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U.S. Tourist Drugged, Robbed, Killed by Train in Italy

Who:Frank Phel, 74, of California

Why:was killed by a train as he walked on the tracks in a daze

What:a suspected robber, a 54-year-old Italian man who was arrested Saturday, chatted with him and his wife before fetching them cappuccinos at a local cafe and then adding a mix of drugs including sleeping pills

When:Friday

Where:ROME

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Teen Charged With Kidnapping Woman, Tossing Her in Well

Who:Joshua James Cannon

Why:aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault in the case

What: was arraigned on charges for robing a 63-year-old woman and kidnapping her for 16hours

When:Friday may 14,2008

Where:GUN BARREL CITY, Texas

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College Student Dies After Falling Off Bed

Who:20-year-old Aaron Miller of Bellbrook

Why:from injuries he received nearly 6 feet from his elevated bed

What:he died after being hospitalized for 3 weeks

When:Saturday

Where:he fell in the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house at the university of Miami and died at the hospice of Dayton

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Homeless woman suffocates in sand; 3 held

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Who:53-year-old Patricia Ann Kalbskopf.

Why: she suffocated

What:They allegedly poured sand over her while she was passed out drunk at some dunes along the state's central coast and she died.

When:Wednesday may 14,2008

Where:on a California beach

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Parents to Sue Maker of Metal Baseball Bats Over Son's Injury

Who:Steven Domalewski

Why:the ball slammed into his chest and stopped his heart

What:He was resuscitated but now has brain damage and is severely disabled

When:about 2years ago

Where:New Jersey

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Austrian Kidnap Victim Buys House of Horrors Where She Spent 8 Years in Dungeon

Who:Natascha Kampusch

Why:to protect it from vandals and stop it being torn down

What:She bought the house in which she was held captive by her kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil in a dangeon

When:for 8years since the age of 10 in 1998

Where:near Vienna

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Unusual Tumor Caused Girl, 4, to Start Menstruating at 14 Months

Who:Grace Webster
Why: She suffered until the age of 3 with a hypothalamic hamartoma , unusual tumor that caused her to start menstruation at 14 months
What:She had to get surgery, and now is free to enjoy life
When:last year
Where: at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix

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Michigan Teen Gets Life Sentence for 'Thrill Kill' Beheading

Who: Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 18

Why: For killing a man, then beheading him and setting fire to his body

What: he was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole.

When: Monday

Where:Detroit, Michigan

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5 Bodies, Including 3 Children, Found in Houston Home

Who:five people, including three young children

Why:still unknown

What: Their bodies of , were found Saturday afternoon on a sprawling property with several structure

When:saturday afternoon

Where: Houston, texas

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Texas Woman Convicted for Operating Swinger's Club Involving Young Children

Who:Shauntel Mayo, 29
Why:being found guilty on charges that she forced three siblings, ages 7 through 10, to have sex with each other or perform sexual acts for club members who paid to watch.
What:She's been sentenced to life after being found guilty of forcing her 3siblings to perform sexual acts and gave the drugs ( silly pills) to make them do better.
When:thrusday
Where:TYLER, Texas

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Florida Substitute Teacher Fired, Accused of Wizardry

Who:Jim Piculas

Why: because he performed magic in front of students

What: He might loose his job, and the incident might prevent him from being considered for future jobs.

When: Tuesday may 6th,2008

Where: the Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes, Fla

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Catholic Priest Sentenced to Prison for Having Sex With Female Inmates

Who:Vincent Inametti

Why: because he violated trust as an employee of the federal prison and as a priest

What: He pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a ward.he faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, but his lack of a criminal history suggested that he might get a sentence between 10 and 16 months but he was sentenced to 2 years.

When:in November

Where: FORT WORTH, Texas

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Three Babies Found Dead in Freezer in West Germany, Mother Arrested

Who:An identified mother
Why: Because they found her 3 babies dead in a basement freezer
What: She got arrested
When: Sunday may 4th 2008
Where:olpe, germany

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Ohio Teen Hiding in Bed Foils Intruders With Text Message

Who: Lauren Durnbaugh

Why: Because her mother had forgotten to lock the back door.

What:She didn't go to school on Tuesday and when she heard someone open the rear door, she text her mom: OMG. They're in the house. I think we're being robbed,her mom raced to the house and called the cops on her way. police arrived and caught the burglars

When:Tuesday April 29,2008

Where:LithopolisOhio

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Austrian Teen Held Captive Since Birth in Critical Condition

Who:Kerstin Fritzl's

Why: lack of oxygen

What: She is in a coma, after being held captive after her birth from her mother/sister and father/grandfather

When: Wednesday April 20th, 2008

Where:AMSTETTEN, Austria

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After coup, food shortage affects Haitian children

Who: Haitian children

Why: because of Bad water, malnutrition, starvation, dehydration, AIDS, cerebral palsy, hydrocephalic syndrome and wounds suffered in the crossfire of gang-related wars

What: the worst child mortality rate in the world – one in nine children dies before age 5 and were the main ones affected by the food shortage.

When: last month.

Where:Haiti

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Woman, Baby Die After Doctors Refuse to Treat Them in India

Who:Maya Devi, 28,and her newborn Baby

Why: because she was a Dalit, or "untouchable," a group at the bottom of the caste social ladder

What:they died from a lack of medical treatment

When:Wednesday

Where:in northern Uttar Pradesh state

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Rescuers Search for Missing Brazil Priest Carried Aloft by Party Balloons

Who:Rev. Adelir Antonio di Carli

Why: because he was trying to brake the 19-hour record to fund a "spiritual" rest-stop for truckers in Paranagua, home to Brazil's largest grain port.What: the ballon's where found but he is reported missing

When:Sunday

Where: he lifted off from the port city of Paranagua

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Florida Girl Survives Shark Attack

Who: a 14 year old girl
Why: because she got nipped by a shark
What: she has cuts and puncture wound in her right foot
When: Sunday April 20th, 2008
Where: around the Ponce De Leon Inlet

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Eighth-Grader Faces Felony Charge for Planting Nuts in Lunch of Allergic Classmate

Who: a 13 year old 8Th grader

Why: the reason is unknown since there was no no known history of problems between the two 13-year-olds.

What: is accused of putting peanut butter cookie crumbs in the lunchbox of a classmate with a severe peanut allergy

When:Thursday April 17Th, 2008

Where:at Morton Middle School in Lexington

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Father, Son Banned From U.K. Swimming Pool for Not Being Muslim

Who: David T

Why: because they are not Muslims

What: They were barred from swimming at a U.K. sports center

When:at the Clissold Leisure Centre in east London

Where: Sunday morning

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Ohio Man Accused of Killing Wife, 4 Children Found Dead in Jail Cell

Who:Michel Veillette, 34

Why: no one really knows what was going through his mind

What: he hanged himself with a sheet after being accused of stabbing himself to death and burning his 4 kids down in a house fire

When: Jan 11th, 2008

Where: in Mason, about 20 miles northeast of Cincinnati

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Haiti Prime Minister Forced to Step Down

Who: ousted Jacques Edouard Alexis
Why: to defuse widespread anger over rising food prices that led to days of deadly protests and looting.
What: he was forced to step down
When: Saturday april 12th, 2008
Where: at Haiti parliament

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Girl, 14, Gets Probation for Killing Father With Shotgun

Who:Matthew Booth Sr's 14 year old daughter

Why:to end years of sexual abuse that she had been suffering since 7 years old
What: She shot her father in the face.
When:July 30
Where: in Elizabeth Township

8 Club Mansion workers held in beatings

Who:Sean Sweeney, Trevor Costello and John Merryman

Why: because they refused to pay a $700 bill without seeing a tab

What: 10 bouncer viciously beat the three University of Delaware students

When: Early Friday April 4th, 2008

Where:South Beach's Club

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Texas Girl to Have Half Her Brain Removed to Combat Rare Disease

Who:Jessie Hall

Why:to combat a life-threatening disorder :Rasmussen's encephalitis

What:she is set to have half of her brain removed

When:later this year

Where:at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore

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Florida Boaters Killed in Fire at Sea

Who;56-year-old Alton Earl Jones and an unidentified female

Why: they died in a fire at sea

What: 2 boaters bodies have been found by authorities

When: Sunday at about 11am

Where: Tampa bay

Grammy-Winning Tejano Singer Navaira Hurt in Bus Crash

Who:Emilio Navaira

Why: because his band's bus slammed into traffic barrels on Interstate 610 northbound in Bellaire

What: He's under critical condition after getting in car accident

When: Sunday

Where: Bellaire, within the city west of downtown Houston

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New York Man Loses Dead Wife's Voice Message in Phone Service Upgrade

Who:Charles Whiting
Why: because their was a Verizon upgrade
What: he lost his dead wife's previously recorded message on which he relied
When: 30 days from the Feb. 18
Where: Westchester, N.Y

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Who:Amanda Rouse
Why:because she made the wrong decision
What: she was handed a Saturday detention after stopping an out of control bus.
When: Wednesday morning
Where: California

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Judge Allows Woman to Annul Marriage After She Discovers Ex-Husband Was Female

Who: Jennifer Jack

Why: because she discovered that her ex-husband was once a woman.

What:A judge will allow her to annul her marriage

When:after her divorce

Where: U.S

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Oklahoma Teen Faces Porn Charges Over Cell Phone Video

Who:Eighteen-year-old Kylem Lamont Carter

Why:because he used his cell phone camera to record a 16-year-old girl performing oral sex on him and allegedly shared the video with several students

What:he's been charged with manufacturing and distributing child pornography

When:n/a

Where: in OKLAHOMA CITY

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Dad Who Burned Kids in Dryer: Thought They Could Have a Good Time Without Money

Who:Aron Pritchard

Why: because he said he wanted to show them they could have a good time without much money

What:he put his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son in a hot clothes dryer

When:Nov. 28, 2006

Where:HUTCHINSON, Kansas

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2 Fla. Women Convicted of Keeping Haitian Teen as a Slave

Who:Evelyn Theodore and her daughter, Maude Paulin
Why: because they violated Simone Celestin's Thirteenth Amendment rights to be free from slavery
What: they were convicted of harboring an illegal alien for financial gain and forcing Celestin to be their slave.
When: Tuesday afternoon
Where: in FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla

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Investigators Say Family Opposition to Boyfriend May Be Behind Brutal Texas Murders

Who: a 16 year old unidentified teen, 19-year-old Charlie James Wilkinson, 18-year-old Bobbi Gale Johnson and Charles Allen Wade, 20

Why: because the family was trying to brake the couple up.

What:their accused of 3 counts of capital murder each of the teenage girls mom and 2 brothers.

When:Sunday march 2st

Where:ALBA, Texas

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Twin Porn Actors Suspected in Dozens of Burglaries in Three States

Who: Twin brothers Keyontyli and Taleon Goffney
Why: because a multistate task force said they watched the twins break into a South Philadelphia beauty shop through the roof.
What: are charged with the rooftop burglary of a South Philadelphia business and are suspected in dozens of similar crimes in at least three states
When: Feb. 19
Where:in a South Philadelphia beauty shop.

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Teacher's Aide Quits After Hosting Sex and Drugs Party for High School Students

Who: Abbiejane Swogger
Why: because police discovered teenage students in her hotel room with alcohol and drugs.
What: She quit her job as a teacher's aide.
When: Monday.
Where: Natrona Heights, Pa

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U.K. Artist Kills Herself After Aborting Twins

Who: Emma beck
Why: she felt remorse and regret, and desired to be with her babies whom she said needed her.
What:She killed herself after aborting her twins when she was 8weeks pregnant.
When: Feb 1
Where: In London.

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Police Believe Missing Dad Took Off or Became Victim of Random Crime

Who: Nicholas Francisco
Why: they believe he's the victim of a crime because he was a happily married man and had no reason to leave his family.
What: he's missing and never came home from work
When:Feb. 13
Where: Seattle

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Police: Alabama Sex Offender Poses as Teen, Takes 14-Year-Old to School Dance

Who: Gregory Ray Brooks

Why: the office monitoring the door said he looked older than he said he was.

What: he got caught trying to take a 14 year old to her middle school dance pretending to be a 17year old

When: Friday february 15,2008

Where: Athens, ALabama

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Mom of Murdered Daughter: Police Told Her to Stop Calling

Who: Sherry Hall

Why: Because she had called on him to much

What: She says police told her daughterNatasha Hall to stop calling them on her ex boyfriend Daniel "Clay" Coffner so the day she died she handled it herself

When: jan 15th, 2008

Where: DeLand, Fla

2-15-08

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Citing Work Rules, Driver Abandons Busload of Former Prisoners in Front of Store

Who: a bus driver

Why: because her hours for the day were over

What: She left the bus full of former prisoners on the highway.

When: thursday at 4 pm

Where: in front of a convenience store on the way to a terminal in Dallas

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Woman Indicted After Dropping Child Twice From Second Story

Who: Padmaja Sivaray Enjeti, 38,

Why:because she dropped her 22-month-old daughter onto the first floor of her Plano home and did it again while on the phone with a 911 dispatcher.

When: in November

What: She's been indicted on a charge of attempted capital murder

Where:Plano

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Mom Abandons Boy, 3, After He Is Found Wandering Mall

Who: Shameka Taylor
Why: Because she's a bad mom
What: She left his 3 year old son Cortes at the mall
When: St Louis
Where: over the weekend

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U.S. Marine Accused of Rape in Japan

Who: Tyrone Luther Hadnott

Why: because he even admitted of forcing her down and kissing her.

What: he is accused of raping a 14 year old girl

When: Sunday feb10, 2008

Where: in tokyo

2-08-08

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'Miracle' baby tossed 300 feet by twister found alive

Who: Eleven-month-old Kyson Stowell

Why: I believe it's just a miracle

What: He got tossed by the tornado, and 2 hours after was found alive

Where: CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tennessee

When: earlier this week.

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NOW Again Attacks Obama's Illinois Voting Record on Abortion Bills

Who: A national women's rights group with Rosemary J. Dempsey as their president

When: Feb 4, 2008

Where: in the Illinois Senate

What: They distributed and e-mail accusing sen obama of being soft on abortion rights

Why: It is tols that several times he voted present instead of yes or no on abortion-related legislation!!!

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Five children among carnival fire dead; others thrown to rescuers

Who : 5 children
When : Monday january4th, 2008
Where: In southwestern Germany
What : Were thrown out through the window
Why : to save them from the burning building

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Who:Angelina Jolie
Why: She's taking precaucious measures to make sure her babies to be are healthy
What: she hired a nurse that travels with her
When: when she's traveling
Where: every time she travels 10 miles away or overseas

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Girl, 15, 'filmed herself trying to kill her parents in their living room

Who: a 15 year old british girl

Why: She had been moody that whole day, and had a fight with her dad earlier that night.

What: She filmed herself planning how she was going to kill her parents, strangling her mom and trying to stab her dad with scisors

When: feb 24

Where: St. Neots, about 57 miles northwest of London

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Koby Clemens defends dad passionately

Who : Koby Clemens

When : Jan 28

Where : In Houston

What : He defends his dad Roger Clemens accused of using steroids and human growth hormone in1998, 2000 and 2001

Why : Because it hurts not only him but his hole family and he's trying to stay positive

Jury Selection to Begin for Ohio Mother Accused of Microwaving Month-Old Baby


Who : China Arnold

When : Monday January 28

Where : In Ohio

What : Jury selection for Arnold was scheduled to begin for Ohio mother

Why : she is accused of putting her infant in the microwave

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Who : a 16 year old boy

When : Tuesday January 22,2008

where : Los Angeles, California

what : a teenager got arrested because he planned on hijacking a plan

Why : in an attempt to commit suicide

1-23-08

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3 Generations Accused Of Lodi Shoplifting

Who: Linda Robinson of Stockton,her 36-year-old daugther, Anna Fernandez and her grand son

When: Monday january21. 2008

Where: at a Lodi Target store

what : they where arrested and accused

why: They're accused of stealing $900 worth of digital equipment.

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Michigan Teen Couple Who Ran Away in Family's Van Found Safe in Louisiana

Hannah McConnell 15 and Gage Petherbridge 13 ran away from their house in Michigan taking gage's family van,his dog Mandy and about $680 in cash. He only had his learners permit.

I don't know why the kids had to run away but i m pretty sure it had to do with the parents disagreeing with their relationship. Sometimes parents push us to do what we don't want and we end up rebelling. But thank God all of them are safe and back home.