By Calvin Palmer
A man suspected in the kidnapping and death of Susana De Jesus, who went missing from a Pearland shopping center in February, was indicted today by a Brazoria County grand jury on a charge of capital murder.
Nicholas-Michael Edwin Jean, 21, is accused in the death of the 37-year-old De Jesus whose decomposed body [...]
March 31, 2009
De Jesus kidnapping suspect indicted on capital murder charge
March 31, 2009
Pussies galore in woman’s home lead to 186 counts of animal cruelty
By Calvin Palmer
A New Jersey woman found living with 93 cats in her feces-covered million-dollar home has been charged with 186 counts of animal cruelty, two per cat.
Wanda Oughton, of Chester Township, was served with the summonses yesterday by an officer of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals who was [...]
March 31, 2009
Dikes and levees hold firm in Fargo
By Calvin Palmer
Despite a strengthening wind this morning, the dikes and levees protecting Fargo, North Dakota, stood firm, with no reports of problems caused by wind-driven waves.
The wind was blowing out of the northeast at between 22 and 29 mph but U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Frank Worley said waves were only about 1 [...]
March 31, 2009
Estranged wife of suspected gunman hid in bathroom during shooting
By Calvin Palmer
Wanda Luck, the estranged wife of the gunman suspected of killing eight people at a North Carolina nursing home, survived by hiding in a bathroom inside a locked area for Alzheimer’s patients, according to her mother.
Authorities say Robert Stewart, 45, killed seven residents and one nurse during Sunday’s shooting at Pinelake Health and Rehab nursing [...]
March 31, 2009
CT scan reveals second face in bust of Nefertiti
By Calvin Palmer
A CT scan performed on the bust of ancient Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti has revealed a second hidden face.
A team led by Dr. Alexander Huppertz, director of the Imaging Science Institute at Berlin’s Charite hospital and medical school, discovered a detailed stone carving that differs from the external stucco face on the bust.
The findings [...]
March 31, 2009
Texas seeks to block stem cell research
By Calvin Palmer
President Barack Obama’s executive order lifting the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research may be thwarted in Texas.
A provision by the state Legislature in the Senate budget bill last week would ban state funding from supporting research involving the destruction of human embryos.
Leading scientists in the state sent a letter of objection to [...]
March 31, 2009
Black sedan sought after hit-and-run kills USC student
By Calvin Palmer
Los Angeles police yesterday appealed to the public to help them find the driver of a black sedan involved in a callous hit-and-run accident that killed one USC student and critically injured another.
“We need to find the vehicle,” said LAPD Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese. “We need to find it quickly.”
The accident, at the [...]
March 31, 2009
Federal judge blocks charges in ’sexting’ case
By Calvin Palmer
A federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked a prosecutor from filing child pornography charges against three northeastern Pennsylvania teenagers accused of “sexting” scantily clad and topless pictures of themselves.
U.S. District Judge James Munley ruled against Wyoming County District Attorney George Skumanick Jr, who has threatened to pursue felony charges against the girls unless they [...]
