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Duke Lacrosse Accuser Charged With Attempted Murder
Crystal Gale Mangum was arrested February 17 and charged with attempted first degree murder, assault and battery, five counts of arson, Communicating threats, injury to personal property, three counts of misdemeanor child abuse, resisting a public officer and identity theft. Mangum allegedly threatened to stab her boyfriend, 33 year old Milton Walker, she also assaulted him and set his clothing on...
Duke Lacrosse Team Accuser Arrested For Attempted Murder
Does the name Crystal Gale Mangum sound familiar? Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. However, if you were a Duke Lacrosse Team follower or member in 2006, you would definitely remember her. She was the woman who accused three men of raping her at a Duke lacrosse party. If you recall, the charges were eventually dropped as no evidence was found to support her claims.
The tables have now been turned...
Alabama Proffessor And Shooting Suspect Had Violent Past
While students and faculty alike might have known something wasn’t quite right about Alabama professor Amy Bishop they couldn’t have known things were this wrong. A mother of four children, Bishop opened fire at a faculty meeting, shooting three colleagues after her resentment over being denied tenure allegedly boiled over.
According to students of her class, she wasn’t a very effective professor....
Eight Baptist Missionaries Released From Haitian Jail
The eight Baptist missionaries held in jail for three weeks after suspicion of child trafficking of Haitian children were released from jail and returned to Miami around midnight. It is unclear what they will say to reporters since two more members of the group remain in a Haitian jail. The judge refused to release them, stating that he wanted to understand why the two were in Haiti before the earthquake...
Prince Frederic As California Gov?
In recent years the seat as Governor of California has often drawn the interest of unusual celebrities, but the most recent may be the most unusual of all. Prince Frederic von Anhalt, who is the flamboyant husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, has officially entered the race for Governor of California. Von Anhalt flew to Sacramento on Wednesday to officially file the required candidacy paperwork.
The 65 year...
$10 M in Cocaine Seized On US Interstate 85
Just mere weeks after executing a traffic stop which resulted in 23 kilos of cocaine, Montgomery, Ala. Police have now released information on a bust of 100 kilograms of powder cocaine on Interstate 85 just outside of the city. Police officials have stated that the street value of the confiscated drug is worth $10 million dollars on the street.
Montgomery police executed a traffic stop on a tractor...
Sept. 11 Trial Now In Limbo
Nearly ten years after plotting the worst terrorist attack on United States soil, accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is now in American custody and is looking to face judgment on the dastardly crime that was committed in New York City that fateful day. Now comes word that the United States government is in limbo about just exactly how and where to prosecute Mohammed.
Last year, US Attorney...
American Biology Professor Shoots and Kills 3
An assistant professor of biology at the University of Alabama has been charged with capital murder following events that took place at a faculty meeting on the Huntsville campus Friday afternoon. Forty-two year old Amy Bishop shot and killed three co-workers while injuring three others as well.
It is unknown exactly what set Mrs. Bishop off at her faculty meeting on Friday, although the issue of her...
Patrick Kennedy Set to Leave Political Office
One of the remaining Kennedy’s in politics, Democratic Representative Patrick Kennedy, has announced he will not run for another term after spending eight terms in office. The Rhode Island representative explained that his life “is taking a new direction.”
Patrick Kennedy’s decision not to run means there will not be a Kennedy in Congress after almost five decades. His father,...
Obama “Agnostic” On Tax Increases
In a gradual migration from campaign rhetoric to actual governance, Barack Obama yesterday declared that he was “agnostic” on tax increases for those making less that $250,000 a year. The declaration immediately stared a firestorm of debate. On the one side Democrats point to the fiscal reality of the budget deficit, and on the other Republicans who point to the campaign promises made by...
