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- Police Seize Gun From Caylee's Grandfather's Car
Just hours after Casey Anthony, mother of missing toddler Caylee Anthony, was bailed out of jail for the second time, Orlando authorites made a move apparently aimed at getting...
- Reward Set for 'Grim Sleeper' Serial Killer
Los Angeles detectives hope a $500,000 reward set by the city council last week will produce some new leads in the case of a serial killer they believe is...
- Child Killer: Kirk Douglas Billie
Miccosukee Indian Kirk Douglas Billie, 36, was sentenced to life in prison for the 1997 drowning death of his two sons, Kurt, 5 and Keith, 3. His case became...
- Unsolved Crimes: The Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac was a serial killer who stalked parts of Northern California from December 1968 through October 1969. Through a series of cryptic letters he sent to the press...
- Flashback: Serial Killer Albert Fish
Albert Fish is known for being one
of the most vile pedophiles and killers of all time, who admitted to
molesting more than 400 children and torturing and killing...
- Convicted Microwave Killer Mom Seeks New Trial
An Ohio woman who was convicted last week of killing her baby daughter by burning her in a microwave is seeking a new trial based on the changed testimony...
- 'Preppie Killer' Gets 19-Year Drug Sentence
The "preppie killer" has received his second long-term prison sentence. Robert Chambers, who served 15 years in prison for killing a woman during what he said was a rough...
- Trial Begins for Pheonix 'Serial Shooter'
Jury selection is scheduled to begin this week in the murder trial of a Arizona man that Pheonix authorities say terrorized the area during a 14-month shooting spree between...
- Casey Anthony Back in Jail After Bond Rescinded
The mother of a missing Florida girl is back in jail after she was arrested on charges of check fraud and theft charges and a California bounty hunter withdrew...
- Weekly Crime Poll: Partial Immunity for Casey Anthony?
Casey Anthony is apparently still not helping investigators locate her missing daughter Caylee. According to media reports, the State's Attorneys office has offered her partial immunity if she accepts it...
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- Lenexa Police Kill Man who Refused Surrender
" Lenexa police shot and killed a man who refused to surrender a weapon Sunday afternoon.
- Homeowner Shoots, Kills Vacaville Burglary Suspect
A Vacaville man shot and killed a suspect who was allegedly trying to burglarize his home early Saturday morning, police said.
- Jury convicts man of killing 4 people
A Clay County jury found a man guilty in the drug-related shooting deaths of four people.
- Prosecutors take another look at unsolved killings
Prosecutors are taking another look at some unsolved killings of young women that are the subject of a nonfiction book published earlier this year.
- Life goes on but fears remain at shooting campus
Miraynda Castro, right, a freshman at Northern Illinois University, returns to her dorm after morning classes Thursday, Aug.
- Third Shooting In Mission District Within Two Days
A man was shot and injured in San Francisco's Mission District early Saturday morning, continuing a string of violence in the neighborhood that has left six dead in the last two weeks.
- Police give names of officers from fatal shooting
Eight suspended police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a homeless man carrying a toy gun did not participate in the department's three other recent fatal shootings, but at least two of the officers ...
- Wash. rampage suspect in court: 'I kill for God'
"I kill for God. I listen to God," a man accused of a northwest Washington shooting rampage said Friday at a hearing where six charges of first-degree murder and four of first-degree assault were filed against ...
- Execution scheduled for Sept. 17 delayed
For the second time in less than a month, the Missouri Supreme Court has given a reprieve to a death row inmate.
- 2nd murder trial starting in quarter-century-old East Texas KFC mass slayings...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.When Darnell Hartsfield saw the inside of a Texas prison cell for the first time in 1984, it was for an aggravated robbery he committed the previous year.
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- Panhandlers allegedly attacked men
Two men are in custody after a beating outside a North End hotel sent one male to hospital in critical condition.
- Father of suspected drunk driver an ex-cop
The father who whisked his 20-year-old son, a suspected drunk driver, away from the scene of a crash before city police officers arrived is a retired Winnipeg cop.
- Judge urges youth to never pick up a gun again
A Winnipeg youth responsible for the accidental shooting death of 13-year-old Cody Shuya last February has been released from custody and ordered to serve 20 months supervised probation.
- Drug deal reeks of sardines
It's a crime that's a little fishy -- apparently there is a sardine-loving crack cocaine dealer in the downtown core.
- Chief defends cop who shot suspect
Police Chief Rick Hanson says a knife-wielding man claiming to have killed his wife confronted officers and forced them to use lethal force.
- Woman turned in child-molester
While engaging in sexual role-playing on the Internet, a Missouri woman was "horrified" to learn a Calgary girl was being molested on the other end of a webcam connection.
SFGate: The Bondage File
Each week the Bondage File scours the globe for weird news. Updated every Friday and occasionally on other days. From SFGate.com: the Bay Area's home page, online home of the San Francisco Chronicle and much more.
- Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors
Green polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo. Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their color in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae. The...
- Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise
Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert _ the sooner the better. The 10-inch reptile, found at a U.S. 95 rest stop in Idaho, has thrived at the Kiwani Wambli wildlife rehabilitation center north of Spokane since July...
- NJ cops kick in door over bird's cries for help
Cries for help inside a Trenton, N.J., home turned out to be for the birds. Neighbors called police Wednesday morning after hearing a woman's persistent cry of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a house. Officers arrived and when no one answered the door, they...
- Man in wheelchair robs Texas 7-Eleven of condoms
A robber rolled into a Dallas convenience store came armed with a bat and a knife. He left with a lot of condoms and an energy drink. Dallas police Cpl. Kevin Janse said Friday that a man in a wheelchair entered a Dallas 7-Eleven Wednesday afternoon, rolled...
- Team dumps logo near buttocks after 70-0 loss
The Idaho Vandals football team is dumping the letter "I" from the buttocks region of players' new pants following a season-opening 70-0 loss to the Arizona Wildcats. Rob Spears, the school's athletic director, says nobody realized just how the logo placed in...
- Doctor fired for allegedly drinking on the job
A Massachusetts doctor has been fired and lost the right to renew his medical license for allegedly trying to give a pregnant woman an epidural while drunk. The state Board of Registration in Medicine says 39-year-old Robert Dolan was drinking from a bottle...
- W.Va. man accused of drunk driving on a tractor
A Charleston man faces drunken driving charges after police spotted him riding a farm tractor on a highway without lights or proper warning signs. Kanawha County sheriff's deputies arrested 22-year-old Joshua David Postalwait early Friday morning. A complaint...
- Parrots wreak havoc at New Zealand bird sanctuary
A gang of unruly teenage bush parrots have wrought havoc at a bird sanctuary in New Zealand by using their powerful beaks to destroy nesting boxes. The native Kaka parrots _ juvenile birds that haven't reached sexual maturity _ have torn off nesting box doors...
- Ohio preacher, 71, avoids jail in road rage case
A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher convicted of waving a gun and threatening another driver won't be going to jail. A Hamilton County judge on Thursday sentenced Thomas Howell to two years' probation and 100 hours of community service on his conviction for...
- Hey! You have a snake hanging from your car!
Think rush hour is bad enough? What if a three-foot python were part of the drive home? The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that biochemical engineer Marika Suominen-Yeh got the surprise of her life last week when a motorist flagged her down after...
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