Actress Natasha Richardson dies in New York hospital after skiing fall

By Calvin Palmer
Award winning British actress Natasha Richardson, wife of Liam Neeson, died tonight in a New York hospital with her family at her bedside.
A spokesman for her husband confirmed that the actress had died in Lenox Hill Hospital after her family had taken the decision to take her off life support.
Alan Nierob of Rogers & Cowan said [...]

School officials investigate ‘lunch out of a garbage can’ incident

By Calvin Palmer
A kindergarten teacher in Connecticut arrested for allegedly making a five-year-old eat his lunch out of a garbage can has been placed on medical leave for the rest of the week while school officials conduct an investigation.
Superintendent of Bridgeport Schools John Ramos today said: “The teacher went into the garbage can and took [...]

School shooting teenager told hostage driver he killed “for fun”

By Calvin Palmer
The German teenager who killed 12 people at his former school last week described it as fun and wanted to attack a second school, according to the man he held hostage as he fled the scene.
Igor Wolf, 41, told Stern magazine that Tim Kretschmer jumped into the back seat of his car, put [...]

AIG boss fears for employees if list of bonus recipients made public

By Calvin Palmer
Head of insurance giant AIG Edward Liddy told Congress today that he had appealed to employees to voluntarily return at least half of the money they have received in bonuses.
He said that some workers had already stepped forward to give the money back.
At the weekend it was disclosed that AIG had paid $165 [...]

Texas appeals court rules eye-eating death row inmate sane under the law

By Calvin Palmer
A Texas death row inmate who three months ago removed his only eye and ate it may well be crazy but not in the opinion of the law.
The nine-member Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today unanimously upheld the conviction and punishment of Andre Thomas, 26, for the murder of his estranged wife’s 13-month-old daughter, [...]

“Too fat to work” family cannot live on £22,000 in benefits

By Calvin Palmer
A family of four with a combined weight of  1162 pounds say they are “too fat to work” and that the £22,000 ($30,750) they receive in government handouts is insufficient to live on.
Philip Chawner, 53, and his 57-year-old wife Audrey each weigh 336 pounds. Their daughter Emma, 19, weighs 238 pounds, while her [...]

Second earthquake in 12 days rocks Melbourne

By Calvin Palmer
An earthquake rocked Melbourne today, the second one to hit the city in the past 12 days.
The  4.5 magnitude earthquake  shook Australia’s second largest city  and eastern Victoria at 4:28 p.m. local time.
The epicenter was 62 miles southeast of the city and in the same area of the 4.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred [...]

Texas woman found insane over stabbing of two sons

By Calvin Palmer
A Texas woman who said she was possessed by demons has been found not guilty over the stabbing of her two sons on the grounds of insanity.
Maria Alsareinye, 50, of San Antonio, was yesterday ordered to undergo observation at a state mental facility. After 30 days a judge will decide if she should [...]

Police divers recover bodies of missing florist and daughter

By Calvin Palmer
Police divers searching for a missing florist and her disabled nine-year-old daughter have recovered their bodies in a lake behind their home in the Cotswolds Water Park, South Cerney, Gloucestershire.
Jude Richmond, 41, and Millie Whitehead-Richmond, who has cerebral palsy and is unable to walk, were last seen on Sunday evening.
Divers from Avon and [...]

Daughter’s video testimony causes Fritzl to plead guilty on all charges

By Calvin Palmer
In a dramatic turn of events today, Josef Fritzl changed his plea to guilty on all counts, including murder and enslavement.
The 73-year-old retired electrical engineer admitted enslaving his teenage daughter Elisabeth from 1984 to 2008 in a soundproofed dungeon under his house, and in 1996 murdering one of the seven children he fathered [...]