, say cops

(Newser) - A Nebraska man who suspected his girlfriend of cheating has taken a page from the CIA manual on relationships and waterboarded his lover to punish her, say cops. Trevor Case, 22, was busted after allegedly tackling his girlfriend when she returned to their home, tying her up, stuffing socks in...

290-lb Transvestite Hooker Pummels Attacker

5'7" kid picked on the wrong prostitute

(Newser) - A would-be robber met his match when he tangoed with the wrong cross-dressing hooker. Sixteen-year-old Rufus Bowman approached what he thought was a 6'1", 290-pound female prostitute in a pink halter top and pumps. However, that lady-of-the-night turned out to be Joshua Bumpus. When the pair went into an alley...

Missing Girl's Fake Leg Found, Parents Grilled

Cops digging up family's backyard in North Carolina

(Newser) - A prosthetic leg believed to belong to a missing 10-year-old girl has been found in woods off a North Carolina road, police report. Cops have been hunting for Zahra Baker since early this month after she was last seen in a furniture store. The girl lost her leg to bone...

Latest Weapon in War on Crime: DNA Spray

Mist contains markers designed to identify would-be crooks

(Newser) - In the Netherlands' port city of Rotterdam, crime is way down, thanks to ... a little scientific innovation. Hoping to reel in the number of robberies, police began dishing out DNA spray to beleaguered restaurants and jewelry stores. The spray, which emits a mist laced with synthetic DNA markers unique to...

Hooker Testimony Likely to Jail Terror Convict Again

Cooperator in 'millennium' plot advised hookers, sought weapons

(Newser) - A would-be terrorist whose testimony against his co-conspirators played a key role in the prosecution of the "millennium" plan to bomb LAX fell back into a life of crime after prison, the AP reports. Abdel Ghani Meskini, who served a lenient 6-year sentence for his cooperation, later violated probation...

Amanda Knox: I'm Trapped in 'Limbo'

New book dishes on her life behind bars

(Newser) - Excerpts from a new book provide a glimpse into Amanda Knox 's life "in limbo"—otherwise known as an Italian prison. The as-yet released book, Take Me With You, chronicles the convicted killer's life behind bars and her hopes for the future. "I miss my family. I...

Detective Killed Over Parking Spot

Attacker hurled concrete chunk at cop's head, say witnesses

(Newser) - The battle over tight parking turned deadly over the weekend when a Baltimore man slammed an off-duty detective in the head with a chunk of concrete as the two argued over a free spot in front of a restaurant, police report. Brian Stevenson, an 18-year veteran of the Baltimore force,...

Cops in UK's Manchester Tweeting Every Call

They want to prove workload, prevent budget cuts

(Newser) - Police in Manchester, England, have taken to Twitter to report every emergency call received in 24 hours. The experiment began at 5am today local time. The police force wants to show the British public its workload to stave off proposed budget cuts. The chief constable says the majority of calls...

Cell Phone Takes Bullet Intended for NYC Man

He's out a phone but keeps his life

(Newser) - A Harlem resident was spared a gunshot wound by his cell phone today, the New York Post reports. The lucky victim got into a heated argument with another man, who produced a gun and opened fire—only to hit the cell phone in his target's pants pocket. The phone was...

Saudi Prince on Trial for Strangling Servant

Battered man's body found in oil royal's bed

(Newser) - A Saudi Prince beat his male servant for weeks before strangling him in a gruesome lovers battle at a ritzy London hotel, a court was told yesterday. Prince Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir Al Saud, grandson of King Abdullah, was videotaped kicking and punching Bandar Adulaziz on an elevator at...

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