Sex offender running for mayor in Texas town hopes voters overlook his 2004 arrest whdh 3/23/08WILMER, Texas -- A registered sex offender running for mayor of his small town says he hopes voters can overlook his 2004 arrest in which he was caught in a police sting trying to arrange sex with a 15-year-old girl on the Internet. offender sex

Political Sex Scandal Helped Save the Jewish People tzvee.blogspot 3/21/08A political sex scandal helped to save the Jewish people according to the biblical Book of Esther. sex scandal general

Scientist linked to anthrax attacks commits suicide wbir 8/1/08By The Associated Press: Family members are confirming that a government scientist who was being linked to the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks has taken his own life. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against 62-year-old Bruce Ivins. He had worked at the government's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick, Maryland, for the past 18 years. The paper says a colleague reported Ivins took a massive dose of a prescription painkiller. anthrax suicide

Karadzic to appear in court at UN tribunal on Thursday en.rian.ru 7/30/08THE HAGUE, July 30 (RIA Novosti) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will formally hear the charges against him at the UN tribunal on Thursday, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia said Wednesday. karadzic tribunal

Church shooting suspect angry over job search, police say cnn.co.hu 7/28/08KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- The suspect in a fatal shooting at a Knoxville church Sunday was motivated by frustration over being unable to obtain a job and hatred for the liberal movement, police said Monday. church shooting

FBI Chief Criticizes Gun Ruling theday 7/1/08 By Associated Press: Hartford (AP) - Last week's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld a constitutional right to own guns for self-defense and hunting may harm efforts to deter violent crime in communities and college campuses, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Monday. gun ruling

R.Kelly Acquitted in Child Pornography Trial enews20 6/15/08By Julia Bonelli: R&B singer R.Kelly left the Cook County Criminal Court Building after a jury declared him not guilty on all 14 counts of child pornography. It took more than six years of pretrial delays for prosecutors to get the 41-year-old Grammy-Award winning R&B singer into court on charges of child pornography. kelly acquitted

Deadly Tokyo stabbing rampage stuff.co.nz 6/8/08A man has driven a truck into a crowd of pedestrians in a popular Tokyo shopping district before going on a stabbing rampage, killing six people, Japanese media reported. The man drove a truck into a crowd of pedestrians and then attacked passers-by with a knife in Akihabara district, known for its discount electronics and maid cafes, at lunchtime. tokyo stabbing

Investigators dig for remains at Manson ranch us.cnn 5/21/08DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) -- Investigators delicately dug with shovels in the desert heat Tuesday in a painstaking hunt for possible victims of Charles Manson and his followers at a ranch where they hid after a 1969 killing spree. manson ranch

Larissa Schuster Guilty in Acid Vat Murder digitalalchemy 5/17/08Larissa Schuster has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her husband, Timothy Schuster, using a vat of acid. But she didn't need to get any ideas from the movies for the gruesome, high-concept idea. The 47-year-old biochemist co-owned a chemical lab with her husband in Clovis, California, and they were in the midst of an acrimonious divorce. acid vat

'Jane Doe' Rape Kits to Go Nationwide abcnews.go 5/14/08By KRISTEN WYATT - Associated Press Writer: ELKTON, Md. (AP) - Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges. rape nationwide

Authorities to dig at old Manson family ranch images.cnn 5/9/08(CNN) -- Authorities said Friday that they will begin digging for evidence of graves at a California ranch that once was home to the infamous "family" of convicted killer Charles Manson. Soil testing to determine the possible presence of buried bodies was inconclusive, authorities said Friday, so "exploratory excavation" will be done this month, Inyo County Sheriff Bill Lutze said. ranch manson

Almost 100 Arrested in College Drug Bust wltx 5/7/08San Diego, CA (WLTX) -- Authorities say nearly 100 students have been arrested at San Diego State University on drug-related charges. Drugs, cash and guns were seized from sellers and buyers in the bust that followed a five-month undercover operation. drug bust