BEIJING – A cameraman who was traveling with two American journalists reportedly detained in North Korea has left China, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. Mitch Koss, a cameraman for the San Francisco-based media outlet Current TV, was no longer in the country, spokesman Qin Gang told reporters at …
Read More »Oregon Track Coach Accused of Sex Abuse Wants Lingerie Photos Back
NORTH BEND, Ore. – The defense attorney for a high school track coach charged with sexually abusing one of her male athletes has demanded the return of more than 200 photos seized as evidence. The attorney, David Terry, said the photos of his client wearing lingerie are not relevant to …
Read More »Stepbrother Says He Thinks He Helped Drew Peterson Dispose of Wife's Body
Drew Peterson’s stepbrother fears that he had a hand in the murder of the former Illinois police sergeant’s fourth wife, Stacy Peterson — telling a Chicago-area newspaper that he helped Drew Peterson dispose of a blue barrel that may have contained Stacy’s remains. Stacy Peterson disappeared in October 2007. Her …
Read More »2 Teens Charged With Killing Pizza Delivery Woman in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police in Jacksonville have charged two teens with the murder of a pizza delivery woman. Authorities say 15-year-old Jonathan Hartley shot 57-year-old Sarah Hotham on Friday evening as she went to deliver a pizza to a vacant apartment. She was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. …
Read More »Suspects in Brutal Rape of Mother and Son Head to Trial
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Unspeakable acts happened to a woman and her young son one balmy June night in the projects. On that, everyone can agree. As many as 10 masked teenagers terrorized the then 35-year-old Haitian immigrant and her 12-year-old son in their home. It will be up …
Read More »Study: Texting Raises Risk of Crash 23-Fold
BLACKSBURG, Virginia – Texting while driving increases the risk of a crash much more than previous studies have concluded with motorists taking their eyes off the road longer than they do when talking or listening on their cell phones, a safety research institute said Monday. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute …
Read More »Fertility Impaired After Childhood Cancer
NEW YORK – Women who were treated for cancer during childhood are about 20 percent less likely to become pregnant than their untreated sisters, according to data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). Risk factors for infertility identified in this study may be useful for pretreatment counseling, the researchers …
Read More »Congressman Slams Obama-Chavez Meeting
A quick trip around Hannity’s America… Kowtowing to Castro The president’s international apology tour may have won accolades from many around the globe, but one Republican congressman took a different view. Representative Lincoln Diaz Balart of Florida took to the House floor Tuesday to explain why President Obama’s love session …
Read More »Guests and Topics: Tuesday, March 22
See you in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… We’ll have the latest on the life and death battle over Terri Schiavo (search). Plus, the debate among doctors over what’s really going on with Terri… We’ll have analysis. …
Read More »Report: Gov't, Tobacco Companies in Settlement Talks
WASHINGTON – U.S. government lawyers have begun talks with cigarette makers to try to settle the government’s racketeering case against the industry, a source close to the case said Tuesday. The Justice Department (search) has met at least once with tobacco industry lawyers and a court-appointed mediator, but the source …
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