Just hours after “‘Till death do us part,” a doctor was dead by his own hand after having murdered his new bride, police in Terre Haute, Ind., say. Investigators believe George “Scott” Samson, 54, shot Kelly Samson and then himself minutes after the last guests left a reception held at their home late Saturday night. Witnesses say the couple started ... Read More »
Texas Executes Woman Who Starved, Tortured Boy
A Texas woman convicted of the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend’s 9-year-old son a decade ago was executed this evening. Lisa Coleman, 38, received a lethal injection after the Supreme Court rejected a last-day appeal to spare her. She was pronounced dead at 6:24pm local time, 12 minutes after Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials began administering a ... Read More »
The new scale by which all England performances should be graded
Even with lowered expectations going into the World Cup, England still managed to disappoint, busting earnest attempts to back the young but all too familiar team like a pinata filled with empty candy wrappers being dangled over a toilet. And so it came as no surprise that in the team’s first match since returning from Brazil — an overpriced ... Read More »
An incomplete list of footballers who fulfilled their dreams during the summer transfer window
The transfer window is often seen as the the grubby, cynical part of football. The time when the game itself takes a backseat to the business and the money worship that many critics feel is ruining everything. But for a large segment of players, the latest transfer window has been a time of fulfilling dreams in numbers that might prove ... Read More »
Woman Steals $144 In Eyeshadow, Mugshot Convicts Her
Woman Steals $144 In Eyeshadow, Mugshot Convicts Her Brandy Allen, 31, is the Arkansas woman who was arrested on charges of shoplifting and disorderly conduct after she tried to steal $144 in eye shadow from the cosmetics store Ulta on Labor Day, and her mugshot is pretty convicting. A store associate saw Allen grabbing handfuls of makeup without checking ... Read More »