Daily Archives: April 24, 2009
Baby born on Fifth Avenue to cheers from passers-by
By Calvin Palmer A New York woman gave birth on Fifth Avenue today just yards from a hospital where she was due to give birth. Nurse manager Lucille Nassery heard a woman screaming from outside her window at Mount Sinai … Continue reading
High school baseball player dies after being hit by wild pitch
By Calvin Palmer A Missouri high school baseball player has died after being struck by a wild pitch. Doctors at St John’s Hospital declared 16-year-old Patrick Clegg brain dead last night. He was taken off a respirator today and his … Continue reading
Woman convicted of removing body parts from corpses
By Calvin Palmer A woman was convicted today in Rochester, New York, on 103 counts of illegally removing bone and tissue from corpses in 2005. Kirssy Medos, 31, formerly known as Kirssy Knapp, managed the Brighton office of the now … Continue reading
Three women found shot dead in auto glass shop
By Calvin Palmer Three women were found shot dead yesterday at an auto glass business in Pennsylvania where they worked. Police said the bodies of Edith Cora Tietge, 81; her sister Doris Lynn Murphy, 69; and Murphy’s daughter, Kris Lynn Murphy, … Continue reading
Body parts murder victim was business partner of suspect
By Calvin Palmer One of the suspects in the murder of the man whose body parts were found scattered across two English counties was the victim’s former business partner. Stephen Marshall, 37, and his girlfriend Sarah Bush, 20, were arrested … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, News, United Kingdom
Europe’s banks facing second wave of debt stress
By Calvin Palmer Swiss financial analysts are forecasting a “second wave” of debt stress to hit the United Kingdom and Europe this year. Risk advisers Independent Credit View said a detailed “stress test” of 17 lenders worldwide found that European … Continue reading
Noisy lovemaking woman arrested for breaching court order
By Calvin Palmer The Northeast woman banned from making excessive noise after loud sex sessions with her husband landed her in court has been arrested after breaking the ban. A week ago Sunderland magistrates issued Caroline Cartwright with a four-year … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, News, United Kingdom
Bronx teacher barricades himself in classroom after making bomb threat
By Calvin Palmer A teacher at a New York City middle school barricaded himself in a classroom this morning after claiming to have planted a bomb in the school. Police, hostage negotiators and the bomb squad were called to New … Continue reading
