Former mental patient gets 34 years for stabbing spree in New York City

By Calvin Palmer
A former mental patient was today sentenced to 34 years in prison for a stabbing spree in New York’s subway and Manhattan’s theater district in June 2006.
Kenny Alexis, 23, of Boston, was sentenced at a court in Manhattan.  He was found guilty last month of the attempted murder of a Houston man on [...]

Cell phone video shows disabled forced into “fight club” at state school

By Calvin Palmer
Mentally disabled male residents at the Corpus Christi State School were forced to participate in “fight club” style matches by the people hired to look after them.
The staged battles — which appear to have been going on for at least two years — were discovered when police reviewed the video on a cell [...]

Health and safety rules protect those who impose them

By Calvin Palmer
An outdoor swimming pool in north London has warned swimmers that the pool might have to be closed — if it gets ‘too wet’.
The health and safety rules have apparently been introduced at the London Fields Lido in Hackney for the protection of the pool’s users.
Swimmers at the pool last weekend were warned [...]

Body found in semi-trailer may be kidnapped Pearland woman

By Calvin Palmer
A woman’s body found in an abandoned semi-trailer not far from Reliant Park in south Houston may be that of Susana De Jesus, the Pearland woman who has been missing for more than a month.
“Early this morning, the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department notified the family of Susana De Jesus that they may have located [...]

Blizzard brings city to a halt

By Calvin Palmer
Blizzard conditions brought a North Dakota city to a halt today, closing courts, schools and businesses.
With heavy snow and winds of up to 40 mph, residents of Fargo were advised to stay home.
“Travel will become nearly impossible for employees trying to return home in afternoon hours,” a Fargo city government statement said.
“Today would [...]

Continuity IRA claims responsibility for murder of Northern Ireland policeman

By Calvin Palmer
Continuity IRA , another dissident republican group, has claimed responsibility for the murder of a policeman in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
Stephen Paul Carroll, 48, was shot in the head last night as he sat in his car providing cover for colleagues who were responding to a call from a woman whose house was attacked [...]