A longtime sex offender was sentenced to death Wednesday for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a 9-year-old northern Idaho boy after federal jurors who watched video of some of the brutality deliberated just three hours.
An Alton family was hoping for a simple cable TV upgrade in June, but the man who showed up with the cable box, wearing a Charter Communications ID badge, turned out to be a thief.
An ABC News producer covering the Democratic convention was pushed into traffic by a sheriff's deputy on Wednesday and then arrested, the network said.
One man appears determined to crash the party at the Playboy Mansion.
A nearly half-ton Texas woman charged in the death of her toddler nephew couldn't have beaten the boy to death because of her limited movement from weight problems, her attorney said Tuesday.
A 21-year-old woman is recovering after surviving five days in a North Carolina ravine that hid the wreckage of her pickup truck from searchers.
Local funeral homes say more families are moving away from the traditional funeral, opting instead for cremation.
A nearly fatal bite by a poisonous snake led to the arrest of a man Wednesday for keeping 51 deadly cobras and mambas in his Tokyo apartment without permission, police said.
Disappointed Neil Diamond fans are demanding a refund after attending a concert at Ohio State University in which the 67-year-old singer's voice sounded raspy.
A Texas grandmother has pleaded guilty after being accused of leaving her granddaughters in the car while she went into a Missouri casino to gamble.
Who is the "iPhone Girl"?
Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at his home. He was 47.
It is so revolting to witness the latest chapter in our Catholic Church involving criminal behavior by so-called holy priests. I'm outraged by the deceptive practices of former Belleville diocesan bishops who shielded sick pedophiles at the expense of the victims' well-being.
Barbie may have taken some of the sass out of her pouty-lipped rivals Yasmin, Jade, Cloe and Sasha with a $100 million verdict against Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment Inc., but no one's left the playground yet.
Firefighters were right on top of this blaze.
A Champaign County jury has found a 39-year-old man guilty of killing his estranged wife and burying her body in the woods.
Police found the Arkansas beauty queen dead in her off-campus apartment in December 2005, her head bludgeoned by a floor lamp, her neck slit by a knife.
A 13-year-old boy who admitted stabbing a teenage friend to death earlier this summer has received a 15-year sentence as part of a plea agreement.
There's something terribly wrong in Granite City. My hometown, a place of common, good, hard-working folk, is being preyed upon by, of all things, our city government. This realization came to me when my wife informed me that our driveway, which has changed little over the last decade, is now unacceptable to the city inspection squad. We had 15 days to fix it, or be dragged into court.
