Monthly Archives: July 2010
New Jersey man jailed for vomit attack on spectator at baseball park
By Calvin Palmer The New Jersey man who intentionally vomited on a spectator and his 11-year-old daughter at a Philadelphia Phillies game was today sentenced to up to three months in jail and community service. Matthew Clemmens, 21, of Cherry … Continue reading
Gunman, 69, kills his stepfather and two others before shooting himself
By Calvin Palmer A 69-year-old man pulled two semi-automatic handguns from a briefcase and killed three people yesterday in a gated community in San Antonio. Joseph Ray McDonald then shot himself, San Antonio police Sgt Chris Benavides said. The victims … Continue reading
Couple held after bodies of eight newborns found at house
By Calvin Palmer Police in northern France have unearthed the bodies of eight newborn babies in the village of Villers-au-Tertre, near Lille. A couple believed to be the parents of the dead babies were arrested yesterday and are being held … Continue reading
Passenger stopped at Texas airport had swallowed 85 condoms full of cocaine
By Calvin Palmer A nervous traveler trying to board an Air France flight at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport aroused the suspicions of customs officers. Those suspicions were well founded because it turned out the man, a 42-year-old from Togo, was carrying … Continue reading
Study claims global warming will see flood of Mexicans heading to U.S.
By Calvin Palmer Republican global warming skeptics in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California may find themselves in something of dilemma following the release today of a study that says global warming could drive millions more Mexicans into the United … Continue reading
Filed under Environment, News, Science, Technology
Police believe house blaze started deliberately as part of murder suicide
By Calvin Palmer Police believe the fire in a Staten Island apartment house, in the early hours of yesterday morning, where a mother and her four children were found dead was started deliberately. A note with the words “am sorry” … Continue reading
Blaze at NYC apartment house claims lives of mother and four children
By Calvin Palmer A fire at a two-story apartment house on Staten Island, New York, claimed the lives of a mother and her four children in the early hours of this morning. The mother, 32-year-old Lisa Jones, and her four … Continue reading
Six die in bus crash in California
By Calvin Palmer Six people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a Greyhound bus traveling from Los Angeles to Sacramento crashed in the early hours of this morning on a highway just outside downtown Fresno. The bus, carrying … Continue reading
Partly decomposed body linked to disappearance of teenage girl
By Calvin Palmer The partly decomposed human remains found in desert scrub in Moreno Valley, Southern California, have been identified as those of a 17-year-old girl who disappeared last week. An autopsy today confirmed the identity of Norma Lopez, but … Continue reading
Thrift store manager’s laptop sold for $5
By Calvin Palmer The manager of an Idaho thrift store returned from conducting business away from the premises to find that her laptop computer had been sold for $5. Sandra Bechthold, of Coeur d’Alene, said she was shocked when she … Continue reading
Filed under Business, News, Technology
