Soul legend Isaac Hayes dies (News) 25 discussions Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.. Tags: Religion, Isaac Hayes, Entertainment Awards, Walt Disney Company, Shelby County Sheriff\s Department, Royalty, Music Charts, Pop Rock Music, Culture Lifestyle, Scientology, Steve Shular, Grammy Awards, Soul Music, Memphis, Music, Entertainment, Musi
	Teens charged in 'Mortal Kombat' killing (News) 9 discussions Two teens have been charged with killing the 7-year-old sister of one of them by beating her with imitations of moves from the "Mortal Kombat" video game, prosecutors said. Tags: Games, Margie Martinez, Culture Lifestyle, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Heather Trujillo, Hobbies Pastimes, Lamar Roberts, Video Games, Robert D. Miller, Zoe Garcia, Crime, Weld County, Child Abuse
	iPhone owner sues Apple for $1 million (News) 8 discussions A New York woman is so angry at Apple Inc. for lopping $200 off the price of the iPhone that she's filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages. Tags: Electronics, Consumer Electronics, Science Technology, New York, Apple Inc., Queens County, Cellular Phones, Trials, Civil Trials, Technology, U.S. District Court for Eastern District New York, Mark Siegel, United States, Susan Lundgren, Dongmei Li,
	Wilson released after two years behind bars for teen sex conviction (News) 8 discussions Genarlow Wilson was released from prison Friday, after spending more than two years behind bars for a teen sex conviction. Tags: Al Sharpton, Crime, Sexual Offenses, Monroe County Superior Court, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, B.J. Bernstein, Law, Constitutional Law, George Carley, Civil Rights, U.S. Department Justice, Genarlow Wilson, Child Abuse, Prisons, Thurbert Baker, U.
	Power restored to parts of Florida after outage (News) 8 discussions Power was restored Tuesday for most of Florida after a failed switch and fire at an electrical substation outside Miami triggered widespread blackouts across the state. Tags: North American Electric, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando (Florida), Miami-Dade County, Kennedy Space Center, Weather, Reliability Corporation, Mike Stone, Miami, Nuclear Energy, Stan Johnson, Technology, Ken Clark, FPL Group Inc., Energy Technology, Armando Oliv
	Cops find themselves in arms race with criminals (News) 7 discussions The war on the streets is escalating. As gangs and other criminals pack more firepower, police departments say they find themselves in an arms race. Tags: Miami, Political Policy, Iraq, Gun Control, Politics, Murder Homicide, Miami Police Department, Nuclear Weapons, Domestic Policy, John Timoney, Crime, Robert Tessaro, Palm Beach County, Shootings, Gang Violence, Laurie Pfeil, Military Weapons, Law Enfor
	Iowa court rules same-sex couples can marry (News) 6 discussions An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show. Tags: Gay Lesbian Relationships, Special Interest Groups, Polk County, Trials, Lambda Legal Defense Education Fund, Culture Lifestyle, Iowa, Marriage, GLBT Issues, Robert Hanson, Civil Trials, Iowa Supreme Court, Iowa District Court, Dennis Johnson, Relat
	Prosecutor: Mom bought weapons for boy (News) 6 discussions A woman bought guns and bomb-making material to indulge her socially outcast 14-year-old son, a prosecutor said Friday. Tags: Trials, Greenbrier County, Juvenile Justice, Michele Cossey, West Virginia, Plymouth Meeting, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, John Curry, Philadelphia, Law Enforcement, Military Weapons, Criminal Trials, Criminal Law, Frank Cossey, Bruce Castor, Marion
	Helmsley will: $12M trust for dog, nothing for 2 grandkids (News) 5 discussions Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum. But two of Helmsley's grandchildren got nothing from the late luxury hotelier and real esta.. Tags: Connecticut, Leona Helmsley, Jay Panzirer, Nicholas Celea, Meegan Panzirer, Alvin Rosenthal, Westchester County, Harry Helmsley, Howard Rubenstein
	Police: Boy playing with matches started 38,000-acre fire (News) 5 discussions A boy playing with matches started a Southern California wildfire that scorched more than 38,000 acres, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday. Tags: Natural Disasters, Ford F-150, Accidents Disasters, Law Enforcement, Police, Los Angeles County Sheriff\s Department, Emergency Services, California Department Forestry Fire Protection, Agua Dulce, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wildfires, Tony Moore, Orang
	Three boys, 8 and 9, charged with raping 11-year-old girl (News) 5 discussions Three boys, ages 8 and 9, were charged Monday with raping an 11-year-old girl last week, court officials and police said. Tags: Law Enforcement, Criminal Trials, Michael Wilkie, Acworth, Trials, Cobb County, Georgia, Sexual Offenses, Crime, . Gregory Poole, Atlanta
	'D.C. Madam' found hanged (News) 5 discussions Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the "D.C. Madam," was found dead in Florida on Thursday, according to Tarpon Springs police. Tags: Jeffrey Young, Pinellas County Medical Examiner\s Office, ABC Inc., Preston Burton, Blanche Palfrey, Florida, U.S. Attorney\s Office, Law Enforcement, Tarpon Springs, Randall Tobias, David Vitter, Montgomery Blair Sibley, Ninette Sosa, U.S. Department S
	College drug sting snags justice, security majors, scores of others (News) 5 discussions About 100 people, including students majoring in homeland security and criminal justice, were arrested Tuesday in an undercover drug sting at San Diego State University, officials said. Tags: Trials, Criminal Trials, Criminal Law, Law, Higher Education, Education, Marijuana, Steve Weber, San Diego State University, College Life, Colleges Universities, Law Enforcement, Damon Mosler, Las Vegas, San Diego County District Attorney\s Office, Coll
	Police: Who is the little girl in the sex tape? (News) 4 discussions A girl was found "safe and well" after authorities released images of her from a videotape that also showed a man performing explicit sex acts on a younger girl. Tags: Sexual Offenses, Nye County, Las Vegas, Darren Tuck, Crime
	Rapper T.I. arrested on machine gun charges, misses BET show (News) 4 discussions Rapper T.I. was arrested on federal gun charges just hours before he was scheduled to perform at the BET Hip Hop Awards, according to federal authorities. Tags: Movie Stars, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Dwight Thomas, Kanye West, United States, Tip "T.I." Harris, Music, Probation House Arrest, Concerts Tour Dates, Cobb County, College Park (Georgia), Illegal Drugs, Denzel Washington, Entertainment, Georg
	Actress from 'Gilligan's Island' serving probation under plea (News) 4 discussions Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," is serving six months' unsupervised probation after allegedly being caught with marijuana in her car. Tags: Joseph Gutierrez, Gilligan\s Island, Ron Swafford, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Teton County, Dawn Wells, Probation House Arrest, Television Institute, Marijuana, Illegal Drugs
	Man gets 25 years for microwaving baby (News) 4 discussions Minutes after a jury sentenced him to 25 years in prison for severely burning his daughter in a microwave, a teary-eyed Joshua Mauldin listened one more time to details about the pain he had caused hi.. Tags: Galveston County, Mental Health, Family, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Medicine, Galveston, Xochitl Vandiver, Parole, Eva Mauldin, Joanie Mauldin, Burns, Foster Care, Arkansas, Joshua Mauldin, Culture Lifestyle, Heather Croxton, Injuries Traumas,
	Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax (News) 4 discussions A Missouri mother was indicted Thursday in the case of a teen who killed herself after being taunted on the social networking site MySpace.com. Tags: Megan Meier, Los Angeles, Parenting, U.S. District Court, Teenagers, Technology, Tina Meier, Lori Drew, Missouri, Culture Lifestyle, Josh Evans, Family, Science Technology, Websites, St. Charles County, Suicide, Internet, MySpace Inc., Thomas O\Brien
	Teen alleging rape turns to YouTube (News) 4 discussions The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped. Tags: Jennifer Dritt, Instant Messaging, Criminal Assault, Technology, Internet, Crime, Internet Broadcasting, Law Enforcement, Trials, Computer Technology, Orange County, Software, Scott Berkowitz, Search Software, Science Technology, Sexual Offenses, Rape,
	Woman brands thoughtless date with hot iron (News) 4 discussions A college student who branded a date's body with a scalding piece of metal as payback for never calling her after they had sex was sentenced to five years in prison Friday. Tags: Criminal Assault, Criminal Trials, James Friedman, Robert Testagrossa, Kristina Caban, Rafael Caban, Law, Queens County, Sean Bell, Law Enforcement, Crime, Trials, Sammy Sara, Nicole Blumberg, Manhattan, Criminal Law, Michael Obus, Nassau County, Tracy Go
	Police shoot man as he beats toddler (News) 4 discussions Police killed a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop him on a dark, country road, authorities said. Tags: Sacramento, Fresno, Turlock, Stanislaus County, Royjindar Singh, Police, Modesto
	Authorities beg people to step up with clues in schoolyard slayings (News) 3 discussions Security cameras failed to record the execution-style slayings of three college students in a schoolyard, so investigators are pleading for someone step up with clues to the vicious crime. Tags: Elementary High School Education, West Side High School, Delaware, Wayne Tucker, Shootings, Natasha Aeriel, Paul Loriquet, Paula Dow, Kenny Bobien, Gang Violence, Newark, Essex County, Dashon Harvey, Garry McCarthy, Elementary Education, Crime, Educatio
	Man kissed ailing wife, threw her off balcony, prosecutors say (News) 3 discussions A man threw his seriously ill wife four stories to her death because he could no longer afford to pay for her medical care, prosecutors said in charging him with second-degree murder. Tags: Law Enforcement, Health Fitness, Medical Specializations, Jackson County, Stanley Reimer, Criste Reimer, Neurology, Texas, Medicine, Wheeler County
	Child killer sentenced to death (News) 3 discussions John Evander Couey was sentenced Friday to death for abducting, raping and killing a 9-year-old Florida girl by burying her alive in 2005. Tags: Mark Lunsford, St. Petersburg Times, Jeffrey Dawsy, Jessica Lunsford, Citrus County, Kidnapping, Sexual Offenses, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Miami, Murder Homicide, Tampa, Capital Punishment, Florida, Crime, Ric Howard, John Couey
	Student Tasered at campus forum for Kerry (News) 3 discussions A university student with a history of taping his own practical jokes was Tasered by campus police and arrested after loudly and repeatedly trying to ask U.S. Senator John Kerry questions during a cam.. Tags: Yale University, Alachua County, Law Enforcement, Andrew Meyer, Steve Orlando, George W. Bush, Robert Griscti, Harry Potter, John Kerry, Iraq

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