Pedro Martín Ureta's Forest Guitar

Guitar made of trees, dedicated to a man's lost love

http://atlasobscura.com/place/guitar-forest

Woman disfigured by pit bull sues for $1M

SAINT-HIPOLLYTE, QUE. - A woman whose nose was ripped off by her neighbour's pit bull is suing for $1 million.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/08/woman-disfigured-by-pit-bull-sues-for-1m

Woman screams down line for help but police operator accepts killer's word

Australian authorities are investigating evidence that emergency 000 operators ignored a screaming mother's calls for help after being assured by the man about to kill her that "we're fine".

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10771992

5 Killed In Tour Helicopter Crash Near Lake Mead

LAS VEGAS -- A helicopter taking people on a luxury sunset tour of the Las Vegas Strip and Hoover Dam crashed Wednesday, killing the pilot and the four passengers on board, federal authorities said.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/29948116/detail.html

49-year-old man kicks 9-year-old boy in face, breaking his nose

KAGOSHIMA — A 49-year-old lumber worker has been arrested by police in Kagoshima for allegedly kicking a 9-year-old boy in the face.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/49-year-old-man-kicks-9-year-old-boy-in-face-breaking-his-nose

Man fatally stabbed roommate over TV

A man who allegedly stabbed his roommate to death because he believed she stole his 32-inch TV opened the door to police as she lay in a pool of her own blood Monday night in their North Side Rogers Park neighborhood apartment, prosecutors said.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/9310953-418/prosecutors-man-fatally-stabbed-roommate-over-tv.html

Man killed in Chatham shooting

A man died early Thursday after he was shot in the head in the South Side Chatham neighborhood Wednesday morning.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/9320241-418/man-killed-in-chatham-shooting.html

Robert Humphries jailed for cutting puppy's throat

A man from Somerset who slit the throat of his puppy and left her to bleed to death has been jailed for five months.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-16001569

Australian gored to death by pygmy elephant

The mother of the Australian vet killed by a rare pygmy elephant in a remote wildlife park in Borneo has paid tribute to her daughter.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-07/australian-gored-by-pygmy-elephant/3718984

Police suggest triple deaths were murder-suicide

Police described the scene as among the worst they have encountered and have spoken with a number of people to try to piece together what happened.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-08/murder-suicide-in-port-denison/3721002

Chinese madam who ran prostitution racket executed by lethal injection

The female head of a gang that forced hundreds of women to work as prostitutes in south-west China has been executed.

Wang Ziqi, who ran the gang in the metropolis of Chongqing, was sentenced to death in August 2010 for luring the women to work in brothels disguised as teahouses, beauty salons or hotels.

She and her sister, Wang Wanning, 'seized the women's identity cards, harmed family members, ruined their reputations and detained them illegally', according to cqnews.net.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071533/Madam-ran-gang-forced-hundreds-women-work-prostitutes-China-metropolis-executed-lethal-injection.html

'I have killed your children, come and get the bodies': Chilling phone call father made to his ex-wife after cutting throats of their two children

A father woke his two children and slit their throats while they desperately tried to fight him off before calling his ex-wife to say: 'I have killed your children'.

Jean Francis Say, 62, murdered his eight-year-old daughter Regina and son Rolls, 10, to 'spite' his estranged wife Adjoua, 44, after he was told he was to be evicted from their three-bedroom flat.

Adjoua, who is known as Antoinette, had moved out with the children six months previously and Say was no longer entitled to the flat their once shared in Southwark, south east London.

Today at the Old Bailey Say, originally from the Ivory Coast, pleaded guilty to the double murders through an interpreter. He is due to be sentenced on Monday afternoon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071653/I-killed-children-come-bodies-Chilling-phone-father-ex-wife-cutting-throats-children.html

The shocking pictures that prove polar bears are cannibals - and will even eat bear cubs

They are known to be ruthless killers. But this scene proves polar bears will even attack and eat their own kind, even if it's a defenceless cub.

Photographer Jill Ross captured the shocking images and at first thought the bear was eating a seal as she approached by boat.

There was another polar bear nearby, and Ross believes that this could have been the cub's mother.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2071638/The-shocking-pictures-prove-Polar-bears-cannibals--kill-eat-bear-cubs.html

Jealous teacher ran over and killed bystander as she jumped red light to pursue boyfriend and his secret lover in car chase

A teacher who ran down and killed a pedestrian as she chased her cheating boyfriend through a red light was today jailed for two years.

Jilted Claire Johnson, 25, raced after Russell Bennett in her BMW Mini after seeing him leave his workplace with his boss at 2am.

Johnson had staked out the Mexican restaurant in Portsmouth where the pair worked after friends told her the couple were having an affair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071539/English-teacher-killed-pedestrian-sped-boyfriend-secret-lover-car-chase.html

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Seven detained after suspected gang rape

The alleged assault occurred between Friday and Saturday at a party that the woman and the men had been attending.

According to the police, the woman was overpowered by a group of men who took turns brutally raping her.

http://www.thelocal.se/37792/20111207/

Australian sentenced to 500 lashes for blasphemy in Saudi Arabia

Mansor Almaribe, 45, was reportedly detained in the Saudi Arabian city of Medina on November 14 accused of insulting companions of the prophet Mohammed. He had been making the hajj pilgrimage when he was arrested.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8939640/Australian-sentenced-to-500-lashes-for-blasphemy-in-Saudi-Arabia.html

New Jersey town in shock as jealous husband kills wife, her boyfriend, baby and self in Bayonne bloodbath

Bayonne was reeling Tuesday from a spasm of butchery after a jealous man murdered his estranged wife, her boyfriend, and his rival’s baby boy.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/jealous-husband-adepso-collado-kills-wife-boyfriend-baby-amp-bayonne-bloodbath-article-1.987637

South Carolina woman admits to killing friend and leaving her under Christmas gifts

A South Carolina woman confessed to killing a family friend Friday and leaving her body underneath a pile of Christmas presents, and then tried to use her debit cards, police told CBS Charlotte.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/south-carolina-woman-admits-killing-friend-leaving-christmas-gifts-article-1.987400

Woman dragged into Queens parking lot and raped by group of men

As the two suspects held the woman down on the pavement between two parked cars, a third suspect raped her.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/woman-dragged-queens-parking-lot-raped-group-men-cops-article-1.987595

Police Search for Clues After Santa Ana Woman Shot and Killed

A witness told detectives that she saw the woman, Brenda Romero, struggling with her killer by abruptly sitting down on a curb on Chestnut Street, trying to free herself from his grip. When she did, the unknown suspect pulled out a gun and shot her in the head, execution-style, police said.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-santa-ana-woman-killed-police-search-for-clues,0,7129954.story

Woman now in custody for unusual hit-and-run wreckTuesday, December 06, 2011

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A woman is now in custody after police say she hit a local high school student with her car, left him a religious pamphlet and took off.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8456854

79-Year-Old Hit, Dragged, Robbed At Cherry Creek Macy's

The attacker knocked the woman to the ground, dragged her out of the entrance and into the parking garage where he left her, police said.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/29934974/detail.html

After beating 80-year-old priest, robber asked for prayers

They broke into the priest’s home as he slept.

They busted his ribs. They gave him a black eye.

Rev. Daniel Mallette, preparing for the next life, confessed his sins aloud. The two masked intruders told the 80-year-old priest to shut up and beat him some more.

They forced him to open a safe and stole $500 meant for the poor.

And when they were done, they asked him to pray for their souls.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/9276942-418/after-beating-80-year-old-priest-robber-asked-for-prayers.html

Bodies of two men found in Sauk Village home for sale

A source said both men, ages 18 and 19, had been shot multiple times. They were found about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday night during a showing of the property to a potential buyer.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/9299861-418/bodies-of-two-men-found-in-sauk-village-home-for-sale.html

Man said killing women was easy, court told

A man accused of murdering two Perth women last year told a prison nurse the killing was easy, the Supreme Court has heard.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-07/kuzimski-murder-trial-opens/3718302

Woman, 43, 'murdered fiance by locking him in smoke-filled storeroom cupboard after running up massive debts'

A woman murdered her fiance after months of lying to him about their failing business and eventual bankruptcy, a court has heard.

Julie Dixon, 43, locked David Twigg, 46, inside a smoke-filled store room cupboard after starting a fire at his joinery workshop and left him to die, Lincoln Crown Court heard.

She then maintained that burglars were responsible, describing how two balaclava-clad men had disturbed them in the workshop where they ran a bespoke joinery business in Burgh Le Marsh, Lincolnshire, on March 13.

The court also heard Dixon had concealed massive debts so successfully that Mr Twigg had no idea of the difficulties they faced.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070682/Julie-Dixon-murdered-fiance-locking-smoke-filled-storeroom-cupboard.html

Police distraught over the injuries of girl, 7, who was sexually assaulted, stabbed and beaten to death

The chief investigator into the death of Jorelys Rivera was so distraught over the girl's wounds he refused to describe them.

The seven-year-old girl, whose body was found in a Georgia dumpster, was bludgeoned, sexually assaulted and stabbed in a particularly vicious attack by a killer who police believe lives in her apartment complex.

The wounds to her body were so severe Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan would not give any details.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070852/Jorelys-Rivera-7-sexually-assaulted-stabbed-beaten-death-Georgia.html

Woman shoots her kids and kills herself after she's denied food stamps

A woman in the border city of Laredo, Texas who was angry because she had been denied food stamps killed herself and shot and critically wounded her two children late on Monday, authorities said on Tuesday.

Rachelle Grimmer, 38, entered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission office in downtown Laredo on Monday afternoon and demanded to speak to a supervisor.

Grimmer pulled out a handgun and started walking through the office, threatening several employees, he said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070815/Woman-shoots-kids-kills-shes-denied-food-stamps.html

Drunk teenager killed by flesh-eating piranhas in Bolivia after he jumps in river as police suspect suicide

A teenage swimmer has been eaten alive by piranhas after he leaped into a Bolivian river infested with the fish.

The unnamed 18-year-old boy was drunk when he jumped out of a canoe in the town of Rosario del Yata, 400 miles north of the capital of La Paz.

Guayaramerin police officer Daniel Cayaya said the teen bled to death after the attack, which happened last Thursday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071042/Piranha-attack-Bolivia-Drunk-teenager-killed-police-suspect-suicide.html

Afghanistan: suicide bomber kills 30 at Kabul shrine

A suicide bomber has attacked a Shiite Muslim shrine in central Kabul where hundreds had gathered for the festival of Ashura.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8937511/Afghanistan-suicide-bomber-kills-30-at-Kabul-shrine.html

Calif. couple hospitalized after attack by 300-pound naked bodybuilder

A California couple is recovering after they were savagely beaten by a 300-pound naked bodybuilder in a bizarre encounter outside their home, police said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/calif-couple-hospitalized-attack-300-pound-naked-bodybuilder-article-1.987462

Outlet overloaded with Christmas lights sparks blaze, kills Colorado dad

A night of gift-wrapping and tree-decorating in Colorado turned into a nightmare when Christmas lights sparked a blaze that killed a father of two, authorities said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/outlet-overloaded-christmas-lights-sparks-blaze-kills-colorado-dad-article-1.987436

Pit Bulls Drag Pueblo Woman

According to Pueblo Police, the pit bulls, one male and one female, dragged a woman by her hair near 1 Alamo Rd.

The woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries to her head. She is expected to survive.

Witnesses found a piece of the woman's scalp at the scene.

http://www.krdo.com/news/29925241/detail.html?source=cosp

Mugger picks wrong victim: MMA fighter

“Justin” is 6 feet 2, 250 pounds, with a build that looks like it could split open a suit jacket during a particularly violent sneeze.

But the mixed martial arts expert from Des Plaines insists it was his “training,” not brawn, that allowed him to wrench a loaded pistol from the hand of an alleged mugger who had the weapon pointed at his chest Friday night on the Southwest Side.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/9261611-418/mugger-picks-wrong-victim-mma-fighter.html

Enfield wife jailed over Harry Hill TV row killing

A woman has been jailed for 10 years for killing her husband in a row over what to watch on television.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16045733

Baby shot dead as crazed gunman kills three before turning weapon on himself

A gunman went on the rampage killing three people, including a baby, and then himself in an apparent murder-suicide last night.

Neighbours in New Jersey said the violence erupted from a domestic dispute in a small, white ranch house near the Bayonne Bridge.

A fifth person was rushed to Bayonne Medical Center and was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070500/Baby-adults-shot-dead-New-Jersey-murder-suicide.html

Man 'murdered his stepdaughter and critically wounded his wife on the day they were due in divorce court'

A man was charged with murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon on Monday after his step-daughter was shot dead and his wife, who was shot in the head, was left in a critical condition.

Guerino Annarumma, of Queens, New York, is accused of shooting his wife Olga Annaurmma, 57, and her daughter Valeria Kuzmina, 25, in their apartment just hours before they were due in court to finalise their divorce.

Olga Annarumma had filed for divorce from her husband Guerino Annarumma on June 16, 2010, and the couple were due in court Monday for a hearing.

The couple had been estranged since 2009 and were married for five-and-a-half years.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070495/Guerino-Annarumma-murders-stepdaughter-critically-wounds-wife-day-divorce.html

'The Machete Murderer' who hacked 25 farmworkers to death in the 1970s is denied parole

A serial killer who hacked 25 farmworkers to death and buried their remains in a fruit orchard is denied parole four decades after the crimes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070281/Juan-Corona-Machete-Murderer-killed-25-farmworkers-1970s-denied-parole.html

Woman put voodoo curse on ex-boyfriend before battering him to death with new lover

-Joanne Griffiths, 41, lured Jason Bissell, the father of her daughter, to a fishing lake with the promise of access to his child

-Griffiths, with partner Peter Hood, 43, battered their victim to death with a hammer then bound his face with duct tape

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070288/Joanne-Griffiths-voodoo-curse-ex-Jason-Bissell-battered-death.html

Girl gang who kicked woman in the head while yelling 'kill the white slag' freed after judge hears 'they weren't used to drinking because they're Muslims'

-Yobs ripped lump of hair from Rhea Page's head during High Street attack

-Three sisters and cousin escape with six-month suspended sentences

-Maximum term for assault occasioning actual bodily harm is five years' jail

-Judge: 'Those who knock someone to the floor and kick them in the head can expect to go inside, but I'm going to suspend the sentence'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070562/Muslim-girl-gang-kicked-Rhea-Page-head-yelling-kill-white-slag-FREED.html

Boy, 7, dies of 'severe head injury' after allegedly being beaten at home

Two men have been arrested after a seven-year-old boy died after allegedly being beaten at his home.

Police were alerted just after 7pm on Saturday after schoolboy Blake Fowler was taken to hospital from an address in Cromarty Road, Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire.

He died the following day at Southampton General Hospital after suffering a serious head injury.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070596/Blake-Fowler-7-dies-severe-head-injury-allegedly-beaten-home.html

Girlfriend 'Tasered then buried alive': Victim was left to die in shallow grave, jury told

-Michelina Lewandowska shot with 300,000-volt stun gun, court heard

-Was then 'bound and gagged with parcel tape and put into a box'

-Managed to escape from makeshift grave 'with great difficulty'

-Boyfriend Marcin Kasprzak, 25, was allegedly bored with her

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070319/Michelina-Lewandowska-tasered-buried-alive-boyfriend-Marcin-Kasprzak.html

Homeowner captures thief, hogties him

Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly says when deputies arrived to investigate the robbery at the southeast Ohio home, they found the suspect restrained in the back of the homeowner's car. He says the homeowner recognized the robber and went to his residence to subdue him.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/12/02/20111202homeowner-captures-thief-hogties-him.html

Police looking for woman who slammed raccoon against City Hall

Witnesses said they saw a middle-aged woman with short blond hair bring the bloody, dripping raccoon up the steps and angrily whack it against the white double doors on the east side of the building, smearing the doors with blood.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20111202/NEWS02/111202010/Police-looking-woman-who-slammed-raccoon-against-City-Hall?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Woman arrested for murder of 11-day-old daughter in guesthouse

According to NTV, police received a call from guesthouse staff reporting that a guest had suffocated her baby girl on the premises.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/woman-arrested-for-murder-of-11-day-old-daughter-in-guesthouse

Three stabbed while waiting to use bathroom

One of the victims was stabbed in the chest, while the others were slashed by the knife, one on the hand and one on the thumb.

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/three-stabbed-while-waiting-to-use-bathroom

Stabbing victim's family searches for answers after club brawl

A mother of six is dead after she was stabbed with a beer bottle in the parking lot of an uptown bar early Sunday morning.

Police charged Katie Nicole Robinson, 32, with murder for the death of Antoinette Latoya Baker, 30.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/05/2827956/stabbing-victims-family-searches.html

Keith Soons stabbed with screwdriver over iPhone theft

A father was stabbed to death with a screwdriver after remonstrating with two street robbers who had stolen his iPhone, a court has been told.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-16035128

Hunt for sick burglars who killed woman's 10-week-old kitten in microwave 'because her home had nothing worth taking'

-40-year-old owner found home ransacked in early hours of the morning

-She found the pet in the microwave some time later after she had searched the street for missing kitten

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070148/Burglars-microwave-kitten-death-raid-finding-worth-taking.html

Hunt for lodger after bodies of 'strangled' mother and daughter are found in house

-Police urge Barry Morrow, 51, to make contact

-Angela Holgate, 54, and Alice Huyton, 75, found dead

-Officers believe lodger may be in France or Spain

-Ms Holgate's white Citroen car also missing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069782/Hunt-lodger-bodies-strangled-mother-daughter-house.html

Violent week but Toronto murder rate still low

As Toronto Police investigated one “suspicious death” that occurred late Friday in North York, they revealed another such death 10 hours earlier and a few blocks away is now a homicide — potentially the third in as many days.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/03/violent-week-but-toronto-murder-rate-still-low

Christians take aim at Depp for Christmas song

Johnny Depp has come under fire from religious activists for a new Christmas-themed track they've branded "filth."

The Pirates of the Caribbean star teamed up with British rockers Babybird to record The Jesus Stag Night Club, which tells a story of a boozing Christ-like figure in a strip club.

But the track has caused uproar amongst religious groups including the Focus on Family campaign.

A spokesperson says, "We are sickened by Mr. Depp's behaviour. Why did he need to record this song? It is a slap in the face to Christians all over the world."

Lee Douglas of The Christian Coalition adds, "I'm sure he thinks he's being very funny but he's simply a disgrace. One day, Johnny Depp and his cronies will face the judgment of our Lord and they will burn in hell for this filth."

Babybird frontman Stephen Jones has brushed off the controversy, insisting, "Some people have no sense of humour."

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/03/christians-take-aim-at-depp-for-christmas-song?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=recommend-button&utm_campaign=Christians+take+aim+at+Depp+for+Christmas+song

Stable fire kills 11 horses in NW Harris County

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Fire officials are looking for the cause of a stable fire in northwest Harris County that killed 11 horses.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8453504

Wesleyan murder victim to suspect: "Leave me alone!"

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - Less than five months before she was shot to death, a Wesleyan University student sent an angry email to the man now on trial for killing her, telling him: "Leave me alone!"

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/conn.-murder-victim-to-suspect%3A-%22leave-me-alone%21%22

Son charged with mother’s murder in Bolingbrook

A man accused of stabbing his mother to death during a domestic dispute in her Bolingbrook home was ordered held in lieu of $5 million bail Saturday.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/9219919-418/son-charged-with-mothers-murder-in-bolingbrook.html

Former Charlotte priest admitted he sexually abused boy, document says

A Catholic priest who served in Charlotte confessed to police that he sexually abused a 14-year-old boy from Albemarle 34 years ago, according to court documents filed this week by a prosecutor.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/02/2821098/former-charlotte-priest-admitted.html

Arrest made in '05 slaying of man protecting girlfriend

Police have charged a man with murder nearly six years to the day after a 20-year-old Charlotte man was gunned down as he tried to protect his girlfriend.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/03/2823525/arrest-made-in-05-slaying-of-man.html

Man stranded in snow for three days survives on FROZEN BEER

A driver stranded in snow for three days at temperatures of minus 17 has survived by eating frozen beer.

Clifton Vial, 52, became stranded in his Toyota Tacoma 40 miles outside Nome, Alaska after plunging in a snow drift.

Uncharacteristically unprepared for the situation, he was wearing jeans and a thin coat – not protective enough to dig himself out of the snow without getting frostbite.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069735/Man-stranded-snow-days-survives-FROZEN-BEER.html

'Prophet of God' claims mysterious manuscript's code has been cracked

It's known as the world's most mysterious manuscript - an illustrated tome that's baffled experts for centuries.

Written in bizarre 'alien' characters and illustrated with sketches no one can understand, the book's author is unknown and it has no official title.

Cryptographers, historians and bibliophiles have examined the 15th Century text. But so far no-one has worked out what it means.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069481/Prophet-God-claims-mysterious-manuscripts-code-cracked.html

British soldier stabs 10-year-old Afghan boy with bayonet after 'heavy vodka drinking session'

-Grenadier Guardsman is jailed for 18 months and dismissed from the army

-Boy's father says he has received 'no apology' from British forces

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069492/British-soldier-stabs-10-year-old-Afghan-boy-bayonet-heavy-vodka-drinking-session.html

One-month-old baby with every rib broken fighting for its life after man and woman are arrested for rape and battery

A man and a woman have been arrested after one-month-old baby was allegedly raped and battered.

The tiny child had a heart attack brought on by his injuries and is fighting for his life.

He was rushed to Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, Kent, on Thursday but was transferred to London's King's College Hospital after having a cardiac arrest there.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069467/Man-woman-arrested-month-old-baby-raped-battered.html

Man jumps to his death from Milford Plaza Hotel in midtown Manhattan

A man leapt to his death from the 27th floor of a midtown hotel early Friday, closing down a stretch of Eighth Ave., police said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/man-jumps-death-milford-plaza-hotel-midtown-manhattan-article-1.985789

Man admits raping daughter

A man who twice raped his teenage daughter and committed other sexual offences against two stepdaughters has been jailed for 11 years.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10770362

Teenager Found Hanging From Tree in Park Playground

SANTA ANA -- Police are investigating the death of an 18-year old woman found hanging from a tree at Santiago Park.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-park-playground-hanging,0,6253986.story

Wife Douses Man With Boiling Water After He Threatens Her With Crucifix

CHAPARRAL, N.M. -- A woman doused her husband with scalding hot water after he tried to stab her with a crucifix, authorities said.

http://www.kvia.com/news/29909041/detail.html?source=paso

Man charged with cat killings, beatings

Police say 63-year-old Stanislaw Ternacki killed three cats and seriously injured four others by throwing them off of an outdoor staircase.

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/man-charged-with-cat-killings%2C-beatings

Killed in daredevil jump from hotel rooftop into reservoir

He was known to jump into swimming pools from balconies two stories high. Friends said William Hart, 37, would do this after drinks. Eventually, the party prank cost him his life.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_740467.html

'Honour' attack numbers revealed by UK police forces

UK police recorded at least 2,823 so-called honour attacks last year, figures from 39 out of 52 forces show.

Honour attacks are punishments on people, usually women, for acts deemed to have brought shame on their family.

Such attacks can include acid attacks, abduction, mutilations, beatings and in some cases, murder.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16014368

Portadown man Christopher Harper guilty of wife's murder

The 40-year-old died from a single stab wound to the neck at the couple's home in the Manor area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16005797

Terrified passengers flee as gunman opens fire on crowded New York bus and kills two

-Police: Killer shot 18-year-old man in apartment before jumping aboard bus and killing another

-One other victim in stable condition

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069447/Gunman-opens-crowded-New-York-city-bus-kills-two.html

Handyman dies after getting electrocuted putting up Christmas lights

A 51-year-old man died after he was electrocuted while working on a Christmas lights display Friday morning.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069472/Handyman-dies-getting-electrocuted-putting-Christmas-lights.html

Man sentenced for killing wife; she strangled son

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison Friday for beating his wife to death with a flashlight after he came home to find she had strangled their 4-year-old son with a ribbon and tried to kill their 7-year-old daughter.

http://news.yahoo.com/man-sentenced-killing-wife-she-strangled-son-170349064.html

Father tells court how he killed his toddler son because he wouldn’t stop crying

-Nathan Allen had only been left alone with 14-month-old Fletcher for half an hour

-The 27-year-old tells court: 'As soon as I’d done it I realised it was wrong and I said ‘sorry Fletcher''

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069130/Nathan-Allen-killed-toddler-son-wouldnt-stop-crying.html

Guilty plea in deadly Christmas wreath blaze

OTTAWA — Ali Issaky flicked his lighter against a Christmas wreath and killed two women.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/01/guilty-plea-in-deadly-christmas-wreath-blaze

Florida woman’s face catches fire during cyst surgery

‘'They woke me up and everyone around me was hysterical,’ 29-year-old victim tells mom

A 29-year-old mother of three is recovering in an Alabama burn unit after her face caught fire during a routine surgery earlier this week.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-woman-face-catches-fire-cyst-surgery-article-1.985405

Black college student sparks debate by hanging Confederate flag in dorm room, says 'I know it's kind of weird because I'm black'

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A black college student who drew complaints for displaying a Confederate flag in his dorm room window said he sees the banner as a symbol of Southern pride and not racism.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-college-student-sparks-debate-hanging-confederate-flag-dorm-room-i-kind-weird-black-article-1.985611

Afghan president pardons imprisoned rape victim - after she agrees to marry attacker

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday pardoned an Afghan woman serving a 12-year prison sentence for having sex out of wedlock after she was raped by a relative.

Karzai’s office said in a statement that the woman and her attacker have agreed to marry. That would reverse an earlier decision by the 19-year-old woman, who had previously refused a judge’s offer of freedom if she agreed to marry the rapist.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/afghan-president-pardons-imprisoned-rape-victim-agrees-marry-attacker-article-1.985756

Poisoned beverage suspected in boy's death

A fourth-grade boy is dead, and his mother is in a coma, in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, after consuming a beverage produced by a subsidiary of Coca-Cola on Tuesday, according to a Beijing News report.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/china/2011-12/01/content_14196724.htm

Last 2 of 4 children shot by their father die

BAY CITY — A father who opened fire on his family on Wednesday, killing his four small children and himself, was reported to police for domestic assault Thanksgiving week but avoided arrest in that incident after his wife - the lone survivor of the shooting rampage - declined to file charges against him.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Last-2-of-4-children-shot-by-their-father-die-2339385.php

Tucson man charged with hiring hit men to kill girl's parents

TUCSON -- A Tucson man has been charged with hiring hit men to kill a 15-year-old girl's parents, and another to go after the original hitmen when they reneged on their deal.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/12/01/20111201tucson-man-charged-hiring-hit-men-kill-girls-parents.html

Woman found strangled in Kamakura

TOKYO — Police said Thursday that a woman was found dead in her apartment in Kamakura on Wednesday. Investigators said she appeared to have been strangled with a necktie.

The woman, identified as Kozue Suga, 52, was found in a first floor bedroom of her home at about 2:30 p.m., TV Asahi reported. Police said her husband, also 52, has gone missing.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/woman-found-strangled-in-kamakura

8-yr-old girl stabbed by man while walking home from school in Matsudo

CHIBA — An 8-year-old girl was stabbed in the abdomen by a man as she was walking home from school on Thursday afternoon in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, police said.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/8-year-old-girl-stabbed-by-man-while-walking-home-from-school-in-chiba

Devil sperm collected in bid to save species

In what could be a last-ditch bid to prevent the extinction of tasmanian devils, scientists are collecting and freezing eggs and sperm.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-02/last-ditch-effort-to-save-tasmanian-devils/3710200

140 flamingos die in mass electrocution

Nearly 140 greater flamingos were killed in a wildlife sanctuary in western India when they were startled and flew into a string of high-tension powerlines, officials said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-02/mass-electrocution-kills-140-flamingos-in-india/3710040

Afghan gunmen poured acid on faces of three sisters and their parents... because eldest 'didn't want to marry ageing warlord'

Afghan gunmen burst into a family home - where they poured acid over the father, his wife and their three daughters - because they stopped their eldest from marrying an ageing warlord.

They carried out the brutal midnight attack on Tuesday to scar the girls, in the belief that no-one will now want to marry them.

Officials said the oldest daughter Mumtaz, 18, had been pursued by a local gunman who the family considered a 'troublemaker' and a 'bully'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068977/Afghan-gunmen-pour-acid-3-sisters-parents-refusal-marry-ageing-warlord.html

13-year-old handcuffed and arrested for burping in class

A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed against an Albuquerque public school principal, a teacher and a city police officer.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068982/13-year-old-Albuquerque-schoolboy-handcuffed-arrested-burping-class.html

Police appeal to criminals to help find thugs who did this to woman, 90, in her own home

Police have appealed to the criminal underworld to help track down the thugs who did this to pensioner Alice Travis.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069006/Alice-Travis-90-left-battered-bruised-gang-thugs-Daubhill.html

Horror on Skype as company director kills himself with a knife while partner watches 7,000 miles away

A company director produced a knife and killed himself while his partner watched on the internet, almost 7,000 miles away.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068683/Company-director-killed-knife-speaking-partner-Skype.html

Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden. Hans Schwartz, c. 1520.

'Cannibal murder' suspect hands himself in

Teeth and bones belonging to Ramin were discovered on October 10 by the remains of a fire on the island Nuku Hiva. He had been murdered, dismembered and bits of him possibly eaten.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/frenchpolynesiatahiti/8926335/Cannibal-murder-suspect-hands-himself-in.html

Cops nab suspect in killing of Rita Morelli, Italian waitress and Hunter College student

Supsect tried to kill himself when confronted by police

The man who killed an Italian college student inside her Harlem apartment was busted after detectives called him from the slain woman’s cell phone, police sources said Wednesday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cops-nab-suspect-killing-rita-morelli-italian-waitress-hunter-college-student-article-1.984951

Serial killer litters US beach with bodies

When four bodies were found last December strewn along a remote barrier beach south of New York's Long Island, police figured they were dealing with a serial killer. When the remains of six others were uncovered later, they widened the possibility to multiple killers using the same dumping ground.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10770109

SF man guilty of killing woman, molesting girls

A San Francisco man was convicted Wednesday of stabbing his girlfriend to death in April 2007 and sexually assaulting her two daughters at their Bernal Heights home.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/01/BAJR1M6F7L.DTL

85 priests were accused of abuse - Catholic Church reviews

Six reports published by the Catholic Church in Ireland have revealed there were child abuse allegations against 85 priests across the dioceses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15960621

Machete attack on ice-cream man in Monsall

An ice-cream seller has been attacked with a machete and robbed while selling from his van in Greater Manchester.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15980222

Shop worker dies after being stabbed in the neck by masked man in 'horrific' attack

Police say attack was unprovoked and they have no idea why victim was targeted

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068124/Shop-worker-dies-stabbed-neck-masked-man-horrific-attack.html

Killer murdered housemate and stuffed his body in the airing cupboard before calling friend for help

A university student who killed his housemate before stuffing his body in an airing cupboard has been convicted of his killing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068193/Emlyn-Evans-Loude-murdered-housemate-Michael-Mazu-stuffed-body-airing-cupboard.html

All-white church bans interracial couples (but members claim they're not racist)

An all-white church in America's rural South has voted to ban interracial couples from joining.

Members of the Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church in Kentucky voted for the resolution after their Sunday service, which says the church 'does not condone interracial marriage'.

The church member who crafted the resolution, Melvin Thompson, claims he is not racist and called the matter an 'internal affair'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068512/Kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couples.html

Schoolboy, 12, found hanged after he was 'bullied by girl gang for being autistic'

A 12-year-old boy found hanged at his home was being bullied by a gang of girls, it has been claimed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068514/Michael-Raven-12-bullied-girl-gang-autistic-hanged.html