Vanessa Marie Garrett-Rogers, 28, plead guilty to running over her ex-boyfriend with an SUV and will spend 12 years of a 30-year sentence behind bars, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She will spend the remaining years on probation. According to a statement released by the Douglas County District Attorney’s office, she will also have to […]
Former Party city employee, Joshua Leon Archie, 21, who was wanted in connection with the murder of Party City manager, Bobby Adams, 68, surrendered to police today in Ridgeland, Mississippi, reports WAPT.com. Undra Ward, 22, a current Party City employee accused of helping to plan and execute the robbery and Adams’ murder, had already been […]
A barefoot homeless man who received boots from an NYPD officer last month has refused to wear them, citing safety concerns. 54-year-old Jeffrey Hillman told the New York Times that “those shoes are hidden. They are worth a lot of money. I could lose my life.” Hillman claims the hubbub over Officer Lawrence DePrimo’s kind […]
A 26-year-old Oklahoma woman who was sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence was released early, KFOR-TV reports. Scroll down for news video In 2010, Patricia Spottedcrow sold $31 worth of pot to an undercover informant. She was charged with a felony and sentenced to 12 years in prison. It was her first felony conviction. Spottedcrow’s […]
Hurricane Sandy has come and gone, but not without having left countless stories in her wake. They vary from angry New York City Housing Authority residents left without basic necessities to President Barack Obama and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie uniting under a common cause. Some stories, like Occupy Sandy and the warming collectivism of neighbors […]
Comedian Katt William‘s bizarre U.S. tour of screw-ups apparently has no end in sight. The troubled funnyman was arrested yesterday morning in a Seattle bar after threatening the manager with a pool stick, then following a family outside and flicking a cigarette into a woman’s eye, TMZ reports. According to police, Williams “refused to leave […]
In August, gymnast Gabrielle Douglas (pictured left) made millions worldwide fall in love with her, after she flew through the air with her wide smile and bright eyes and nabbed the most-coveted gold medal at the London Olympics. On Tuesday, Douglas’ new memoir, “Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith,” will be released, providing […]
A 5-year-old Philadelphia boy is dead after his mother and her boyfriend allegedly tortured him to death, WPVI-TV reports. Philly police discovered little Dashawn Harris‘ body in his mother’s home around 1 a.m. on Saturday. His boy reportedly showed signs of abuse: cigarette burns were found on his chest and the rest of his body […]
In 1968, a woman by the name of Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American female to serve in the U.S. Congress.  And a few years later, Chisholm broke ground again when she ran for President.  Fast forward to the 2012 election, and women made historic gains in the Senate – they now hold 20 seats.  But is that […]
