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U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- Now, the waiting begins. A Texas Supreme Court ruling paves the way for members of a polygamist sect to get their children out of foster care, but it remains unclear when that might happen or what kind of restrictions might be imposed. "I'm happy (when.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 18, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- The US judge deciding the fate of 416 children removed from a breakaway Mormon sect has struggled to control a first chaotic day of custody hearings. Judge Barbara Walther had to suspend proceedings for an hour to allow hundreds of lawyers for the chil.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 17, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- The 416 children who once led cloistered lives on their church's ranch outside a tiny town in West Texas have spent the past two weeks sleeping on cots, shuffled from shelter to shelter. But on Thursday, a judge was to hear from their attorneys, along.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- An investigation of abuse at the private ranch of a polygamous sect is moving to a San Angelo courthouse this week as the state argues to retain custody of 416 children removed from their parents. Texas bar officials say more than 350 attorneys from ac.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- An investigation of abuse at the private ranch of a polygamous sect is moving to a Texas courthouse this week as the state argues to retain custody of 416 children removed from their parents. Texas bar officials say more than 350 attorneys from across the.. 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 Tue Mar 4, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Six people were killed, including two children, in a home Monday in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said. Three other children were wounded. The four dead adults were shot and the two children were stabbed, sources told CNN affiliate WMC-TV. At least o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 11, 2007 @ 9:36am neoform

Google Associated Press -- A road-rage crash critically injured a mother and her two small children, who were crushed between parked cars, police said Wednesday. Two men were booked for investigation of attempted murder in connection with the crash Tuesday in the San Fernando Va.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 2, 2007 @ 2:30pm neoform

FOX News -- Two children found dead under an apartment sink were bathed and dressed by their mother before being wrapped in trash bags, according to arrest warrants released Wednesday. The warrants provide new details of the events that police say led to the arres.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 21, 2007 @ 12:39am neoform

FOX News -- A school crossing guard accused of molesting seven children was charged with more than 1,000 counts of sexual assault. Dale Hutchings was arrested Tuesday and charged with 305 counts of raping a child, 356 counts of aggravated indecent assault against.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 16, 2007 @ 1:14am neoform

FOX News -- Police investigating a row house fire that killed five small children earlier this week have determined that the youngsters had been left home alone and started the blaze when they were playing with matches. There was no 17-year-old baby sitter looking.. 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 Fri May 25, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

FOX News -- A man who portrayed Bob Cratchit in "A Christmas Carol" and then lost his wife and two children hours later in a Christmas Eve car crash asked for mercy Thursday for the drunken driver responsible. Carlos Prieto was sentenced to up to 10 years in priso.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue May 15, 2007 @ 10:58am neoform

www.popphoto.com -- Three-year-old Sarah M. is either a toddler in her birthday suit playing in the garden, or a nude temptress with a sultry look who requires protection from the culprits who took this photograph -- her doting parents. This is the fix we're in, now that.. 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 Thu May 10, 2007 @ 9:48am neoform

FOX News -- A sperm donor who helped a lesbian couple conceive two children is liable for child support under a state appellate court ruling that a legal expert believes might be the first of its kind in the U.S. A Superior Court panel last week ordered a Dauphin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 8, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

FOX News -- Police arrested a man accused of attempting to sell two children, ages 1 and 5, over the Internet for sex. Jason Todd Burns, 25, told investigators he had a conversation in an Internet chat room and promised to procure the children for a New York man f.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 4, 2007 @ 10:24pm neoform

FOX News -- The husband of a day care operator has been charged with sexually abusing two children who attended the center and may have molested as many as 40 children over the past 30 years, police said Tuesday. William Huck Sr. of rural Ste. Genevieve has been c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 22, 2007 @ 4:26pm neoform

BBC News -- A US federal judge has overturned a law designed to protect children from viewing internet pornography, saying it violated the right of free speech. The law made it illegal for websites to provide children access to "harmful" material, but it was never.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 10:19pm neoform

FOX News -- A couple and their three teenage children held a woman captive for six months, referring to her as their "slave" as they beat her, forced her to do chores and threatened her life and the lives of her relatives, police said Wednesday. All five members o.. Read More