Boy beaten with baseball bat in park dies from his injuries

By Calvin Palmer
One of two young boys savagely beaten earlier this week when someone followed them into a playground in Phoenix, Arizona, has died.
Sgt. Tommy Thompson of Phoenix police said that seven-year-old Jesse Ramirez died of the injuries he received in Tuesday’s attack.  His cousin, 10-year-old Edwin Pellecier remains in an extremely critical condition.
Within hours [...]

Mother owns up to missing baby hoax

By Calvin Palmer
When a mother reported that her six-month-old child had gone missing, Miami Police swung into action issuing an Amber alert for Riley Archer Buchness.
Meagan McCormic had told police the boy had gone missing on Tuesday afternoon with a nanny named Camille.
But 22-year-old McCormic never had a child and the nanny with a heavy [...]

Gunman dressed as Santa kills eight people in Christmas Eve massacre

By Calvin Palmer
A Christmas Eve party at a home in the Los Angeles suburb of Covina turned to carnage when a gunman dressed as Santa Claus turned up at the front door and burst through the house firing indiscriminately at the 25 guests.
He carried a “present,” which turned out to be a flammable liquid contained [...]

Sex kitten Eartha Kitt dies at age of 81

By Calvin Palmer
Eartha Kitt, the singer and actress who was once described by Orson Welles as “the most exciting woman in the world, has died at the age of 81.
Famous for her cat-like purr, the self-proclaimed “sex kitten” had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer at a New York hospital.
She became a household name in [...]