Baltimore police have learned the most recent victim in a rash of strangling deaths of women was working as a prostitute before she was killed, according to departmental reports.
Aimee Mann travels great distances in just a few words. From her first hit, with 'Til Tuesday in 1985 (the ubiquitous “Voices Carry") through an Academy Award nomination in 1999 for “Save Me" in Paul Thomas Anderson's harrowing masterpiece Magnolia through the unfussy perfection of her new album, @#%&! Smilers (released June 3 on Superego Records), Mann is a songwriter's songwriter.
A heart attack at Wet 'n Wild and two broken ankles at other attractions were among the serious ride incidents at Central Florida theme parks this spring, according to state records released this week.
Roland Gladieux was awakened yesterday morning by two men arguing outside his house in South Toledo. Still groggy, Mr. Gladieux peered out his bedroom window about 5:40 a.m. and saw one man hovering over a man on a bicycle, threatening to shoot him. Seconds later, there was a gunshot and the victim fell backward. “I saw him pull the trigger,” Mr. Gladieux said. “I seen the gun flash.” The
The local chapter of the ACLU is responding to reports that members of the Muslim community were targets of federal surveillance. Jenny Hamel report. 7/16/08
A follower of Charles Manson who is dying of brain cancer has been denied release from a California prison. The parole board denied Susan Atkins' request for compassionate release. She stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death in 1969 and wrote the word "pig" in blood.
SEVENTEEN NEW ballparks have sprouted up since Baltimore's Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992. The Yankees and Mets will add to that number next year. The Twins' playpen is under construction. The Marlins, Rays and Athletics are working hard to join the parade.
W hen Tim Burton set out to create the first Batman movie that adults could enjoy, screenwriter Sam Hamm recalled recently, studio executives were stunned that he intended to make a comic-book film in which people would suffer severe injury or actually be killed when they were shot, stabbed, poisoned, gassed or crushed.
A heart attack at Wet 'n Wild and two broken ankles at other attractions were among the serious ride incidents at Central Florida theme parks this spring, according to state records released Tuesday.
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