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Day Care Worker Tapes Toddler to Floor for Nap

A day care worker from northern Kentucky has been arrested and fired, after she allegedly taped a toddler to a mat during the child's nap time. Police have charged 20-year-old Alicia Lyons, above, with first-degree criminal abuse, after ... continue

Bonnie and Clyde Guns Sold at Auction

A pair of guns reportedly seized from gangsters Bonnie and Clyde have sold for a combined $210,000 at auction. The guns, an 1897 12-gauge Winchester shotgun and a .45-caliber Thompson submachine gun (a 'tommy gun' in common parlance), ... continue

Man Shoots Change Machine, Goes on the Run

A man who was caught on camera shooting a change machine is now being hunted by police - despite the machine refusing to cough up a single cent. In a word, fail. The armed robbery took place in ... continue

Oklahoma Stages First Execution of 2012

Oklahoma has become the first U.S. state to perform an execution this year. Gary Roland Welch was a convicted murderer who was sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of Robert Dean Hardcastle in 1994. The 49-year-old was ... continue

Stolen Squirrel Monkey Found Safe and Well

A monkey stolen from San Francisco Zoo was returned safely home on Saturday night, two days after being swiped by thieves. 'Banana Sam' is a 17-year-old squirrel monkey who went missing last Thursday after some ne'er-do-wells cut through ... continue

Madonna Fan Arrested Over Song Leak

A Madonna fan from Spain has been arrested in connection with the leaking of a Madonna single that is not due for release until 2012. 'Gimme All Your Luvin'' will be the lead single from Madonna's next album, ... continue

Lindsay Lohan Doing Well on Morgue Community Service

Lindsay Lohan has been defying her 'bad girl' image and taking community service pretty seriously, according to authorities. The actress (and now Playboy centerfold) has been piling up the hours at L.A. County coroner's office, and is ... continue

Anthony Borgese Gets House Arrest for Arranging Mob Beating

Anthony Borgese, stage name Tony Darrow, has made a living out of playing mob and mafioso tough guys. The Brooklyn-born actor has appeared in Goodfellas (as lounge owner Sonny Bunz) and HBO hit The Sopranos (as crime family ... continue

Mom Caught Trying to Sell Baby for $7,000

A South Florida mom who says she and her children had been living on $650 a month is standing trial for trying to sell her baby for $7,000. Prosecutors say Kenia Bosque's attempt to sell her eight-month-old son ... continue

Farmers Attack Corrupt City Officials Office With Snakes

When local officials at a tax office in northern India allegedly attempted to bribe two farmers who wanted to obtain property tax records they were in for quite the surprise. Not willing to pay the extortion fees pushed ... continue

Five Charged Over Dead Lion Theft

Five people have been charged after allegedly attempting to steal the carcass of a lion from a compound in Zanesville, eastern Ohio. The lion was shot dead last month after its owner, Terry Thompson, released dozens of ... continue

Brody Jenner, Avril Lavigne Report Bar Brawl to Police

Brody Jenner has filed a police report after getting involved in a bar brawl with girlfriend Avril Lavigne. According to Los Angeles police Sgt. Keith Green, reality TV star Jenner's report alleges assault with a deadly weapon - ... continue

Carlos the Jackal on Trial in France

Carlos the Jackal was yesterday put on trial in France for a second time, for a series of deadly attacks that were carried out almost three decades ago. The 62-year-old Venezuelan, real name Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, is already ... continue

Man Loses Right To A Lawyer

28-year-old Joshua Monson has found out the hard way that stabbing lawyers is frowned upon in a courtroom. Who knew? Monson is currently appearing in court on charges of methamphetamine possession, and has just lost his right to ... continue

Violent Crimes Kill More People Than War [Study]

The 2011 Global Burden of Armed Violence report has revealed that more people are killed each year by armed violence than war. According to the study of the 526,000 people who die violenty every year 55,000 are killed during ... continue

Thieves Steal Entire Bridge

In what must rank as one of the more audacious robberies of recent times, state police in North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania have revealed thieves stole a 50-foot steel bridge. Yes, all of it. In a report filed Wednesday, ... continue

19-Year-Old Gets 97 Years for String of Robberies

A 19-year-old Virginia man has felt the full force of the law for a spate of armed robberies carried out over two weeks. On Monday, teenager Raymond Lewis Perry was sentenced to almost 100 years in prison. Perry, ... continue

Police Looking For Sex Abuse Victims Of Babysitter Couple

A Beaverton, Oregon couple who are alleged to have sexually abused and sodomized a five-year-old child they were babysitting may have had more more victims. William Paul Gaskin, 40, was booked into jail on April 29th and charged ... continue

World War II-Era Flag Stolen From Home [Video]

Vancouver housewife Marguerite Houghton decided she would honor the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks by hanging a huge American flag on her house. This flag was a little different from others lining her neighborhood, however: ... continue