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U.S. / NEWS Mon May 26, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- An injured man who died after being taken to a California Highway Patrol parking lot in Corte Madera was an associate of the Hells Angels motorcycle club and had been shot on Highway 101, authorities said Sunday. The victim, a 27-year-old San Leandro m.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 7, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Authorities who took 220 women and children from a polygamist compound weren't sure whether the teen girl whose phone call prompted the raid was among them. State troopers raided the 1,700-acre West Texas ranch on Friday to look for evidence that the t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:11am neoform

SF Gate -- Authorities have seized 29 pounds of methamphetamine as well as guns and other drugs during a raid in Cotati that resulted in four arrests. The estimated $1.3 million worth of methamphetamine - along with an ounce of cocaine, a pound of marijuana and e.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 10:19am neoform

www.miamiherald.com -- A couple convicted of tax evasion who threatened violence if authorities approached them were arrested peacefully at their rural Plainfield home after holing up at the fortress-like compound for months, U.S. Marshals said. One big question remained: Ho.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 2:33pm neoform

CBS News -- Nevada authorities have identified the second girl found on a videotape that shows sex acts by a man on a girl around 4 or 5 years old. "We've ensured that she is safe and that she is well. We've ensured that she did not suffer as a victim at the hands.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Sep 9, 2007 @ 7:57pm neoform

CNN -- A body believed to be missing Brigham Young University student Camille Cleverley was found Sunday, authorities said. The body was discovered in Provo Canyon, Utah, said sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Spencer Cannon. Cleverley, 22, a senior from Boise, Idaho,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 9:28am neoform

FOX News -- Southwestern Michigan authorities say they arrested an ice cream truck operator who was selling marijuana along with his frozen desserts. After authorities got tips about the alleged pot-peddler, a deputy "heard jingling bells" about 2 p.m. Thursday an.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

Yahoo News -- Authorities tracked down a 4-year-old girl who called 911 nearly 300 times last month by offering to deliver McDonald's to her suburban Chicago apartment. Unbeknownst to her mother, the girl used a deactivated cell phone to call dispatchers 287 times i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 17, 2007 @ 1:43am neoform

CNN -- A drag-race car lost control during a parade and spun into a crowd of bystanders on Saturday, killing four adults and injuring as many as 15 people, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine what caused the street rod dragster to go into.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 12, 2007 @ 4:39pm neoform

CNN -- Fire raced through a three-story row house early Tuesday, killing five children, and authorities said they were looking for a teenage baby sitter who was supposed to be watching them. Neighbor Sontaya Perry, 22, said she could hear the children inside.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:43pm neoform

USA Today -- As a cargo handler at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Russell Defreitas watched military parts be shipped to Israel and believed they would be used to kill Muslims. He seethed with rage against the U.S. and Israel for more than a decade after re.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 5:00pm neoform

FOX News -- Three masked bank robbers shot a security guard, starting a shootout in a bank Tuesday morning that wounded a teller and a customer before the suspects fled, authorities said. The suspects were only in the bank for four or five minutes and got away wit.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 14, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

FOX News -- Canadian authorities have arrested a California man who was on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for alleged sex crimes against children, the FBI said. Richard Steve Goldberg, 61, of Long Beach, was arrested Saturday in Montreal at an address provided b.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 12, 2007 @ 12:01am neoform

FOX News -- For nearly four years, a South Carolina man held his wife and two sons captive in a house infested with maggots and human waste, authorities said. The boys slept on a bare mattress as their mother was kept in a drug-induced stupor in a house that was d.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 2:03am neoform

FOX News -- On a university campus of 2,600 acres, with more than 25,000 students, ironclad security is not a practical goal. Even so, tough questions swiftly surfaced as to how effectively Virginia Tech authorities responded to Monday's horrific massacre. Why wer.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 6:15pm neoform

CBS News -- A domestic dispute erupted in gunfire at CNN's headquarters complex Tuesday, killing a woman and critically wounding the man who first pulled a gun, authorities said. The man and woman were arguing near the main entrance of the complex when the man sho.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Apr 1, 2007 @ 8:31pm neoform

CNN -- The lone woman on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list was captured and charged with one count of second-degree murder, authorities said. Shauntay L. Henderson, 24, was arrested Saturday when she answered the door at an apartment, police said. Authorities had.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 9:29am neoform

FOX News -- A wildfire that authorities say was ignited by two teenagers tore through the brush-covered hills surrounding the famous Hollywood sign Friday, putting a scare into the city but doing little damage other than coating the area in a thick blanket of smoke... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 26, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

FOX News -- An illegal immigrant was rescued from an ice floe less than a mile upstream from Niagara Falls, authorities said. Guards from Ontario Power Generation said they heard the man screaming for help at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday near the company's water intak.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 22, 2007 @ 8:01pm neoform

FOX News -- An off-duty police officer in street clothes was caught on video by a bar surveillance camera beating up a female bartender half his size, authorities said. Anthony Abbate, a 12-year veteran of the Chicago force, was charged with aggravated battery and.. Read More