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Asked his name during his first court appearance, alleged U.K. serial killer Stephen Griffiths replied that he is “the crossbow cannibal.” The response elicited gasps from the courtroom on Friday, according to reports. Griffiths was […] […]

SANTA CRUZ – Jurors found a teenager guilty of second-degree murder Thursday for fatally stabbing another teen during a party in a Beach Hill motel room in October 2008. Jonathan Cardenas, 18, will serve a […] […]

Three days ago, on the 31st anniversary of his son’s disappearance, Manhattan resident Stan Patz performed a twice-yearly ritual: He took an old missing child poster of his son, Etan, and mailed it to the […] […]

AFTER two botched operations to capture wanted Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the police have resorted to pleading with him to hand himself in. In a release to the media today, police named Coke […] […]

A Santa Clara man who is suspected of brutally beating, kidnapping and raping a young woman in her black Mercedes over the weekend was arrested by police. Lionel Blanks, 36, was taken into custody by […] […]

Miami police are investigating the drive-by shooting of two boys — ages 5 and 7 — at 1231 NW 58th Terr. The youths were transported to Ryder Trauma Center with injuries not considered to be […] […]

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Usain Bolt won a rarely contested 300-metre race in 30.97 seconds in rain at the Golden Spike today. Bolt, who holds the world records in the 100 and 200, was boosted […] […]

A CRIME rampage by a teenage girl from the Aurukun Aboriginal community on Cape York who was gang-raped as a 10-year-old was typical of severe post-traumatic stress, according to her pediatrician. The doctor told The […] […]

US prosecutors have charged a New York financial adviser with perpetrating a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme involving prominent figures from the legal, political and entertainment worlds. Kenneth Starr, chief executive officer of Starr Investment Advisors, was […] […]

VANCOUVER – Patrick Kelly, a former RCMP officer convicted of throwing his wife to her death from the 17th floor balcony of their Toronto highrise, has been given full parole. National Parole Board spokeswoman Debra […] […]