ATLANTA – Georgia football legend Herschel Walker is expected to reveal in an upcoming book that he has multiple personalities — a revelation that surprises the man who coached the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner. “That’s all news to me,” former Georgia coach Vince Dooley said. “All I know is whatever …
Read More »Man Visits Mother's Grave, Finds His Own Already Occupied Beside Her
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio – A southwest Ohio man who planned to be buried next to his mother found someone else already in his grave. David L. Bingham says someone who shares his name has taken over his final resting place in Colerain Township. He said he hadn’t visited his mother’s …
Read More »Simple Viral Infection Put Teenager on Transplant List
A simple viral infection has put Karele Galaise-Seguin on a waiting list for a new heart. For the past 17 days she has been hooked up to a heart-lung machine at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, awaiting a transplant, The Canadian Press reported. Karele, 16, was taken to a hospital near …
Read More »Researchers Study Possible Bacterial Link to SIDS
LONDON – A baffling phenomenon known as sudden infant death syndrome is one of the leading causes of death for children under 1. Now, British researchers say they may have found a contributing factor: bacteria. They found potentially dangerous bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli in nearly half …
Read More »Child, 2 Adults Found Dead in Suburban Chicago Home
ROSELLE, Ill. – A mother, father and their 7-year-old son were found shot to death Wednesday at a home in a northwest Chicago suburb, police said. A relative found a 47-year-old woman unresponsive in the Roselle home and called authorities. Police found the other two bodies, that of a 60-year-old …
Read More »U.S. Casts Blame on Iran, Syria for Deaths of Innocent in Lebanon
WASHINGTON – The Bush administration accused Iran and Syria on Friday of fueling ongoing violence in Lebanon by inciting members of the radical Shiite Hezbollah movement to take up arms against the country’s western-backed government. As Hezbollah militants seized control of large parts of Beirut, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …
Read More »N.Y. Cop Accused of Killing Homeless Illegal Alien Heads to Trial
WHITE PLAINS, New York – Rene Perez was a drunkard and vagrant, an irritant to the police who had arrested him dozens of times in the neighboring towns of Mount Kisco and Bedford. One night a year ago, Perez called police from a coin laundry, possibly seeking a lift to …
Read More »Regulators Hopeful Texas Sinkhole Won't Swallow Homes
DAISETTA, Texas – The massive sinkhole, with the crumbling dirt around its edges resembling sharp teeth, had managed to swallow up oil tanks and barrels, tires, telephone poles and several vehicles. Daisetta residents feared the appetite of the sinkhole, which began as a 20-foot hole in the ground on Wednesday …
Read More »Cops: Couple Bought Mexican Babies to Sell in U.S.
MONTERREY, Mexico – Police in northern Mexico have arrested two people accused of buying Mexican babies to sell to U.S. couples. Officials say Amado Torres and his wife Maria Isabel Hernandez are believed to have bought more than a dozen children aged 2 or younger. Investigator Oralia Mancha says the …
Read More »Baby Dies After Plunging Into Thames River
A baby who was feared dead after falling into the Thames River when her mother apparently fainted died Wednesday after hours of battling for life. The 10-month-old girl, along with her mother and older sister, plunged into the river in Oxfordshire, England, as the family was feeding ducks. The mother …
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