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Mom Tries to Flush Newborn Down Airplane Toilet

Jul 9, 2010 3:35 AM CDT

Mom Tries to Flush Newborn Down Airplane Toilet

Baby critical, mother busted

(Newser) - An Indian woman gave birth to a baby in a tiny airplane bathroom, the tried to flush the newborn down the toilet, authorities said. The baby was discovered stuck when the plane landed, and the entire toilet was removed and rushed, with the newborn, to a local hospital. The baby...

Gibson Target
of Domestic
Violence
Probe

Jul 9, 2010 2:29 AM CDT

Gibson Target of Domestic Violence Probe

Note to cops: Get the recording

(Newser) - After weeks of talk about Mel Gibson's violent relationship with his babymama, California cops are finally getting involved, reports People. They've launched an investigation to determine if Gibson has been guilty of domestic violence. "The detective is currently gathering information regarding the allegations" by Oksana Grigoreva, said a statement...

Brazil Soccer
Star's Lover
'Fed to Dogs'

Jul 9, 2010 1:46 AM CDT

Brazil Soccer Star's Lover 'Fed to Dogs'

'He was angry she decided to have their baby'

(Newser) - The former lover of a popular Brazilian goalkeeper was "fed to dogs," according to police. The body of Eliza Samudio, 25, hasn't been found, but traces of her blood were discovered in soccer star Bruno Fernandes de Souza's car, say authorities. Samudio was kidnapped from a hotel, beaten,...

Cops: Woman Posed as Boy
to Have Sex
With Girl

Jul 8, 2010 6:35 PM CDT

Cops: Woman Posed as Boy to Have Sex With Girl

31-year-old pretended to be 14 and male

(Newser) - A bizarre crime case out of Ohio: A 31-year-old woman has been charged with posing as a 14-year-old boy to have sex with a 16-year-old girl, reports the Dayton Daily News . Patricia Dye, aka "Matt Abrams," is being held on $100,000 bond and is charged with engaging...

Twittery LiLo:
'FU' a Joke

HA, HA

Jul 8, 2010 5:28 AM CDT

Twittery LiLo: 'FU' a Joke

Meanwhile, she keeps cookin' on 5 prescription drugs

(Newser) - Twitter-happy Lindsay Lohan has hit the chatter-sphere with her own unique brand of largely incoherent comments in the wake of her tear-wrenching 90-day jail sentence for blowing off alcohol education classes. First, she insisted that whole "F U" message written on the middle fingernail of her left hand...

Cops Crack $1 Million
Craigslist Drug Ring

Jul 8, 2010 4:45 AM CDT

Cops Crack $1 Million Craigslist Drug Ring

Bought in California, sold in Brooklyn

(Newser) - The list of Craigslist crimes keeps growing. Police have now busted a $1million dollar drug ring operating through the site. The group allegedly shipped drugs like Vicodin and Adderall from California to Brooklyn where web-savvy wholesalers pawned the pharm off to neighborhood yuppies, reports the New York Daily News . The...

Man Sought
in Girl's
Kidnapping
Shoots Self

Jul 8, 2010 3:14 AM CDT

Man Sought in Girl's Kidnapping Shoots Self

Kidnapper cut tot's hair

(Newser) - A man sought in the kidnapping of a 4-year-old Missouri girl shot himself during a confrontation with police who tracked his car to a home. Police did not identify him, nor reveal his condition. Alisa Maier was grabbed from the front lawn of her home where she was playing with...

Brazil Soccer Star
Surrenders After
Lover Vanishes

Jul 8, 2010 1:20 AM CDT

Brazil Soccer Star Surrenders After Lover Vanishes

Cops: Mother of his son likely beaten to death

(Newser) - Popular Brazil goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes de Souza has surrendered to Rio police after a cousin reported he helped the soccer star in a plot to abduct and kill his mistress. Police believe Eliza Samudio, 25, was beaten to death, and traces of her blood were discovered in Fernandes' car, reports...

Snatched Tot Found Alive
—70 Miles From Home

Jul 7, 2010 5:34 AM CDT

Snatched Tot Found Alive —70 Miles From Home

Desperate mom gave chase

(Newser) - A 4-year-old girl was found alive wandering some 70 miles from her Missouri home 24 hours after her frantic mom chased her daughter's kidnapper in vain. Alisa Maier was ordered into a car by a strange man as she played outside her home with her 5-year-old brother, cops said. When...

Van Der Sloot
Seeks $1M
TV Deal

Jul 2, 2010 2:05 AM CDT

Van Der Sloot Seeks $1M TV Deal

He'll talk on camera for big bucks

(Newser) - Self-confessed killer Joran Van der Sloot is trying to peddle his first on-camera TV interview for $1 million, according to sources in the Peruvian jail where he's being held. So far, there haven't been any takers. The Dutch killer, 22, has apparently been hard up for cash for some time...

Brit Gorilla Expert Murdered

Jul 1, 2010 5:40 AM CDT

Brit Gorilla Expert Murdered

Ymke Warren's throat slit with machete

(Newser) - A British gorilla expert died after her throat was slit while she was bound and gagged in her Cameroon home. Ymke Warren, 40, was apparently attacked by a man armed with a machete hiding in her attic. It's not certain if the killing occurred during a robbery or if she...

Missing Boy's
Dad Walks Out
on Stepmom

Jun 29, 2010 4:37 AM CDT

Missing Boy's Dad Walks Out on Stepmom

Husband leaves as suspicion turns to her

(Newser) - The father of missing Oregon boy Kyron Horman has walked out on his wife, who has become the focus of a police investigation into her stepson's disappearance. Terri Horman was the last to see 7-year-old Kyron. She told police she dropped him off at his elementary school early this month,...

Mom Charged
With Failure to
Save Child
From Beau

Jun 29, 2010 2:05 AM CDT

Mom Charged With Failure to Save Child From Beau

Daughter, 4, died with 80 bruises, fractured skull

(Newser) - In a rare court action a Houston mom is facing prosecution for failure to protect her 4-year-old daughter from the vicious lover charged in the girl's death. Emma Thompson had some 80 bruises, a severed pancreas and a fractured skull when she died last year. Her mom's boyfriend faces trial...

'Baby-Seller Dad'
Beaten in Jail

Jun 28, 2010 1:44 AM CDT

'Baby-Seller Dad' Beaten in Jail

He suffers cracked ribs, black eye, cuts

(Newser) - A dad busted for allegedly trying to sell his baby daughter for $25 outside a California Wal-mart has been treated for cracked ribs and cuts after a beating in jail. Patrick Fousek, 38, and Samantha Tomasini, 20, were busted last week getting high on meth after offering to trade their...

TV Reporter Claims She Shoplifted for Story

brilliant lie dept

Jun 24, 2010 3:20 PM CDT

TV Reporter Claims She Shoplifted for Story

...except that she's a traffic reporter

(Newser) - A Connecticut television reporter who was busted for shoplifting insisted she did it for the sake of a story—except that said reporter covers traffic. Desiree Fontaine explained it was for an "on the side," freelance assignment, though she didn't tell officers who commissioned the hard-hitting project. Police...

Woman Gunned Down on Highway as Drivers Watch

Jun 22, 2010 11:11 AM CDT

Woman Gunned Down on Highway as Drivers Watch

Tommie Hill shoots Ashley Oliver then kills himself

(Newser) - Drivers crawling along a traffic-filled highway outside St. Louis could do little more than watch, horrified, as a shot and bleeding woman scrambled out of a car and ran across the road, banging on windows and crying for help. What unfolded happened so quickly, no one had time to come...

Jenna Bush's
Home Robbed

Jun 20, 2010 11:50 AM CDT

Jenna Bush's Home Robbed

Former first daughter, husband not home during bike theft

(Newser) - Jenna Bush Hager's home was burglarized Friday, but the crime has nothing to do with her political connections, Baltimore police say—she and her husband just had nice bikes. Two Trek mountain bikes were purloined from the garage behind the former first daughter's home while she and her husband, Henry...

Cops Focus
on Stepmom
in Missing
Boy Case

Jun 18, 2010 7:00 AM CDT

Cops Focus on Stepmom in Missing Boy Case

Police track her cell phone records to island

(Newser) - Police are focusing on the activities of the stepmom of a 7-year-old boy she reported missing after claiming she dropped him off at his Oregon elementary school. Terri Moulton Horman's accounts of where she was the day stepson Kyron vanished don't jibe with her cell phone records, reports the Willamette ...

Shot Tot Hid
for Hours After
Dad Killed Mom

Jun 15, 2010 3:41 AM CDT

Shot Tot Hid for Hours After Dad Killed Mom

Wounded in chest, stomach, boy hid in trash bin

(Newser) - A gravely wounded 3-year-old boy hid in a garbage can for 12 hours after his father fatally shot his mom, then killed himself, according to law enforcement authorities. Police followed a trail of blood to the trash can where they found the boy bleeding from 3 gunshot wounds to his...

Will Trade Pot for iPad: Craigslist Ad

Jun 14, 2010 4:55 AM CDT

Will Trade Pot for iPad: Craigslist Ad

Stoners disappointed to find cops first takers

(Newser) - Bad news for anyone in Arizona who was looking to trade their iPad for a used iPod and some weed: The cops beat them to it. Entrepreneurial 20-year-old Arizonans Jacob Walker and Joseph Velarte, who offered an iPod and a quarter ounce on Craigslist in exchange for an iPad, complete...