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A woman was beaten up and shot dead by her father for talking online with a man she met on the website Facebook.

The case was… Continue reading

The police force headed by the “Mad Mullah of the Traffic Taliban” which has been accused of waging a “vendetta” against drivers has a new weapon - a speed camera hidden in a… Continue reading

Yo-yo dieter Janet Jackson has clearly gained some newfound discipline, as the singer revealed her tiny, waspish waist at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles on the weekend.The 41-year-old singer, has fought the… Continue reading

The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is investigating a possible link between Merck’s best-selling Singulair and suicide.

FDA said it is reviewing a handful of reports involving mood changes, suicidal behavior and… Continue reading



A top police investigator said he wishes the case of a missing pregnant teenager and her cousin could have been solved more quickly.

John Cusack was on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher and spoke about his upcoming film, War. Inc., which according to Cusack focuses on the military-industrial complex.The film, says… Continue reading

President Robert Mugabe has suffered a crushing defeat in Zimbabwe’s election, taking only about 30 per cent of the vote, the opposition claimed today.But only the results of 38 seats in the parliamentary elections… Continue reading

“They make a desolation and call it peace.” -Tacitus

Was Alan Greenspan really as dumb as he looks in creating the late housing bubble that threatens to bring the entire Western debt-based economy crashing… Continue reading

The professional organization for engineers who build the nation’s roads, dams and bridges has been accused by fellow engineers of covering up catastrophic design flaws while investigating national disasters.After the 2001 attack… Continue reading

Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that… Continue reading

An Illinois man is charged with murder for the deaths of two cousins who went missing in November 2005.

According to Illinois State Police, warrants were issued Friday against Kevin J. Reid, 51, of… Continue reading

 

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Kevin J. Reid

An Illinois man is charged with murder for the deaths of two cousins who went missing in November 2005.

According to Illinois State… Continue reading

Kevin Reid, 51

Charges have been filed in connection with the 2005 disappearance of two cousins.

According to a Madison County official, the charges were filed on… Continue reading

Youngsters are to be given a stronger warning on the dangers of cannabis following a U-turn in the Home Office.It is to scrap guidance that cannabis should be avoided by those who already… Continue reading

Child receiving medicine. Cough syrup A small child receives cough medicine - but the treatments contain ingredients that could be fatal in high doses (picture posed by model)

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Police today smashed gangs dealing in class A drugs and stolen goods in a series of ‘unprecedented’ swoops.In one of the Met’s biggest operations, more than 1,100 officers stormed 40 addresses and 19… Continue reading

Employees at a growing number of businesses are starting and ending their days by pressing a hand or finger to a scanner that logs the precise time of their arrival and departure—information that… Continue reading

A pregnant woman and her four year old cousin who disappeared in missing in 2005 are found dead. Illinois State Police tentatively identified remains discovered behind a home in State Park as Anquiaette Parker… Continue reading

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Skeletal remains found in a cistern have been tentatively identified as those of a pregnant teenager and her 4-year-old cousin missing for more than two years, Illinois State Police… Continue reading

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is spending $22 million dollars per year on a terror training program within a real town in New Mexico where helicopters buzz overhead in the middle of the night, mock… Continue reading

Soaring levels of debt among those in their late 50s and early 60s means many will have to keep on working long after their retirement age.On average, they owe at least four times as… Continue reading

‘Commercial beehives pollinate over a third of [North}America’s crops and that web of nourishment encompasses everything from fruits like peaches, apples, cherries, strawberries and more, to nuts like California almonds, 90 percent of… Continue reading

A jury on Wednesday sentenced a young father to 25 years in prison for severely burning his infant daughter when he put her in a microwave and turned it on for up… Continue reading

War with the U.S. government was at the heart of a terrorist plot to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices, a prosecutor said… Continue reading

Illinois State Police may have found the remains of a missing pregnant East St. Louis woman and her four-year-old cousin, family members said police told them Wednesday.Relatives of Anquiaette Parker, then 19, who disappeared in… Continue reading

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After nearly 2 and ½ years, there appeared to be a break in the case of an Illinois woman who disappeared along with the little boy she was babysitting.

International visitors flying into New York now face being identified by all ten fingerprints, part of a heightened security system aimed at identifying potential terror suspects and visa fraud, officials said on Tuesday.The upgraded… Continue reading