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Messiah name change to Martin! A judge in eastern Tennessee ruled that the baby was to be named Martin DeShawn McCullough. This was after a couple were in court because they could not agree on the child’s last name. When…
Mexican officials said a court ordered the release of infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero after 28 years in prison, overturning his conviction for the 1985 kidnap and killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena. A court…
In a speech before his final sentencing (watch the full speech below), admitted Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro pleaded with the judge not to consider him a “monster” like the prosecution has claimed, instead insisting that he is “just sick” with…
Baseball legend Cal Ripken raised the reward money to $100,000 for information in his mother’s abduction. The mother of the Orioles Hall of Famer was abducted from her Aberdeen home at gunpoint by a still unidentified middle-aged man. Her kidnapper…
O.J. Simpson, he’s been granted parole. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be walking free anytime soon. Simpson, who has been waging a campaign on several fronts to get out of prison, has chalked up a rare victory. The Nevada Parole…
The now-popular, George Zimmerman, had been pulled over for over speeding on Wednesday in Forney, Texas. The police also found a gun in his car compartment. Weeks ago, Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder charges related to his killing of…
A Texas A&M freshman died on a car crash Monday evening on U.S. 550 near Cuba, N.M., about 85 miles north of Albuquerque. Texas A&M said Tuesday that freshman Polo Manukainiu was among three people killed. Manukainiu’s friend, and a…
Whoo! Jasleen is such a big baby, born at 13 pounds and 4 ounces. Jasleen was born at University Hospital in Leipzig, Germany, on July 26. Her weight and 22.4-inch length makes her the largest-ever newborn recorded in Germany. Jasleen’s…
Where can you buy the Anacin tablets? Is the Anacin tablet the secret to longevity? The 112-year-old Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez, of Grand Island, N.Y. is the current oldest known living man according to Guinness World Records, after 116-year-old Jiroemon Kimura passed…
Today, Google honors Rosalind Franklin, a DNA scientist, on its Google Doodle logo. Franklin was the one who did the research that led to the discovery of the structure of DNA. Franklin was born in Notting Hill, London on 25…