Month: April 2010

William Upton [right] claimed he punched the victim in self-defence A teenager who boasted of punching a man in a fight who later died will receive a substantial custodial sentence, according to his trial judge. […] […]

Actress Heather Locklear was ticketed for a misdemeanor hit-and-run crash outside her California home Los Angeles, California — Actress Heather Locklear allegedly crashed her car into a street sign near her home last weekend and […] […]

Monica Beresford-Redman’s mother flew to Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday on a mission to retrieve her daughter’s body. Cancun, Mexcio — Monica Beresford-Redman’s mother met with a prosecutor in Cancun, Mexico, for several hours Tuesday night concerning […] […]

Baghdad, Iraq — An Iraqi who accused sailors of assaulting him while in detention testified Wednesday he was handcuffed, blindfolded and struck, a painful ordeal that ended after he pleaded for the beating to stop. […] […]

The Coast Guard will resume aerial search at first light Thursday for 11 people missing after a “catastrophic” explosion aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Though the aerial search was called off […] […]