Baghdad blasts kill 17, shatter relative calm

A spate of bombings in Baghdad on Thursday killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens more, shattering a relative calm with deadliest violence in the capital in weeks.

Roadside bombs and explosives-packed cars detonated across a half-dozen neighbourhoods in the north, south and west of Baghdad, underlining persistent security concerns even as international energy companies met in the centre of the capital to bid on nationwide oil and gas exploration blocks.

Overall, 17 people were killed and at least 57 wounded in the attacks, an interior ministry official and two medical sources said. Three others died in shootings in northern Iraq.



http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/baghdad-blasts-kill-17-shatter-relative-calm-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=22088&NewsCatID=352

'Serpent-Handling' West Virginia Pastor Dies From Snake Bite

A "serpent-handling" West Virginia pastor died after his rattlesnake bit him during a church ritual, just as the man had apparently watched a snake kill his father years before.

Pentecostal pastor Mark Wolford, 44, hosted an outdoor service at the Panther Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia Sunday, which he touted on his Facebook page prior to the event.

"I am looking for a great time this Sunday," Wolford wrote May 22, according to the Washington Post. "It is going to be a homecoming like the old days. Good 'ole raised in the holler or mountain ridge running, Holy Ghost-filled speaking-in-tongues sign believers."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/serpent-handling-west-virginia-pastor-dies-snake-bite/story?id=16459455

No help for neighbours of noisy masturbator

Irate neighbours upset by the high-volume moans of a noisy masturbator in southern Sweden won't get any help from local public authorities to help rub out the problem.

The screaming orgasms that came when the man pleasured himself really rubbed his neighbours the wrong way, prompting them to file a complaint against the man last August.

"He moans louder than an animal... I can feel how it affects my state of mind," one neighbour wrote in the complaint.

http://www.thelocal.se/41172/20120531/

Wooden plane crashes, burns, kills four

A 47-year-old man and his two teenage children were killed along with the pilot just minutes into a pleasure flight in a wooden plane which crashed into a forest and burst into flames in western Germany.

The pilot, a 73-year-old man, had just taken off from the airstrip in Rheinstetten, Baden-Württemberg on Wednesday when he seemed to lose control of the plane and crashed. It caught fire, killing everyone onboard.

http://www.thelocal.de/national/20120531-42865.html

Jail for dad who killed daughters in car fireball

A man who murdered his two young daughters by drugging them, strapping them into his car and then setting it on fire after a custody battle with his former wife was jailed for life in Germany on Thursday.

The 41-year-old Danish man, identified only as Peter R., had taken his daughters, aged nine and ten, on holiday to Germany in August 2011, when the judge Frank Tiemann said “resentment and jealousy” towards his ex-wife drove him to kill them both.

He stopped his car in the woods in Brandenburg, sedated the children with sleeping pills, strapped them into the back seat and doused the car in petrol before setting it alight, Potsdam district court heard.

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120531-42877.html

Greek pensioner found hanging from tree in Athens over 'unpayable debts'

The 61-year-old electrician and father of two, identified only by the name Alexandros, had owed money to banks and the tax office that he was unable to repay, according to police.

Greece, which used to have one of the lowest suicide rates in the world, has seen a surge of people taking their own lives since it was plunged into the euro zone's worst economic crisis.

Experts say the suicide rate probably doubled last year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/9301782/Greek-pensioner-found-hanging-from-tree-in-Athens-over-unpayable-debts.html

Woman attempts suicide after allegedly killing 5-year-old son

KANAGAWA — Police said Wednesday that a woman apparently attempted suicide after she allegedly killed her 5-year-old son at their home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Police said they received an emergency call at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday from a man who had discovered a boy’s body and the boy’s mother bleeding, TBS said.

According to police, the man found that the front door was locked. After letting himself in, he found his female acquaintance lying unconscious on the floor bleeding from her left wrist and abdomen.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/woman-attempts-suicide-after-allegedly-killing-5-year-old-son

80-yr-old man held after keeping wife's body in freezer for 10 years

TOKYO — An 80-year-old man was being questioned in Japan on Wednesday on suspicion of strangling his wife and keeping her body in the freezer for up to 10 years, police and media reports said.

Masaichi Yamada, who runs a fish-processing company, was arrested in the northern port of Kushiro early Tuesday when the frozen corpse—still fully clothed—was uncovered.

“The suspect maliciously strangled the victim with a string-like object at their home and abandoned her body in the freezer at his working place,” a spokesman for police in Hokkaido told AFP by telephone.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/dead-japan-woman-kept-in-freezer-up-to-10-years

Maid dies after being pinned under church lift

A Filipino maid who died after a lift in a church came crashing down on her was given a send-off - in that very church on Monday.

Ms Clarita Abanes, 46, was seriously hurt in the freak accident at the Catholic Church of St Michael off Serangoon Road, and had been in a coma. She died last Thursday.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_804368.html

Teenager and 'secret' girlfriend both drowned after he tried to vault canal lock to impress her

A teenager and his ‘secret’ girlfriend drowned after he tried to vault a canal lock to impress her, and she tried in vain to save him, an inquest heard today.

Fayz Uddin, 18, and Sara Rylance, 17, were both found floating face down and just meters apart after a friend who was with them during the evening tryst raised the alarm.

The court heard Miss Rylance shouted: ‘I love you’ to her boyfriend as he struggled to keep his head above water in the 20ft-deep lock.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152314/Teenager-secret-girlfriend-drowned-tried-vault-canal-lock-impress-her.html

Man who murdered his daughters in shocking Muslim 'honour killing' is working as a New York City cab driver

One of America's most wanted fugitives accused of murdering his two daughters because they were dating non-Muslim boys is believed to be working as a cab driver in New York City.

Egyptian-born Yaser Said fled his home in 2008 after allegedly shooting daughters Aminia, 18, and Sarah, 17, in an horrific 'honour killing' on New Year's Day.

He is now one of the FBI's most wanted criminals.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152369/Yaser-Said-Man-murdered-daughters-shocking-Muslim-honour-killing-working-New-York-City-cab-driver.html

Rapping Brooklyn burglars caught after police friended them on Facebook... and they posted about their crimes

Fucking morons...

We know who got the last LOL.

A group of rapping, thieving thugs who terrorized New York City were caught after posting the details of their exploits on Facebook... and mistakenly friending a police officer.

The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office announced a 102-count indictment against 14 members of the Crown Heights gang called the Brower Boys.

'These Brower Bums terrorized their neighborhood for one long year, but now their cycle of crime is over,' said Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152484/Rapping-Brooklyn-burglars-caught-police-friended-Facebook--posted-crimes.html

Violent moose stomps girl, 6, as she played outside her home

A six-year-old girl was stomped by a moose prompting wildlife officials to issue a warning about the dangers of the aggressive animal.

Chloe Metzger suffered a broken clavicle and injuries to her back after the moose attacked her on Monday in her back yard in Eagle River, Alaska, a municipality of Anchorage, it has been revealed.

Alaska wildlife biologists are warning about the dangers of moose calving season after several people were injured in the past week by protective cows.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152533/Aggressive-Alaska-moose-Residents-warned-violent-moose-stomps-girl-6.html

Horror as daughter sees her father, 65, killed when he crashed homemade plane but she survives in wreckage

A 65-year-old Colorado man was killed and his daughter seriously injured after the home built plane they were flying crashed into a field.

Richard M. Tackabury, from Wiggins in Morgan County, was taking his twin-engine Air Cam experimental kit plane for its third flight with daughter Laura Jean Tackabury, 42, on Monday, according to 9News.

But the pilot appeared to lose control of the aircraft when he attempted a landing at Fort Morgan airport and it crashed into a grass runway.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152436/Rick-Tackabury-Father-65-killed-instantly-HOMEMADE-kit-airplane-crashes-adult-daughter-survives.html

Boy, 12, driven to suicide by cruel schoolyard bullies who tormented him over the death of his father

A schoolboy has been driven to suicide by bullies who taunted him mercilessly about the death of his father, it emerged today.

Joel Morales, 12, was found by his mother hanging in the bathroom of their apartment in East Harlem, New York, on Tuesday.

Today, neighbours told how Lizbeth Babilonia let out a 'blood-curdling scream' as she cut down her son's body with a knife before plunging the blade into herself.

Relatives said the boy was teased for being short and brainy but the final tipping point were taunts about his dead father.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152561/Boy-12-driven-suicide-cruel-schoolyard-bullies-tormented-death-father.html

Gunman murders five in university district before shooting himself dead after dramatic manhunt

An unhinged man described by his family as 'angry towards everything' went on a shooting spree in Seattle yesterday killing five people and critically injuring one before turning the gun on himself.

Ian Stawicki, 40, entered the Cafe Racer Espresso in the University District of the city around 11am and opened fire, shooting five people.

Four of those shot at the cafe died while the fifth fatality was a married mother-of-two gunned down near Town Hall some five miles away.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152466/Seattle-shootings-Gunman-Lee-Stawicki-murders-5-university-district-kills-himself.html

Mother's heartbreak after 'beautiful' son, 24, kills himself after years suffering from disorder that made him obsess about his appearance

When he was alive, Nathaniel Asselin possessed a brilliant mind and a great natural sweetness that people were drawn to.

But behind this kind, caring 24-year-old lay a secret and a day-to-day battle he fought since he was in fifth grade - Nathaniel had body dysmorphic disorder, a mental illness which causes sufferers to obsess and worry about a flaw in their appearance, one that may not even exist.

On 15 April, 2011, Nathaniel, from Pennsylvania, committed suicide because he could not go on living another day like the one before - the only thing he knew since he was 11-years-old.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152345/Body-dysmorphic-disorder-Judy-Asselin-tells-heartbreak-son-Nathaniel-24-killed-himself.html

Professor ‘cut off his wife’s lips and ate them because he believed she had insulted his honour by having affair’

A former associate professor at Sweden's prestigious Karolinska medical institute is being held in police custody for cutting off his wife's lips with a knife and then eating them in Stockholm.

According to Sweden's Aftonbladet newspaper, the man flew into a jealous rage over suspicions that his much younger wife had been having an affair.

The man, who is 52, admitted to cutting off his wife's lips in a closed court hearing, the paper reported, saying it was retaliation.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152606/Swedish-professor-cut-wifes-lips-ate-affair.html

Superhero impersonator died wrapped in three rolls of cling film and nylon sheet when bizarre sex game went wrong

A superhero impersonator died after wrapping himself in three rolls of cling film and a red nylon sheet in a bizarre solo sex game which went wrong, an inquest heard.

James Lockless, 50, was discovered dead in his flat when police officers broke the door down after his friends and neighbours realised he was missing.

The officers found him dead in a dark room near three rolls of cling film and a weight-lifting bench in the property in Carshalton, Surrey.

Police officers initially thought the karate teacher and impersonator of the Marvel Comics character Wolverine may have been murdered.

When other officers arrived and cut the sheet off the body, they found cling film wrapped tightly around various parts of his body including his neck and ankles.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152614/Wolverine-impersonator-died-wrapped-rolls-cling-film-nylon-sheet-bizarre-sex-game-went-wrong.html

Porn actor 'who mailed body parts' to Canadian government filmed himself beheading victim... before posting horrific footage online titled 1 Lunatic 1 Pickaxe'

A low-budget porn actor suspected of sending dismembered body party to offices across Canada allegedly filmed himself hacking his victim's body up with an ice-pick and then posted the sickening video online.

Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, is the subject of a massive manhunt after a man's maggot-ridden torso was found in a locked suitcase by his Montreal apartment block.

The sickening 'snuff video' footage, called '1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick' and uploaded last week, shows a naked male tied to a bed frame being attacked with both an ice pick and a kitchen knife.

The Best Gore website says the film, which is unclear where or when it was filmed, then shows the victim being stabbed and having his throat slashed to the soundtrack of True Faith by New Order.

He is later decapitated, dismembered and sexually assaulted. It is believed he was already dead when the camera started rolling.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152600/Porn-actor-hacked-victim-mailed-body-parts-offices-filmed-crime-posted-gruesome-footage-online.html

Church warden found dead in bath by vicar after killing himself with overdose of Viagra-style pills

A church warden found dead in a bath by the vicar of the church where he volunteered had killed himself by taking a 'massive' sex drug overdose, an inquest heard.

Dr Martin Rowe, 47, was found fully clothed in the bath by a concerned vicar who had gone to check on him after after he missed a Sunday service.

Pathologist Sanjay Jogai, who carried out the post mortem, said Dr Rowe had died from a 'massive' dose of an Viagra-style erectile dysfunction drug.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152665/Church-warden-dead-bath-vicar-overdose-Viagra-style-pills.html

Wannabe serial killer attacked men 'for kicks'

Berlin police say they have caught a wannabe serial killer who drugged and robbed men for kicks – leaving one strangled to death in the sex-room of a gay bar.

http://www.thelocal.de/national/20120530-42827.html

Family found dead in ditch

CALGARY — Police say a couple from Airdrie and their two-year-old son were found dead in a ditch along a Saskatchewan rural road in an apparent murder-suicide.

And Mounties in Alberta admit there had been warning signs prior to the tragedy, being called to the family’s home in Airdrie, a community just north of Calgary, in April after a 911 call indicating other family members were concerned.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/30/family-found-dead-in-ditch

Eastwood's Daughter Gets Death Threats for Burning $100K Handbag

Who, in their right frame of mind, buys a fucking handbag worth 100,000 dollars?! The sheer stupidity of this article goes way beyond the thinking mind. It leaves me... I mean, seriously, a handbag?! Time for Eastwood to dust off his .45 Magnum. Cause anyone who buys this piece of shit deserves to be shot on sight.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Actor Clint Eastwood's daughter Francesca is receiving death threats after a controversial stunt where she burned a $100,000 Hermes handbag.

The budding model did it as part of a photo shoot organized by her boyfriend, photographer Tyler Shields.

The photos feature a red, crocodile Birkin bag slashed with a chainsaw and then set on fire.

Burning the hard-to-get bag has sparked outrage from fashionistas who revere the hand-crafted bags as works of art.

Eastwood has also been attacked on Facebook and Twitter for wasting $100,000 in such a bad economy.

The Birkin bag one of the most sought-after handbags in the world, and customers are often required to go on very long waiting lists for a chance to buy one.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-birkin-bag-burned,0,3459839.story

Pa. man dead after being tied to a tree, left in heat

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. - May 30, 2012 (WPVI) -- State Police in eastern Pennsylvania say two men have been charged in the death of another man allegedly left tied to a tree for almost a day.

Troopers in Schuylkill County allege that the two said they led 26-year-old Bryan Smith of Orwigsburg into the woods Monday, had him sit with his back to a tree, tied his arms around it and gagged him.

Police allege they left Smith there for about 20 hours in hot and humid weather and later found him dead. 48-year-old Keith Reber and 25-year-old Daniel Dull were charged with criminal homicide, kidnapping, assault, conspiracy and other counts.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8681484

Body of teenager, 18, discovered near playing field sparks four arrests in murder hunt

A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a teenage boy was discovered near an east London playing field.

Police believe the 18-year old died after a fight. Four men and a woman have been arrested.

Officers were called shortly before 11pm last night to Broadmead Fields in Woodford, east London, where they found the body.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151700/Body-teenager-18-discovered-near-playing-field-sparks-arrests-murder-hunt.html

Man 'bit lips off kitten and strangled another to death because he was depressed at losing his girlfriend'

A Florida man has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly biting the lips off a kitten and strangling another to death.

Angel Vega Roman, 28, reportedly confessed that he had maimed the cats, which belonged to his roommates, because he was depressed at losing his girlfriend.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152050/Man-bit-lips-kitten-strangled-death-depressed-losing-girlfriend.html

Horrific final moments family slaughtered by crazed Neo-Nazi: Girlfriend, her daughter and grandchild all shot in head

All four people killed by a former neo-Nazi before he turned the gun on himself this month in a quiet Phoenix suburb were shot in the head, according to a police report that paints the clearest picture yet of the gruesome crime scene.

Various Gilbert police officers and detectives wrote about what they saw at the home where they believe Jason Todd 'JT' Ready, 39, shot and killed his girlfriend and three others, including a toddler, before killing himself May 2 in a domestic dispute.

Ready was the leader of the U.S. Border Guard, a group of armed civilians that patrols Arizona's desert for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152059/Neo-nazi-shot-girlfriend-kids-head.html

Boy, 15, died after ‘surfing’ on the back bumper of van driven by his brother

A motocross-loving teenager died when he smashed his head on a kerb after falling from the back of a van he was trying to ‘surf’.

Scott Blackburn, 15, suffered fatal injuries when he lost his grip as he clung on to the back doors of a Renault Trafic being driven by his older brother Damien outside the family home in Doncaster, Yorkshire, an inquest heard.

The accident happened when Damien, 18, was trying to park the vehicle and Scott jumped on to the back bumper. He stood spread-eagled and held on to the top of the rear doors.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152055/Boy-15-died-surfing-bumper-van-driven-brother.html

Two feral MOTHERS who brutally beat, robbed and stripped autistic teenage girl are jailed for five years

Two young mothers who locked a teenage autistic girl in a room before they brutally beat, robbed and stripped her, have been jailed for five years.

The sadistic attack happened in St Austell, Cornwall, echoed the killing of vulnerable 39-year-old Steven Hoskin who was drugged and tortured before a gang forced him onto a viaduct in the same town where he was pushed to his death six years ago.

After the attack the tormentors unlocked the door and freed their victim, who was dressed just in her underwear, into a cold and wet November night in 2010.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151744/Two-feral-mothers-brutally-beat-autistic-teen-girl-jailed-years.html

Homeless man whose face was eaten by the Miami cannibal in horrific attack as photos of his injuries emerge

Shocking new video footage was released today of the Miami cannibal eating the face off a homeless man during the gruesome and brutal 18-minute attack while a number of passers-by did nothing to stop it.

In the harrowing attack which has shocked America, Rudy Eugene, 31, originally from Haiti, chewed lumps of flesh from the face of homeless man Ronald Poppo.

The new footage was released hours after the first picture emerged of the victim - as well as stomach-churning images of his horrific injuries.

Eugene was eventually shot and killed by a Miami police officer after he refused to stop eating his victim on the MacArthur Causeway on Saturday afternoon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151886/Rudy-Eugene-Miami-cannibals-victim-Ronald-Poppo-pictured-vicious-attack.html

Experts warn of deadly insect-borne disease that can cause victims' hearts to explode

A little-known life-threatening illness caused by blood sucking insects has been labelled the ‘new AIDS of the Americas’ by experts.

The parasitic illness called Chagas Disease has similarities to the early spread of HIV, according to a new study.

Similar to AIDS, Chagas is difficult to detect and it can take years for symptoms to emerge, according to experts writing in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2151815/Chagas-disease-New-AIDS-Americas-cause-victims-hearts-explode.html

Bangladeshi journalists in terrifying machete attack

Nine journalists were wounded when a gang of men wielding machetes stormed Bangladesh's best-known online media outlet and began slashing staff, police and witnesses said Tuesday.

At least 15 attackers burst into the offices of bdnews24.com late on Monday in northern Dhaka, leaving three people seriously wounded and prompting fresh protests about violence against the media in the deeply impoverished country.

http://news.yahoo.com/bangladeshi-journalists-terrifying-machete-attack-141720595.html

3,000 'witches' lynched in Tanzania in six years

Some 3,000 people suspected of witchcraft, mainly old women, were lynched in Tanzania from 2005 to 2011, a leading local rights group said Tuesday.

"Between 2005 and 2011 around 3,000 people were lynched by frightened neighbours who thought they were witches," the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) said in a report.

"On average 500 people... particularly old women with red eyes, are killed every year in Tanzania because they are suspected of being witches," the report said.

http://news.yahoo.com/3-000-witches-lynched-tanzania-six-years-135608781.html

Churchgoers pelted with stones

Local newspaper Midi Libre reported that around four young men burst into the Saint Joseph church on Saturday evening and started throwing the stones.

There were around 150 people in the church at the time. The newspaper said the youths were of "north African descent."

http://www.thelocal.fr/3403/20120529/

16-year-old Girl Killed at Birthday Celebration

FONTANA, Calif. (KTLA) -- Two unidentified men shot and killed a girl Saturday night while she celebrated her 16th birthday at a Fontana park, police said.

The girl, Ashley Caldera, of Fontana, and a group of her friends were at Northgate Park in the 7800 block of Celeste Avenue when the men opened fire about 11 p.m.

Police said the shooters -- who have not been arrested -- did not know the group or the girl, police said.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-fontana-16yo-girl-killed-at-park,0,4263656.story

6-year-old Girl Drowns in Pool During Block Party

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (KTLA) -- A family in La Canada Flintridge is grieving the loss of their 6-year-old daughter, who drowned in their pool during a Memorial Day block party.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-la-canada-flintridge-drowning,0,2905901.story

Woodlands man kills wife, self with kids nearby, police say

A veterinarian was shot and killed by her estranged husband, before he turned the gun on himself Monday afternoon at the family's home in The Woodlands, authorities said.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Woodlands-man-kills-wife-self-with-kids-nearby-3591113.php

Four out of 10 Dutch priests want an end to celibacy laws

Some 40% of Dutch Catholic priests want to be rid of the celibacy rules, according to an anonymous survey of 135 priests by tv programme Altijd Wat.

The survey shows that 39% think celibacy should be retained, with 21% taking a neutral stance.

Of the priests who want celibacy abandoned, 22% think it leads to sexual abuse. Just 10% of all priests questioned support this view.

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/priests_equally_divided_on_cel.php

Horse Euthanized After Sledgehammer Attack

PORTERVILLE, Calif. -- Authorities in Tulare County have arrested two men on suspicion of beating a horse with a sledgehammer.

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Deputies found a white horse tied down to a flatbed trailer in the driveway of a home. It was suffering from head trauma, but was still alive.

Sheriff's officials say Animal Control was contacted, and the horse was euthanized.

http://www.10news.com/news/31122235/detail.html?source=kgtv

Suicide Bullet Accidentally Injures 2nd Person

LOVELAND, Colo. -- Police say a Loveland man fatally shot himself and accidentally wounded a woman when the bullet traveled through a wall and struck her.

Police said Monday the woman's injury wasn't life-threatening. They say the man's death was ruled a suicide.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31123419/detail.html

2 Killed, 3 Hurt When Stolen SUV Crashes Near Pueblo

PUEBLO, Colo. -- Authorities say a stolen SUV carrying five teenagers crashed northwest of Pueblo, killing two and seriously injuring three.

Pueblo police notified the patrol shortly before 2 a.m. that the SUV was speeding northbound on the city's west side. The patrol says a trooper spotted the SUV and turned on his lights and siren, but the SUV didn't stop.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31123174/detail.html

25 people shot, one dead, across city

More than two dozen people were shot across the city between late Saturday afternoon and early Sunday morning.

One died and several others are in critical condition in shootings that left a total of 25 people injured, according to police. A 6-year-old girl was among the wounded.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-2-wounded-in-south-side-shooting-20120526,0,3445715.story

Elderly man found stabbed to death in Kyoto home

KYOTO — Police said Monday that a 70-year-old man was found stabbed at his apartment in Kyoto’s Sakyo Ward on the Sunday morning.

Police say 70-year-old Shigeo Matsumoto was found at about 9 a.m., having sustained multiple stab wounds to the back, TV Asahi reported.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/elderly-man-found-stabbed-to-death-in-kyoto-home

Teenager who 'stabbed and beat his ex-girlfriend, 17, to death and then set her house on fire' arrested

A teenager accused of stabbing and beating his ex-girlfriend to death and then setting her house on fire has been arrested.

Jarod Lane, 19, who was named as a person of interest in the murder of Jessica Scholl, 17, was arrested by officers in Oklahoma today.

Scholl was found dead in her Renton, Washington, home last Friday after a passer-by reported seeing smoke coming from the second floor of her two-story home just before 8 am.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151391/Jarod-Lane-Teenager-stabbed-beat-ex-girlfriend-17-death-set-house-arrested.html

Husband in minor crash got pneumonia after breathing in 'noxious' gases and powder when the bag burst

A husband involved in a minor car crash died months later after breathing in the ‘noxious’ contents of an airbag.

Ronald Smith’s wife June was relieved when he arrived home apparently uninjured following the six-car shunt, an inquest heard.

However he told her the airbag had been torn open by a shard of glass as it inflated and he had inhaled the gases it contained along with a large amount of white powder.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151150/Killed-fumes-airbag-Father-59-died-crash-glass-pierced-bag-releasing-noxious-chemicals.html

Man stabbed for walking through couple's photo

A man in the U.S. remains behind bars after police charged him in connection with a stabbing that occurred when the victim allegedly walked in front of him taking a photo.

Brian Terrell Strayhorne, 29, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is being held pending a hearing on a charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, police said.

Authorities say the 26-year-old victim was walking along Ocean Boulevard with his brother when he unknowingly walked in front of Strayhorne, who was taking a photograph.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151472/Man-stabbed-walking-couples-photo.html

Two men set themselves alight in Tibetan capital in latest protest over Chinese rule

One man was killed and another badly injured after they set themselves alight outside a temple in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Sunday, in the latest protest over Chinese rule.

More than 30 Tibetans have engulfed themselves in fiery protest in the last year, but it's the first time the tiny country's closely tightly guarded capital has been targeted.

Chinese authorities have identified the dead man as 19-year-old Tobgye Tseten and the other man as Dargye, while American sources claim the two men were both waiters at a nearby restaurant.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150762/Two-men-set-alight-Tibetan-capital-latest-protest-Chinese-rule.html

Family's anger at glamorous Facebook pictures posted by woman who stabbed boyfriend to death in row over lesbian affair

A woman locked up for stabbing her boyfriend to death has outraged her victim's family by posting a glamorous picture of herself on Facebook while on day release.

Samantha Brown has not yet served half of a five-year sentence behind bars for the manslaughter of 23-year-old Dean Darvill.

He bled to death after she stabbed him in the groin following a row when he accused her of having a lesbian affair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151517/Jailed-Samantha-Brown-posts-glamorous-Facebook-photo-day-release.html

Woman stalked by rogue kangaroo for TWO DAYS before vicious attack which left her with 12-inch scar

A hostile kangaroo launched a savage assault on a mother after spending two days stalking her - then attacked her husband as she recovered in hospital.

Kirrily McWilliams was left with a 12-inch scar following the brutal attack by the powerful grey kangaroo as she walked down her driveway.

It was the third time Mrs McWilliams had been confronted by the intimidating animal at her home near Port Macquarie, northern New South Wales, Australia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151552/Woman-stalked-rogue-kangaroo-TWO-DAYS-vicious-attack-left-12-inch-scar.html

Priest dies in church collapse while trying to rescue statue as second major earthquake to hit Italy in days kills at least 14 others

A priest was among at least 15 people killed today after the second earthquake to strike northern Italy within nine days caused his church to collapse and toppled scores of other buildings.

Father Ivo Martini died after he and a firefighter went inside his church in Rovereto di Novi, near Modena, to recover a statue following this morning's 5.8 magnitude tremor which hit at 9am.

He perished in a subsequent collapse during one of the four other aftershocks measuring above 4.0 that also hit the industrially important Emilia Romagna region during 90 terrifying minutes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151469/Italy-earthquake-2012-15-dead-5-8-quake-hits-region-7-died-week.html

U.S. woman, 40, dies after plunging from 60th floor of five-star Singapore hotel and landing on parapet of Starbucks

An American woman staying at a five-star Singapore hotel plunged 60 floors to her death, landing on a parapet above a Starbucks coffee outlet.

The 40-year-old's fall happened in the early hours of Sunday at Swissotel The Stamford. It is not clear how or why she fell but she suffered multiple blunt force trauma injuries, according to The Straits Times.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151542/U-S-woman-40-dies-plunging-60th-floor-star-Singapore-hotel-landing-parapet-Starbucks.html

27 wedding guests killed in Indian highway crash

At least 27 guests returning from a wedding died in India on Monday when a speeding van lost control and rammed into their stationary minibus on a highway outside Mumbai.

The bus was carrying guests home from a marriage in the suburbs of Mumbai when it was hit 50 miles (80 kilometres) from the city in the western state of Maharashtra, police said.

http://news.yahoo.com/27-wedding-guests-killed-indian-highway-crash-182215849.html

Swede plummets to death in balcony collapse

A man from Mariefred, central Sweden, has died after the balcony where he was standing with a friend gave way early on Sunday morning.

http://www.thelocal.se/41086/20120528/

German girl 'kept like an animal' for eight years

A German girl has been rescued by Bosnian police after allegedly being held captive by a couple for eight years during which she was forced to eat pig feed and pull a horse-cart.

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120527-42793.html

2 Children, Woman Killed in Crash in Willowbrook

WILLOWBROOK, Calif. (KTLA) -- Three people were killed, including two children, in a crash in Willowbrook Monday morning.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-willowbrook-crash,0,455625.story

Homeowner fatally shoots intruder in north Houston

A grand jury will consider the case of a homeowner who shot and killed an intruder in north Houston late Saturday night.

The shooting occurred about 11:45 p.m. after the power went out at a home in the 500 block of Reid.

One of the residents went outside to check the breaker box and was confronted by an armed man, said Houston Police Department spokeswoman Jodi Silva.

Meanwhile, the homeowner shot a second man who entered the house, Silva said. That man was taken to an area hospital, where he died of multiple gunshot wounds, she said.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Homeowner-fatally-shoots-intruder-in-north-Houston-3590363.php

Shopping Mall Fire In Doha, Qatar, Kills 19

(CNN) -- A fire erupted in a nursery in a shopping mall in Qatar's capital city, Doha, late Monday morning, killing 19 people, at least 13 of them children, a government official said.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31122203/detail.html

Man attempts suicide after apparently hanging disabled daughter in public restroom

KANAGAWA — Police said Monday that a man was found bleeding from his abdomen and his daughter hanged in a public restroom in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture.

According to police, the 54-year-old man, who has been named as Ikuro Kenmochi, was seriously injured and his disabled daughter, 9-year-old Saki, was dead when they were discovered in the restroom in Oba Castle Park shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, Fuji TV reported.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-attempts-suicide-after-apparently-hanging-disabled-daughter-in-public-restroom

Man fatally stabbed trying to break up fight

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) -- A man was fatally stabbed while attempting to break up a fight between a man and woman on a Bridgeport sidewalk Sunday morning.

The incident occurred around 2 a.m. at the intersection of Artic and Pembroke streets.

When police arrived they found 23-year-old Francisco Barbosa-Vega lying on the sidewalk suffering from an apparent stab wound to his upper torso.

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/man-fatally-stabbed-trying-to-break-up-fight

Murderer tried to feed victim to pigs, court told

In a recorded interview three days after the murder, Leary told police he hit Mr Harwood with a hammer up to 20 times, until he stopped moving.

The court heard that the next morning the 33-year-old and another man took the body to the other man's farm and tried to feed it to his pigs.

Both men were arrested the following day.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-28/murderer-tried-to-feed-victim-to-pigs-court-told/4037672

Girl. two, 'systematically tortured and raped by mother's boyfriend' before drowning in bathtub

A two-year-old girl who was found drowned in a bathtub was systematically tortured prior to her death, a court has heard.

Investigators believe Koralynn Fister was raped and suffered from prolonged abuse at the hands of her mother's boyfriend.

Details of the alleged abuse were revealed as James M. Reeder appeared in court accused of her death from drowning and blunt head trauma.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150712/Two-year-old-girl-systematically-tortured-raped-mothers-boyfriend-drowning-bathtub.html

Woman, 23, falls to death while climbing drainpipe outside boyfriend's flat when she got locked out

A young woman is believed to have fallen to her death when she climbed a drainpipe after getting locked out of her boyfriend's flat.

Lauren Howlett, 23, is understood to have fallen at the back of a block of flats in Middlesbrough, at around 3am on Saturday.

She suffered fatal head injuries and was pronounced dead in hospital. Police are treating Ms Howlett’s death as unexplained.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150985/Woman-23-falls-death-getting-locked-boyfriends-flat-climbing-drainpipe.html

Boy, eight, dies after father drags him from his classroom and shoots him in the head while his sister watched... because his mother wanted a divorce

A eight-year-old boy shot in the head by his dad after the boy's mother demanded a divorce has died in St Poelten, Austria, say police.

The terrified youngster was dragged from his primary school class on Friday by his deranged dad and blasted in the head with a 9mm handgun while his seven-year-old sister was forced to watch.

He was only saved from dying on the spot by a team of medics who were visiting the school to give a first aid lesson.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151050/Eight-year-old-loses-fight-life-father-shoots-head-school.html

Young girls kidnapped and forced to marry HIV-positive men... because sufferers believe VIRGINS are a cure for AIDs

Innocent young girls are being 'kidnapped' and forced to 'marry' older HIV-positive men because of the myth that having sex with a virgin will cure them of the disease.

An investigation into South Africa's rural Eastern Cape revealed how children as young as 12, from the Xhosa people, are being pressured into premature nuptials.

CNN discovered how the tradition of Ukuthwala, translated to 'to pick up' or 'to take', was used as an excuse to justify the adbuctions.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150967/Virginal-young-girls-South-Africa-kidnapped-forced-marry-older-HIV-positive-men-cure-disease.html

Detective 'broke into woman's house and raped her after she turned him away following date'

A detective broke into a sleeping woman's home and raped her after she had turned him away at the end of a date, a court heard today.

Detective sergeant Trevor Gray forced the security chain on the front door of his alleged victim’s house, then made his way upstairs and attacked her as she slept, a jury was told.

Minutes earlier, Gray, 47, had sent a text message to the woman from the street outside, which read 'You are harsh', after she asked him to leave so she could go to bed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151276/Detective-broke-womans-house-raped-turned-away-following-date.html

Woman student, 22, 'savagely raped' after she was thrown off night bus because she was 20p short on cost of fare

A law student was dragged into a park and savagely raped after being ‘turfed off’ the last bus home because she was 20p short of the £5 fare, a court has heard.

The 22-year-old victim was left stranded in a city centre at 3am after the bus driver refused to wait a few moments so she could withdraw extra money from a nearby cash dispenser.

But after walking for less than a mile, the prosecution claim she was targeted by drink-fuelled Joseph Moran, who then allegedly launched a ‘savage’ attack which was ‘almost devoid of any mercy’, a court heard.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151270/Woman-student-22-savagely-raped-thrown-night-bus-20p-short-cost-fare.html

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Missing couple and two small children found murdered in the woods as police launch manhunt for suspected killer

West Virginia State Police announced on Saturday that they had discovered four bodies in a wooded area believed to be those of a missing man, his girlfriend and his two young children.

Police said the bodies were found about a mile from where Steven Hendrix’s missing 2003 Chevy Venture van was discovered on Friday night near Carl, in Nicholas County.

Police suspected foul play based on the vehicle’s condition. Mr Hendrix, 38, his 23-year-old girlfriend Amber Martin, and his two young children, six-year-old Dakota and four-year-old Kaylee, had vanished on May 19.

Michael Baylous, of the West Virginia State Police, would not comment on the nature of the killing, but said that troopers with children of their own were disturbed by the scene.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150589/Missing-couple-small-children-murdered-West-Virginia-woods.html

Young woman in stiletto heels found dead with her throat cut in pedestrian underpass

A major murder hunt was launched today after the body of a young woman who had had her throat slit was found in a pedestrian underpass.

The victim, believed to be aged in her early 20s, was discovered by two men walking through the subway beneath a dual carriageway at 8am.

Eye-witnesses said that her head had been severely battered from behind.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150627/BREAKING-NEWS-Murder-hunt-launched-body-young-woman-throat-slit-pedestrian-underpass.html

NATO air strike kills six children

KABUL: A Nato air strike killed a family of eight, including six children, when it ploughed into their home in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday.

Yesterday night's incident in Paktia province threatens to further sour already shaky ties between President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers and will likely enrage Afghan civilians weary of years of bloodshed.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Nato-air-strike-kills-six-children-Afghan-officials/articleshow/13565066.cms

Bodies of 10 illegal miners found in Northern Cape

"Ten deceased diggers had been recovered from the collapsed tunnels [by Saturday evening]. One digger has been rescued and eleven diggers reportedly escaped," the diamond company said in a statement.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2012/05/27/bodies-of-10-illegal-miners-found-in-northern-cape

Teen dies after being struck by lightning

OTTAWA - Joel Gauthier was doing what he loved when he was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on Friday evening. On Saturday, he passed away.

Gauthier, 18, was biking through Ottawa's Vincent Massey Park with a female friend when they stopped to put on rain gear under a tree around 7 p.m. Gauthier and the tree were hit by lightning.

He went into cardiac arrest. Paramedics treated Gauthier and rushed him to hospital in critical condition. He later succumbed to his injuries.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/26/teen-dies-after-being-struck-by-lightning

Amnesty International report: North Korea executes 30 officials who were involved in talks with South Korea

Thirty North Korean officials involved in talks with South Korea have been executed or died in "staged traffic accidents," according a shocking new report.

The Amnesty International investigators say another 200 people were rounded up and executed or sent to political prison camps.

The 30 men were killed - sometimes using a firing squad, according to reports - for failing to improve relations between the North and the South, and are considered scapegoats for the new low point in inter-Korean relations.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/amnesty-international-report-north-korea-executes-30-officials-involved-talks-south-korea-article-1.1085242

Woman dies on 'highway of death'

A young woman is dead and another seriously injured after two cars crashed head-on a road known as the "highway of death" yesterday afternoon.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10808773

Man Shot, Killed While Cycling in Koreatown

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A man was shot and killed in Koreatown this afternoon after he was hit by an SUV.

According to Los Angeles Police Officer Karen Rayner, the victim was struck by a white SUV near the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and San Marino Street around 1:20 p.m.

A man then stepped out of the car and fatally shot the bicyclist as he lay on the ground, Rayner said.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-bike-shooting-koreatown,0,4760478.story

Miami Police Shoot, Kill Naked Man Who Chewed Off Victim's Face

MIAMI (KTLA) -- A police officer shot and killed a naked man in South Beach who was chewing off the face of another man.

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The officer order the suspect to back away, but he continued the assault. The officer fired one shot, but the attacker kept eating the man's face. Several more shots were fired.

The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-miami-man-shot,0,6649156.story

Utah Plane Crash: Cessna 172 Goes Down, Killing 4

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Authorities say a small plane has crashed near a municipal airport in southern Utah, killing all four people on board.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/26/utah-plane-crash-kills-four_n_1548357.html

Official arrested for allegedly raping over 10 girls

ZHENGZHOU - An official in Central China's Henan province has been detained after allegedly raping over 10 underage girls, local authorities said Sunday.

Li Xingong, former deputy director of the general office of the Yongcheng city committee of the Communist Party of China, confessed to having raped more than 10 girls during police interrogation, the city's publicity department said in a statement.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/27/content_15396613.htm

Skydiver killed after parachute fail

A man in his sixties has died in a skydiving accident in south-east Queensland after his parachute failed to open.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-27/skydiver-killed-after-parachute-fail/4036058

Mother-of-three killed at daughter's graduation by boyfriend 'using gun he stole from her'

A woman was shot dead by her boyfriend at her daughter’s eighth grade graduation, according to police.

Takesha Barnes was with family members at Westview High School in Avondale, Arizona for the ceremony on Friday afternoon.

She had run from the hall to her car after being told that her long term boyfriend Thomas Lamont Moton was on his way to the graduation.

Moton allegedly arrived, pulled up alongside her car and fired several shots through her window, hitting her in the stomach. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150456/Takesha-Barnes-Mother-killed-boyfriend-attends-daughters-graduation.html

Desperate hunt for husband, 47, who 'murdered wife and her grandfather in horrific crime of passion'

Police are searching for a man they believe killed his wife and her grandfather in what is described as ‘a horrific crime of passion’.

The body of Don William Shedd, 69, was discovered by his nine-year-old great-granddaughter at their Dalton, Georgia home.

Jessica B. Neal, 27, was later discovered dead in the pool house. Authorities would not say how the two were murdered, but have named Ms Neal’s husband, Adolph Ray ‘Sonny’ Neal, 49, as their prime suspect.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150507/Desperate-hunt-husband-47-murdered-wife-grandfather-horrific-crime-passion.html

Japanese man, 22, cooks his own genitals and serves them up to paying guests at a dinner party

A man who had his genitals removed seasoned them before cooking them for five paying dinner party guests, it has been claimed.

Mao Sugiyama, 22, who is asexual, had voluntarily undergone surgery to have them removed. But the illustrator took his frozen penis and scrotum home from hospital and organised a grim party.

He charged guests around £160 per person to eat his severed genitalia in Tokyo, Japan. They were garnished with mushrooms and parsley.

Before tucking into dinner, guests sat down to listen to a piano recital and take part in a panel discussion, CalorieLab.com reported.

Mao, who goes by the nickname HC, had initially considered eating his own penis – but decided to serve them up instead.

He cooked the genitalia himself as he was supervised by a chef. In a Tweet, he offered to cook his penis for a guest for £800.

However, he ultimately decided to split the ‘meal’ between six guests. He wrote on Twitter: ‘I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen (£800). I’m Japanese.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149879/Japanese-man-22-cooks-genitals-serves-paying-dinner-party-guests.html

Woman jailed for fatal love-triangle stabbing

A jealous Swedish woman who murdered her ex-boyfriend’s new partner in September has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

The sentenced woman, a 30-year-old, stabbed the other woman, a 33-year-old, to death on September 26th last year in Ängelholm, southern Sweden.

It is alleged that the killer stabbed the woman with a kitchen knife repeatedly in the abdomen and then in the throat, wrote the Helsingborg Dagbladet newspaper (HD).

When the deceased woman’s boyfriend came home to find his partner stabbed to death, he got blood on his own clothes which initially led police to suspect him of the murder.

However, this theory was soon dismissed, and the 30-year-old ex-girlfriend was arrested the next day, and has remained in police custody since.

http://www.thelocal.se/41048/20120525/

Eight-year-old fighting for life after father shoots him in head at school

The father turned up at the district school in the town of St. Poelten, west of Vienna, during morning classes, dragged his son to a cloak room and shot him at close range.

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Police launched an immediate and massive manhunt, fearing the 37-year-old suspect might target his daughter, who attended the same school as her brother, or his wife.

But the search was called off an hour after the shooting when his body was found in an upturned car on a road leading out of town.

A police spokesman said the man, who has not been named, had shot himself in the head although it was unclear whether he had fired before or after the car crash.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/9290480/Eight-year-old-fighting-for-life-after-father-shoots-him-in-head-at-school.html

Dad to be sentenced for sex with kids, family dog

EDMONTON — The Crown is seeking an 18-to-20-year prison term for an Edmonton-area man who repeatedly sexually abused children - including his own son and daughter - over 10 years.

However, his betrayed ex-wife wants a different kind of sentence, saying in her victim impact statement that he robbed the children of "their innocence" and "destroyed" their lives and she hopes he "rots in hell forever."

The sex offender's son also slammed his father in his victim impact statement, calling him a "sick, perverted man" and saying he was "never going to call him dad again."

The 41-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victims, has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual interference and inviting sexual touching, as well as charges for child pornography, incest, unlawful confinement, administering a stupefying drug, bestiality and using a whip in a sexual assault.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/25/dad-to-be-sentenced-for-sex-with-kids-family-dog

4 dead, including 2 young girls, in suburban Kansas City in possible murder-suicide

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — The deaths of two adults and two children whose bodies were found Friday in a suburban Kansas City home were being investigated as a possible triple homicide and suicide.

Police in Blue Springs did not immediately release the names of the four who died. The bodies were discovered by relatives of a 22-year-old woman who lived in the rented duplex with her two daughters, ages 4 and 2, and a 23-year-old man, Sgt. Joe Fanara said.

He said a handgun was found in the duplex but that the victims died by "multiple means."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/4-dead-including-2-young-girls-suburban-kansas-city-murder-suicide-article-1.1084986

Young Mother Gets Prison for Beating 4-year old to Death

SANTA ANA (KTLA) -- A 30-year old woman was sentenced to 25-years to life in prison for her role in the beating death of her 4-year-old son, who died after enduring months of horrific abuse.

Gabriela Morales was convicted last month of assault on a child likely to produce death and child abuse for the May 30, 2008, killing.

According to prosecutor Morales and her live-in boyfriend Alberto Guzman beat, starved and forced little Brandon Morales to sleep on the floor continuously during his short, four years of life.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-mother-kills-4-year-old,0,2957497.story

Finland gunman who killed 2, wounded 7 is arrested

HELSINKI (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven others in what appeared to be a random shooting in a southern Finnish town, police said Saturday.

Officers arrested the suspect near Hyvinkaa, some five hours after he fired several shots from a low rooftop at people gathered outside a restaurant just before 2 a.m. (2300 GMT Friday), said Detective Chief Inspector Markku Tuominen.

The suspect, a local man from Hyvinkaa, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital, Helsinki, did not resist arrest, Tuominen said.

"The man was found with two weapons ... including a hunting rifle," Tuominen said, adding that police knew of no possible motive pending an investigation.

The gunman killed an 18-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man, as well as critically wounded a 23-year-old female police officer who arrived at the scene soon after Hyvinkaa police received an alert.

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Finland-gunman-who-killed-2-wounded-7-is-arrested-3587087.php

Man Shoots At Woman Over Parking Space

DENVER -- Two men in a Mercedes Benz so wanted a parking spot that a woman was holding for a relative at the Denver Diner that they threatened to run her over before one of them fired a shot at her, police said.

The men got their parking space and strolled inside the diner, but they never had a chance to eat.

Surveillance video obtained by 7NEWS showed the men sitting at the diner counter when at least eight police officers swarmed into the eatery and handcuffed the pair.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31104833/detail.html

Two men detained over death of Irish woman in Shinjuku hotel

TOKYO — Police said Saturday they have arrested two American men over the death of a 21-year-old Irish woman who was found murdered in a Tokyo hotel room.

According to police, the woman was found in a room in the Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku early Thursday morning, NTV reported. She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. Police say she was strangled to death.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/two-foreign-men-detained-over-murder-of-irish-woman-in-shinjuku-hotel

Houla 'massacre leaves 88 dead'

At least 88 people, including many children, have been killed in Syria's restive Homs province, opposition activists say, calling it a "massacre".

They said scores were wounded in the violence in Houla, as government forces shelled and attacked the town.

If the toll is right, it would be one of the bloodiest attacks in one area since a nominal truce began in April.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18216176

Teen shot, killed roomate in Bucks Co.

WARMINSTER, Pa. - May 25, 2012 (WPVI) -- Authorities say an 18-year-old man is charged with shooting and killing his 19-year-old roomate with a shotgun.

It happened in the Meadowood Condominiums on the 1500 block of Street Road in Warminster, Pennsylvania.

Authorities arrived and found the teen shot - the victim later died at the scene.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8676750

Pope's butler arrested for spilling holy secrets

Let all that is proclaimed 'holy' be spit upon!

One of the Pope's butlers has been detained by the Vatican, accused of leaking secrets about the Holy See.

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Among papers leaked to Italy's press are some that have dealt with allegations of corruption within Catholic church ranks.

Journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi's book His Holiness reproduces dozens of top secret and private letters and faxes which were smuggled out by whistle-blowers that say they are tired of the corruption and unhealthy bitterness in the Vatican.

The leaks have described alleged corruption, mismanagement and internal conflicts among top officials in the Holy See.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-26/pope27s-butler-arrested-for-spilling-holy-secrets/4034768

Gunman kills himself as SWAT teams storm real estate office after he released hostages during stand-off with police

A gunman who took 10 office workers hostage on Friday after bursting into an Indiana real estate office forcing a dramatic stand-off with police has shot himself, police said. He was rushed to a local hospital where he died of his injuries.

Two loud bangs were heard Friday afternoon before SWAT team members broke windows and rushed into the Prudential Executive Group Real Estate office in Valparaiso, where police said the gunman had holed up.

Valparaiso Police Chief Michael Brickner said officers determined the gunman had shot himself twice in the head, and believe he had done so before they entered the building. It is thought the gunman was upset over a real estate deal and was demanding his back money.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150131/Gunman-kills-SWAT-teams-storm-real-estate-office-released-hostages-stand-police.html

Father arrested for tying up four-year-old daughter so he could play violent video games... and mother did nothing to help

A man has been charged with tying up his four-year-old daughter so he could play video games.

Heath Howe, 27, of Sarasota, Florida decided last week to take his young child into the kitchen to tie her up with a rope so he could use the television to play 'bad guy' video games.

When her mother realized what was happening, she did nothing to help the girl, according to authorities.

The rope was so tight on the girl that she was left with marks on her left and right arms. She also suffered bleeding under her skin leaving red spots on her, authorities said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150255/Father-arrested-tying-year-old-daughter-play-violent-video-games--mother-did-help.html

Man kills girlfriend's Pekingese with cleaver

A German man was convicted on Thursday of hacking his girlfriend's 24-centimetre lapdog to death with a meat cleaver in Stuttgart, after the animal began yapping at him in the middle of a domestic row.

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120525-42751.html

Chinese 'serial killer' farmer suspected of killing 17 people

When children started disappearing in Nanmen village, near the Chinese city of Kunming, their distraught parents believed they had been kidnapped to work in illegal brick factories.

No one thought, according to the parents of one missing teenager, that Zhang Yongming, a quiet, chess-playing, farmer who lived in a wooden shack on the edge of the village, might be responsible.

But on May 9, police investigating the disappearance of Han Yao, a 19-year-old boy, found his bank and telephone calling cards inside Zhang's home. They arrested the farmer shortly afterwards.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9287743/Chinese-serial-killer-farmer-suspected-of-killing-17-people.html

Cat 'house of horrors' discovered in Shanghai

Animal lovers in Shanghai have discovered a "house of horrors" where hundreds of cats were allegedly killed by a 39-year-old woman.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9289661/Cat-house-of-horrors-discovered-in-Shanghai.html

Tragic death of toddler, 2, who became tangled in blind cord as he looked out of window for friend coming round to play

A toddler died after a blind cord became tangled round his neck as he peered out of a window waiting for a friend who was coming to play.

Arthur Winfield had gone up to his bedroom and stood on a small stool to try to see out.

The two-year-old had been on his own for ‘a little time’ when his mother came looking for him and discovered his lifeless body with the cord wrapped around his neck.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149444/Tragic-death-toddler-2-tangled-blind-cord-looked-window-friend-coming-round-play.html

Father strangled mother of his children then took toddler son with him to police station to confess

A man murdered the mother of his children and then took his toddler son to the police station to confess to the killing.

Joaquim Marrafa had his two-year-old son in a pushchair when he told officers he wanted to report a crime - and then demonstrated how he had strangled girlfriend Sandra Maralhas.

Marrafa denied murder and tried to claim his actions were the result of mental impairment.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149293/Joaquim-Marrafa-strangled-girlfriend-Sandra-Maralhas-took-toddler-son-confess-police-station.html

Manson gang 'linked to unsolved murders' after hours of taped 'confessions' unearthed

Hours of audio recordings of 'confessions' made by Charles Manson's right-hand man could provide vital details of unsolved murders carried out by their notorious 1960s gang.

Los Angeles Police Department has made a request for eight hours of taped conversations between Charles 'Tex' Watson and his lawyer Bill Boyd, America's NBC reported.

Detectives believe the recordings could hold new information about killings carried out by the Manson Family, which in 1969 murdered seven people including film director Roman Polanski's pregnant wife Sharon Tate.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149811/Manson-gang-linked-unsolved-murders-hours-taped-confessions-unearthed.html

Boy, 13, flees after friend is shot dead while playing with gun... and leaves his body under blanket for family to find

A 13-year-old boy whose friend was accidentally shot dead as they played with a gun covered the body with a blanket and fled his family home, police said yesterday.

The panic-stricken teen did not tell anyone what had happened and spent Wednesday night elsewhere, leaving his cousin to come home and find 14-year-old TyJuan Woodard lying dead on a futon.

But the man initially assumed the figure under the blanket was his sleeping cousin and did not disturb him, according to police in Little Rock, Arkansas.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149888/Boy-13-flees-friend-shot-dead-playing-gun.html

Girl gang savagely attacked two legal secretaries after Royal Wedding street party

Two members of a girl gang savagely attacked a pair of legal secretaries following a Royal Wedding street party.

Kalee Powell, 18, and Precious Gordon, 19, attacked Daniela Holischeck and Birgit Habersetzer after spending the day boozing at a street party to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Ms Holischeck, who worked for City law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, was left a bloodied mess following the savage beating.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149720/Girl-gang-savagely-attacked-legal-secretaries-Royal-Wedding-street-party.html

Mom gouges out son's eyes during ritual

MEXICO CITY - A mother in Mexico has been arrested on suspicion of gouging out the eyes of her 5-year-old son during a ceremony.

Police said on Thursday they had arrested seven people, including the boy’s parents, after his eyeballs were pulled out during the ritual in Nezahualcoyotl, a working-class neighborhood on the eastern flank of Mexico City.

“There was some kind of ceremony inside a house,” said Laura Uribe, a spokesperson for state prosecutors in the State of Mexico, a populous region that borders much of the capital.

She did not give details of what the ritual involved.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/24/mom-gouges-sons-eyes-out-during-ritual

Pennsylvania man, 2 teen sons found dead in massive manure pit

Tragedy struck a small-town Pennsylvania farming family on Thursday when a man and his two teenage sons were found dead in a large manure pit, authorities said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pennsylvania-man-2-teen-sons-found-dead-massive-manure-pit-article-1.1084045

Teen accused in baseball bat murder of own father methodically divided up family for slaughter: witness

A 19-year-old Michigan man charged with trying to bludgeon his entire family to death in a bid to steal money for drugs is accused of methodically divvying up his victims with a friend. 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/teen-accused-baseball-bat-murder-father-methodically-divided-family-slaughter-witness-article-1.1084339

7-year-old Detroit boy was depressed, bullied before suicide

A child killed himself in his Detroit home Wednesday, apparently after being bullied by other kids and after his mother recently separated from his father, according to a police report.

The 7-year-old, the report says, hanged himself from his bunk bed in his home on the 700 block of Pingree using a fabric belt.

Police said the boy locked himself in his room and his 14-year-old sister, peering through the keyhole in the door, saw him hanging, alerted her mother and called 911.

http://www.freep.com/article/20120524/NEWS01/120524018/7-year-old-Detroit-boy-dead-suicide-hanging-Godbee?odyssey=mod|mostview

Christopher O'Reilly killed partner Karen Gallagher over baby row

A man who killed his partner after a row about holding a baby has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

Christopher O'Reilly, 48, stabbed 31-year-ol Karen Gallagher in the heart at the flat they shared in Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire, in November 2010.

He was charged with murder but pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. O'Reilly will also be supervised for four-and-a-half years on his release.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18206180

Jordanian man self-immolates after losing job

A Jordanian man died after setting himself on fire on Thursday morning in apparent despair over having been fired from his job last week, police and a colleague said.

The 31-year-old man, identified only as Musaab, had been sacked by the Jordanian Central Electricity Generating Co.

He "set himself on fire this morning outside the firm's headquarters in the Khalda area in western Amman," police spokesman Mohammad Khatib told AFP. One of the man's former co-workers said "he had a fight with his boss a while ago.

Ten days ago, the company terminated his contract. He tried to convince the management to return to work, but he failed and killed himself today."

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/jordanian-man-self-immolates-after-losing-job

Woman, 25, arrested for chopping off the head of her three-year-old nephew on the orders of a witchcraft guru

A trainee witch has admitted beheading her three-year-old nephew on the orders of a dark arts teacher in Nepal.

The 25-year-old was allegedly told her skills would only be complete after sacrificing her nephew and eldest son.

Police in Nepal arrested the suspect in the town of Samanpur, south of the country's capital Kathmandu and charged her with 'sacrificing' a child.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149524/Woman-25-arrested-chopping-head-year-old-nephew-orders-witchcraft-guru.html

Teaching assistant, 19, was high on cocaine when she killed herself and best friend in car crash

A young teaching assistant was high on cocaine when she crashed her car on a night out - killing herself and her best friend.

Sasha Jarvis, 19, was three times over the limit after binging on drink and drugs when she got behind the wheel at 6am.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149736/Teaching-assistant-19-high-cocaine-killed-best-friend-car-crash.html

Pram-pushing mother, 25, killed by lorry and toddler son injured as they went to shops to buy milk

A young mother mother has died after being hit by a lorry while she pushed her 20-month-old son across a road in his pram.

Dawn Graves had gone to the shops for a pint of milk in Bolton, Greater Manchester, with her toddler son when she was hit as she crossed the road.

The young mother, 25, was said to have died after trying to hurl her son's pushchair out of the path of the recycling truck yesterday lunchtime.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149768/Pram-pushing-mother-25-killed-lorry-toddler-son-injured-went-shops-buy-milk.html

British teacher, 40, fighting for his life in Thailand after 'stranger savagely attacked him with a metal bar'

A British teacher is fighting for his life in a Thai hospital after a stranger savagely attacked him with a metal bar.

Adam Pickles, 40, is in a coma after the brutal assault which left him needing emergency brain surgery.

In a tragic twist of irony, Adam, of Bradford, West Yorks., who used to teach at a school in Wakefield, had only just recovered from a horrific motorbike crash.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149740/British-teacher-40-fighting-life-Thailand-stranger-savagely-attacked-metal-bar.html

Shock 15% rise in suicides since the recession as unemployment and bankruptcy take their toll

Cases of suicide have rocketed since Britain plunged into recession, alarming new figures reveal.

Coroners courts concluded that 3,471 people had taken their own lives last year, a rise of 15 per cent compared to 2007.

However, right across the country, from the south west to Sunderland, local hotspots have seen numbers more than double.

And even in more affluent London and the Home Counties, large swathes of the region have seen suicide verdicts soar by more than 50 per cent.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149663/Shock-15-rise-suicides-recession-unemployment-bankruptcy-toll.html

Seized from smugglers, the leather-bound 'gospel' which Iran claims will bring down Christianity and shake world politics

A leather-bound religious text, thought to date from the fifth century but discovered only 12 years ago, will cause the collapse of Christianity worldwide, claims Iran.

The book, written on animal hide, apparently states that Jesus was never crucified and that he himself predicted the coming of the Prophet Muhammad, according to the the Iranian press.

Written in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, the gospel even predicts the coming of the last Islamic messiah, the report adds.

Turkish authorities believe it could be an authentic version of the Gospel by Jesus's disciple Barnabas, and the Iranian press report has claimed that its contents will trigger Christianity's downfall by proving that Islam is the final and righteous religion.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2149227/Gospel-Barnabas-cause-Christianitys-collapse-Iran-claims.html

Wife wakes after husband shoots her in head

A 27-year-old shop manager, Margita P, who was shot in the back of her head and stomach by her 33-year-old Kosovar husband, has survived.

Margita P, a shop manager from Perlen in Luzern, was given only a 50-percent-chance of survival, so serious were her injuries. She was induced into an artificial coma, from which she only recently awoke.

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Margita was shot by her jealous husband, Martin P, on May 7, 2012, after she had told him that she wanted to leave him, online news site Blick reported. “I remember that he suddenly pulled out a gun. I wanted to escape into the apartment and he fired,” Margita told Blick. “Then I was gone.”

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Margita will now have to undergo intensive therapy. “I can not move my whole left side and my right eye looks wrong,” she told Blick.

The 33-year-old Kosovar man also shot at Margita’s mother, Gjyste T, before being chased from the apartment by Margita’s brother, Mikel T. Martin then turned the gun upon himself.

When asked how she feels about her husband now, Margita replies that she feels cold. “Although he is no longer there, I'm still afraid of him. In my thoughts. It will take time. Perhaps it was meant to be that way.”

http://www.thelocal.ch/3387/20120524/

Half of killed women victims of 'their man'

Nearly half of the women killed in Germany are considered to have been victims of their boyfriend or husband – a far greater figure than the share of men killed by their partners, new police figures show.

It is the first time that police figures have been issued listing murder and manslaughter victims in relation to the prime suspects in their killings – prompting experts to stress how commonplace domestic violence is towards women.

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120524-42743.html

Street drama after armed man kills himself

The incident occurred in Aubervilliers, a northern suburb of the capital, reported France Soir.

The man was armed with a sawn-off shotgun. He first took aim at his wife, who was holding a baby at the time.

A passer-by intervened and got shot himself in the arm. Another passer-by was then hit in the neck. The woman managed to escape, after which the man turned the gun on himself.

He shot himself in the street and died. The two other men who were injured were taken to hospital where they are recovering.

http://www.thelocal.fr/3384/20120524/

Egypt elections: religion first, economy second for voters

Speaking from Cairo, Middle East Correspondent Richard Spencer says the first day of the Egyptian presidential election is widely perceived to have been fair as religion dominates voting decisions.

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Spencer said: "Everyone [all the candidates] is promising bread and butter issues, everyone is promising jobs. Nevertheless people still seem to be voting on a greater ideological line than whether candidates are offering right or Left wing views on the economy.

"People talk about these issues but how they vote seems to be much more dictated to by how they feel about the issue of Islamism versus secularism."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/9285776/Egypt-elections-religion-first-economy-second-for-voters.html

Newborn twins killed after doctor gave them TEN TIMES the prescribed dose of morphine

The mother of newborn twins who died following an overdose at a scandal-hit hospital has described their deaths as 'totally avoidable' after a coroner said there were failings in their care.

Alfie and Harry McQuillan, who were born 13 weeks premature, died on November 1 2010.

An inquest into their deaths heard they had been given an 'excessive' dose of morphine hours after their birth at Stafford Hospital on October 30.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148794/Deaths-newborn-twins-doctor-delivered-massive-morphine-overdose-totally-avoidable.html

'Drunk' Chinese couple 'knocked down elderly woman... and then buried her while she was still ALIVE'

A young Chinese couple is suspected of burying alive an elderly woman, whom they thought they had hit and killed while driving drunk after an all-night karaoke session.

The couple from Guizhou province, both 25, were returning on April 30 after a night out, when they reportedly hit a pedestrian.

A witness heard a cry and saw an elderly woman lying on the ground, police say. 'A man and a woman got out and put the elderly woman in the car, saying they would take her to hospital,' police officer Song, charged with the criminal investigation, told China Daily.

But apparently the victim’s condition quickly deteriorated, and the couple decided to hide what they considered a dead body, fearing punishment for a drunk driving kill.

It seems they drove to a remote construction site, buried the still living woman and dumped the car.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149260/Chinese-couple-buried-elderly-woman-alive-theyd-thought-theyd-killed-drink-driving-accident.html

Woman 'sold schoolgirl, 14, to builder for £60 sex in his van after plying her with crack cocaine'

A woman plied a vulnerable 14-year-old schoolgirl with alcohol and cocaine before selling her to a builder for sex for £60, a court has heard.

Leanne Gilder, 26, is accused of setting up the teenager to be molested by Michael Booth in the back of his Ford Transit van in central Manchester.

Miss Gilder, is alleged to have 'pimped out' the vulnerable youngster after seeing her as a 'useful source of cash'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149239/Woman-sold-schoolgirl-14-builder-60-sex-van-plying-crack-cocaine.html

British couple killed with future son-in-law when he crashes plane into Canadian forest

A British couple died along with their future son-in-law when the plane he was piloting crashed into a lakeside forest in Canada.

Peter Keate, 81, and his 79-year-old wife Inez were in a float plane flown by Scotsman Colin Moyes that struck a hillside and burst into flames after taking off from Okanagan Lake in British Colombia.

Mr Moyes, 52, had been set to wed the Keates' youngest daughter Alexandra next month.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149261/British-couple-killed-future-son-law-crashes-plane-Canadian-forest.html

'Sin is such fun': Meet the foulmouthed Facebooking vicar who moans about going to church and has a pierced tongue

A Church of England vicar being investigated by senior clerics after complaints by parishioners that he used 'abhorrent' language and posted the Facebook comment: 'Sin is such fun'.

Canon Dr Paul Shackerley, Vicar of Doncaster, is accused of swearing on the social networking site, mocking religious events and moaning about having to go to church on a Sunday.

Senior Anglican clerics are probing the allegations after a formal complaint was lodged against Dr Shackerley, who is accused of using a string of four letter words.

He also joined a group called ‘I want to get back with my ex...!’...LOL jk...I'd rather s*** in my hands and clap!'.

Dr Shackerley, who as priest-in-charge at Doncaster Minster, is one of Yorkshire's most high-profile vicars, posted the comments earlier this year, apparently sparking concern among parishioners.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149334/The-foulmouthed-Facebooking-vicar-moans-going-church-pierced-tongue.html

Turkish man who bragged on Facebook that he would cover London in blood stabbed his English wife and mother-in-law to death in ‘senseless slaughter’

A holiday romance ended in a bloodbath with a wife and her mother stabbed to death in a scene straight from an X-rated horror movie, a jury heard today.

The accused posted on Facebook hours before the double murder, saying that his English bride and mother 'would be cut'.

Ensar Gol, who had fallen out with bride Michala following their Turkish fling and subsequent wedding, even had sex with another woman before going on his murderous rampage.

A jury heard that the 22-year-old knifed his wife and mother-in-law to death and tried to kill a family friend before scooping up a three-year-old girl and carrying her through the streets, the kitchen knife murder weapon in his other hand.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148953/Turkish-man-bragged-Facebook-cover-London-blood-stabbed-English-wife-mother-law-death-senseless-slaughter.html

Maid accused of putting period blood in boss's coffee

A maid in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, has been charged with mischief for allegedly putting menstrual blood in her boss's coffee, the Straits Times reports.

Jumiah, a 24-year-old woman Indonesian woman who goes by one name, allegedly topped off her 38-year-old boss's java with a gift from Aunt Flo on Aug. 31, 2011.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/23/maid-accused-of-putting-period-blood-in-bosss-coffee

Teen girl's butcher gets life

SUDBURY, Ont. -- A city man with no "moral compass" will spend at least 18 years in jail for helping kill, burn and dismember a 15-year-old Sudbury girl three years ago.

"There can be no greater crime than to snuff out the life of a young person when she had her whole life ahead of her and was someone who treated Kristopher Lavallee as a friend," Judge Louise Gauthier said Wednesday.

"The community is deeply devastated by the death of Whitney (Dohlie) Van Der Wouden and further devastated by the considerable, time, energy and efforts of Kristopher Lavallee to wipe out the existence of her remains."

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/23/man-pleads-guilty-to-teens-brutal-murder

Gerrard Pressley gets 20 years in prison for raping 78-year-old grandmother

A Brooklyn judge who routinely handles sex abuse cases sentenced a sicko who raped a 78-year-old grandmother to 20 years in prison, calling his crime one of the worst she has ever heard.

"This is just an awful case. The facts are horrific, they're disturbing," Supreme Court Justice Patricia DiMango told Gerrard Pressley on Wednesday.

"To think that this woman, at this age, has to live with the nightmare of you in her home and what you did to her is sickening." Pressley, 34, pleaded guilty to breaking into the elderly woman’s East New York home in October 2010 and sexually assaulting her as she slept in a recliner in her living room.

"This animal broke into her home and changed her life forever," the victim's kin wrote in a letter read in court. "Whatever sentence he is given is nothing compared to the life sentence our mother, grandmother and wife was given that day."

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/gerrard-pressley-20-years-prison-raping-78-year-old-grandmother-article-1.1083530

Man stabbed to death with scissors in Harlem

An enraged man viciously stabbed another man to death with scissors in Harlem Wednesday, police said.

The 32-year-old victim was fatally wounded in the back of his neck during an argument at the Drew Hamilton Houses on W. 143rd St. at 6:20 a.m., cops said.

Cops were hunting the suspect, who fled the apartment where the attack occurred.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/man-stabbed-death-scissors-harlem-article-1.1083105

101-year-old pedestrian killed by 91-year-old driver in Burbank

A 101-year-old man died after he was struck by a 91-year-old driver in Burbank, police said.

Officers were called to Olive Avenue and Griffith Park Drive about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday after the victim had been hit, said Sgt. Darin Ryburn of the Burbank Police Department.

Paramedics began treating the man, identified as Otto Jensen of Burbank, at the scene before taking him to a hospital, where he died of his injuries, Ryburn said.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/101-year-old-pedestrian-killed-by-91-year-old-driver-in-burbank.html

Man shoots ex-girlfriend, 2 others in Tenderloin

A man shot and wounded three women on a Tenderloin corner Wednesday, one of whom he used to date, police said.

All three were taken to a hospital with wounds they are expected to survive, authorities said.

The shooting happened just after 1 p.m. at Ellis and Leavenworth streets, outside the Doña Marta taqueria and a half-block from the Tenderloin Children's Playground. Police Lt. Joe Cordes said the shooter may have been targeting the woman he used to date.

The gunman fled and is still at large, Cordes said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/24/BAG11OMIO9.DTL

Woman kills three children and herself in charcoal-burning murder-suicide

FUKUOKA — Police said Wednesday that a woman and her three children died in a murder-suicide in Fukuoka after their bodies were discovered in a car.

According to police, the children’s grandmother and one of their school teachers were searching for the children after they failed to attend school on Tuesday. They discovered the bodies in a parking lot outside an apartment block in Fukuoka at about 11:45 a.m., Fuji TV reported.

The 28-year-old woman and her three children, aged 6, 9, 10, were found in the car, which also contained a charcoal burner. Police say that they were no visible injuries on the family and that they believe all four died of hypoxia brought about by carbon monoxide poisoning, Fuji reported.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/woman-kills-three-children-and-herself-in-charcoal-burning-murder-suicide

Woman riding motorbike has several teeth knocked out... by an errant golf ball

A motorcyclist in Tennessee was so gruesomely injured by an errant golf ball her boyfriend riding with her thought she had been shot.

Susan Westerfield, 53, was struck on the face while traveling with Paul Ballard, 52, on the road next to Indian Hills golf course knocking several of her teeth out and slicing her lip.

Riding along South Church Street in Murfreesboro, Westerfield now says she has nerve damage after the golf ball hit on her straight on the face.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148806/Woman-riding-motorcycle-teeth-knocked--errant-golf-ball.html