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New Body Points to Frisco Area Multiple Killer

Girlfriend found in the trunk of his car

(Newser) - Investigators believe the body of a man wrapped in plastic and found in a closet of his home was one of at least five victims of a San Francisco area killer shot dead by police. The elderly father of latest victim John Sayles, 35, was found dead with multiple puncture...

Newborn Found in Airplane Trash
Newborn Found in
Airplane Trash
Sep 13, 2010 2:05 AM CDT

Newborn Found in Airplane Trash

Mom gave birth in plane bathroom

(Newser) - A newborn baby is doing well after he was found in the trash aboard a Gulf Air flight from Bahrain to Manila. "After he was cleaned, he let out a soft cry," said an airport nurse who checked out the infant. "He was healthy, his vital signs...

Miffed Snooki: Judge's LiLo Dig 'Harsh'

'I don't drink and drive,' she pouts

(Newser) - Snooki, the self-described "Smurf" of reality TV, was stunned by a judge's harsh comments this week slamming her as a "Lindsay Lohan wannabe" as he sentenced the Jersey Shore star for disorderly conduct. The Jersey judge also called her "rude, profane, obnoxious, and self-indulgent." It "...

'US Fritzl' Charged in Daughter Rape

He faces 19 criminal counts for rape, domestic violence

(Newser) - America's own version of sadistic Josef Fritzl is locked up in Ohio facing charges for imprisoning one child and raping another, say law enforcement authorities. "They weren't like a traditional family," said an investigator after Jeffrey York's wife reported him to police. The wife and the couple's seven...

Mystery Duo Sought in Spy Murder

Code-breaker likely victim of professional hit, cops believe

(Newser) - Police are now seeking a mysterious "Mediterranean" couple who may be connected to the murdered British spy who was found naked and wrapped in a padlocked gym bag in an empty bathtub of his London home. Gareth Williams, 31, was likely the victim of a professional hit for reasons...

Kidnapped Girl: I Was Beaten 200 Times a Week

10-year-old forced to call her attacker 'my lord'

(Newser) - An Austrian girl kidnapped when she was 10 and kept in a basement dungeon in a Viennese suburb for 8 years is finally revealing her horrific ordeal of imprisonment and vicious beatings by the man she was forced to call "my lord." Natascha Kampusch's body was a mass...

Cops: 'How to Molest Kids' Manual Is Legal

But police still want to get their hands on author

(Newser) - A thick manual instructing attackers on how to molest children is legal, say Florida cops—but they'd still like to get their hands on the author of the 170-page book. "I've never seen anything like it. It was pretty amazing because of how detailed it is," an Orange...

Pipe Bomb-Like Item Triggers Miami Airport Shutdown

Luggage suspicious, bomb squad on scene

(Newser) - A 70-year-old American scientist is being questioned after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb around 9pm last night, triggering a shutdown of Miami International Airport. Four of six terminals and airport roadways were closed until 4am, AP reports.

Boy Hid as Parents Stabbed to Death

Horrifying details emerge from a triple murder in California

(Newser) - A sad new twist in the case of a California couple that was murdered last year: Warrants show their 9-year-old boy hid behind a couch during stabbing. The child apparently ran to get his mother's purse to appease the attacker, but hid in the living room after hearing his mother...

Dad in Custody Battle Kills 6

Gunman flees with kids, kills himself

(Newser) - An Arizona dad locked in a vicious custody battle with his former girlfriend over their two children burst into her new boyfriend's home and fatally shot the couple, along with three other friends who were celebrating the boyfriend's 24th birthday. After the shooting, Brian Diez grabbed his young kids and...

YouTube Mix a Way Out of 'Hood for Crime News Star

He fights off attacker, reveals way with words

(Newser) - Who knew an attempted rape could turn out so well? (Relax; the perv was pounced on.) Antoine Dodson, 24, became an instant hit after he fought off an attacker who climbed in his sister's bedroom in the Huntsville projects in Alabama. The over-the-top, exuberantly gay Dodson struck a chord...

Albino Girl Beheaded in Witchcraft Murder

Body parts believed to be magical

(Newser) - An 11-year-old girl has become the latest albino to be killed, ostensibly in a ritual murder. Banele Nxumalo was shot and beheaded in Swaziland by a man who grabbed her in front of friends as she washed clothes at a river. Police believe she was murdered because albino body parts...

Recovered $50M Van Gogh Actually ... Still Missing

'Poppy Flowers' was taken from museum in Egypt

(Newser) - Despite reports of a quick recovery , a $50 million Vincent van Gogh painting is still missing from Egypt's Mahmoud Khalil Museum. The minister of culture said police confiscated the artwork, known as Poppy Flowers or Vase With Flowers, at an airport in Cairo from an Italian couple just hours after...

Va. Fines Driver for Having Goat ... in Trunk
 Va. Fines Driver for 
 Having Goat ... in Trunk 
'BUT OFFICER...'
Aug 22, 2010 5:23 AM CDT

Va. Fines Driver for Having Goat ... in Trunk

Charged with animal cruelty, hit with $100 fine

(Newser) - Virginia cops running a DWI checkpoint really got one DC woman's goat—literally, reports the AP, the one they found hog-tied and panting in her trunk. Fiona Ann Enderby has been convicted of animal cruelty and fined $100 after she told police she bought the goat from a farmer to...

Man Admits to Stealing Sally Ride's Flight Suit

Ex-wife snitched on sticky-fingered Texas man

(Newser) - File this under strange, but true: A Texas man pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing the flight suit worn by Sally Ride as she trained to be the first US woman in outer space. Calvin Dale Smith of Houston stole the suit and other NASA equipment while he was working for...

Homeless Man Lived in Library for 2 Weeks

Man, 26, helped himself to books, food

(Newser) - A homeless man lived unnoticed in the basement of a New Jersey library for nearly two weeks. Police said a custodian saw Charles Jones Jr. peeking out a basement window of the Ocean Township library on Friday night. They discovered several books in the basement and found the 26-year-old had...

Dead Babies From 1930s Found in LA Cellar

Two newborns found wrapped in newspapers, inside trunks

(Newser) - The bodies of two infants hidden more than 70 years ago were discovered in an LA basement near MacArthur Park. The infants were newborns, found at the bottom of steamer trunks and wrapped in newspapers from the 1930s. "We got all excited because the first thing we found was...

Gold-Painted Flasher Tries to Steal Soda Truck

Man exposes his genitals, butt in Oklahoma City Chili's

(Newser) - It's not every day that a flasher covered in gold paint tries to steal a soda truck from a Chili's parking lot. But that's what happened this weekend in Oklahoma City, where convicted felon Dominick Christian Thayer walked into a Chili's wearing nothing but shorts ... that revealed his genitals and...

Crime Trend: Secret Pocket Undies

'Stashitwear' shocks New York police

(Newser) - Need a place to stash your wallet, keys, cell phone...or perhaps some illegal drugs? Try " Stashitwear ," the underwear with secret pockets for all your valuables. The handy idea is perhaps a bit too handy for drug dealers, who apparently use Stashitwear and similar products to hide drugs...

Thieves Flash Breasts to Pull ATM Job

Female crooks make boob out of customer

(Newser) - A couple of French female desperados flashed their breasts at a customer withdrawing funds from an ATM to distract him while they ripped him off. As his eyes were particularly drawn to one woman's chest, the other grabbed his money and ran (with her shirt down). The heist was captured...

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