By Calvin Palmer
A seven-year-old Utah boy died this morning after he was accidentally buried under nearly two feet of dirt.
The boy was playing with several other children yesterday evening on a family member’s property near to his home in Naples, said Uintah County Sheriff’s Cpl Brian Fletcher.
One of the boy’s relatives was using the bulldozer [...]
June 24, 2009
Boy, 7, dies after being buried by bulldozer
June 24, 2009
Britain lines up as cocaine capital of Europe
By Calvin Palmer
Britain has been pronounced the cocaine capital of Europe by a United Nations drugs report.
With more than one million users, the UK is the largest market for cocaine across Europe and has the second highest prevalence rate — 2.3 per cent — behind Spain, which is the second-largest market followed by Italy and [...]
June 24, 2009
Undercover police operation ends in officer being killed
By Calvin Palmer
An undercover police operation in Houston last night ended with a police officer being killed.
Henry Canales, 42, was shot in the parking lot of a Walgreens store at Hillcroft and Bellaire. He was part of an undercover team investigating stolen televisions.
At about 9:00 p.m., four people had contacted undercover officers and asked to [...]
June 24, 2009
Tattooists sexually assaulted teenage girls during genital piercings
By Calvin Palmer
Two tattooists in Australia who sexually assaulted two teenage girls while performing genital piercings were given suspended prison sentences today.
Mark Andrew Ford, 50, and Gregory Alan Ford, 53, both of Dandenong, Melbourne, were sentenced to two years and six months in prison, wholly suspended for three years, after pleading guilty at the Victoria [...]
