Woman charged in alcohol poisoning death of six-month-old baby

By Calvin Palmer
A Pennsylvania woman was charged today in the alcohol poisoning death of her six-month-old baby.
Wyoming County prosecutors say Jessica Minor, of Montrose, gave alcohol to her son, Mason, to stop him crying. The baby later died.
Wyoming County District Attorney George Skumanick said the baby’s blood-alcohol content was .205 – more than twice the [...]

98 taken to hospital after ‘poison gas’ attack on girls school

By Calvin Palmer
Dozens of schoolgirls collapsed with headaches and nausea as they waited in line for a Koran reading at the their school in northeastern Afghanistan today.
Authorities believes this second apparent poisoning in two days raises concerns that the Taliban and other fundamental Islamic groups have found a new weapon to intimidate girls into staying [...]

Grand jury indicts Stanford executive on criminal charges

By Calvin Palmer
A federal grand jury in Houston today indicted the chief investment officer of Stanford Financial Group, Laura Pendergest-Holt, on charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
Prosecutor Gregg Costa asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Milloy to issue a summons for Pendergest-Holt to appear in about 10 days.
Pendergest-Holt is free on bail on a similar [...]

Carrie Prejean gets to keep her title as Miss California USA

By Calvin Palmer
The reigning Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, can keep her title even though she failed to disclose that she had posed in her underwear as a teenager.
The announcement was made today by pageant owner Donald Trump at New York’s Trump Tower. Prejean appeared at his side.
Trump also defended Prejean over the answer she [...]

Detroit teenager facing murder charges dies after crash in stolen car

By Calvin Palmer
A Detroit teenager accused of killing two women while driving a stolen U.S. Army van last year has died from injuries sustained after crashing another stolen vehicle.
Gary Williams, 17, died on Sunday in Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Police say he stole a car on Friday and was injured after drove through a red [...]

Army sergeant charged over killings at counseling clinic

By Calvin Palmer
A sergeant in the U.S. Army has been charged with the murder of five of his colleagues at a counseling center on a military base in Baghdad, a U.S. official said today.
Sgt. John M. Russell of the 54th Engineering Battalion based in Bamberg, Germany was charged with five counts of murder and one [...]