(CNN) — Jessica Heeringa, 25, was due to close the Michigan gas station where she was working alone as a cashier at 11:30 p.m. Friday. But at 11:15, police got a 911 call that the station was unmanned. When police responded, Heeringa was gone. “Something very bad happened,” the police chief of Norton Shores, a [...]
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Rome (CNN) — American Amanda Knox vowed Tuesday to fight with her head “held high” to prove her innocence after Italian Supreme Court judges ruled Tuesday she should stand trial again for the death of her former roommate in Italy. Knox spent four years in prison before an appellate court overturned her murder conviction, citing [...]

Rome (CNN) — Italian Supreme Court judges have heard the arguments, now they must decide whether to order American Amanda Knox to stand trial for a second time in the death of her former roommate.The judges concluded a hearing into the question early Monday afternoon, and were expected to announce their decision within hours. Knox [...]
A Rothville, Mo., woman, who had been reported missing along with her young daughter, allegedly faked her abduction, according to the county sheriff. Rachel Koechner, 28, and her 4-year-old daughter, Zoee Sandner, were reported missing last Thursday night by Koechner’s mother and boyfriend after the boyfriend received a text that read “help me.” They had [...]
Mar 19 2013 | Posted in
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(CNN) — Zahra Baker had been an international symbol of strength and hope: A freckle-faced girl who lost part of her left leg at age 5 and her hearing while being treated for cancer, she kept smiling and fighting through it all. Yet Zahra’s life ended violently in fall 2010. That’s when her stepmother, Elisa [...]

Years of jostling among television networks for the first on-camera interview of Amanda Knox ended on Monday when ABC said it had won. Diane Sawyer, the anchor of ABC’s “World News,” will conduct the interview of Ms. Knox, which will be televised in prime time on April 30, the network said. A book by Ms. [...]

Joran van der Sloot is preparing to get married, writes Dutch news outlet Volkskrant. The wedding would be set to take place perhaps in February, but the event might be also postponed. The “happy” news has just been revealed by Joran’s 23-year-old Peruvian fiancee Leidy. The twosome have been in a relationship of two years. [...]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Governor urges patience: “a virtue … in dealing with this situation” Authorities confirm the identity of the suspect — 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes The suspected gunman and the bus driver knew each other, a neighbor says The alleged gunman is holed up in an underground bunker with a 5-year-old Midland City, Alabama [...]

Washington (CNN) – It’s all tied up, according to a new national poll released two days before the presidential election. And the CNN/ORC International survey not only indicates a dead heat in the race for the White House, but also on almost every major indicator of President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney that [...]

PHOENIX (CBS5) – A Superior Court judge said the mother of a missing 8-month-old boy will remain in jail until her sentencing Dec. 7 and could face more jail time than the nearly three years she has already been in custody. Judge Joseph Kreamer said during a status hearing Thursday morning that Elizabeth Johnson’s three [...]

SANFORD – Jose Baez, Casey Anthony’s defense attorney, this week wrote a short snippy letter to the judge in the George Zimmerman case, accusing prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda of getting his facts wrong in court Friday when he said Baez had been held in contempt of court during the Anthony trial. Baez was fined [...]

CNN) — Tens of millions of people were hunkered down Monday, bracing for howling winds, torrential downpours and storm surges that authorities warned could bring devastation unlike anything they’ve seen. Hurricane Sandy could affect as many as 60 million people. “This is the most catastrophic event that we have faced and been able to plan [...]

WESTMINSTER, CO – An arrest has been made in the murder of 10-year-old Colorado girl Jessica Ridgeway. The Westminster Police Department identified 17-year-old Austin Reed Sigg as a suspect in the murder case. WPD said law enforcement received a call that led them to a home near the Ketner Lake Open Space Tuesday evening. Police [...]

Two teenage brothers have been charged with first degree murder in the death of 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale. Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton (Dino Flammia, Townsquare Media NJ) Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said the brothers, age 15 and 17, face a number of charges including conspiracy, theft and tampering with evidence. Autumn Pasquale was strangled [...]

PHOENIX (CBS5) – The mother of baby Gabriel just found out she’s not guilty of kidnapping her son. Her reaction in court was very telling, especially to one body language expert. On Thursday, Johnson sat in court and learned her fate; the jury found her guilty of the unlawful imprisonment and custodial interference charges but [...]