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Evangelist preacher Tony Alamo convicted of sex abuse
Girl forced to marry pastor Tony Alamo when she was 8-years-old
Evangelist preacher Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex.
Alamo stood silently as the verdict was read, a contrast to his occasional mutterings during testimony. His five victims...
9 Israelis suspected of scamming millions from U.S. pensioners
The "Nigerian scam" suspects in a Jerusalem courtroom.
Defendants allegedly netted millions from U.S. pensioners as ‘fee’ for transfer of bogus lottery prize.
The Tel Aviv police fraud squad arrested on Sunday nine Israelis on suspicion of netting millions of dollars from U.S. pensioners in a so-called Nigerian scam.
Police raided an office in the city, which is suspected to have...
Two men in custody in Knoxville double murder investigation
Police are questioning two brothers who were taken into custody Thursday in connection to the murders of a UT student and her boyfriend. A third man is also being questioned in Kentucky. The woman was was carjacked, gang-raped for days and killed. The victims were both white but the police is not considering to charge the criminals of hate crimes.
Officers took Lemaricus Davidson, 25, into custody...
Bankruptcy looms for GM; Chrysler awaits fate
General Motors Corp. has pulled together many of the pieces needed to complete government-ordered restructuring, but its board still is likely to decide Saturday to head into bankruptcy protection because there’s too much left to do.
Word of the board’s decision, which would be made during two days of meetings, may not be known until Monday, when GM is expected to actually file for bankruptcy...
Teacher murdered by a thug in Charleston over a jar of coins
Gregory Anthony Keitt (left) is accused of beating Wilton Bob McFaddin Jr., who later died.
Wilton “Bob” McFaddin Jr. spent his life teaching children, serving his church, helping others. But in the end, that vibrant spark was snuffed out over nothing more than a jar of coins he kept for the laundry machine, authorities said.
Gregory Anthony Keitt, a man McFaddin befriended and took into...
Binghamton Massacre: Gunman Kills 13 People then Commits Suicide
Binghamton, N.Y., police released these undated photos of Jiverly Wong, the gunman who killed 13 and himself on April 3.
An Asian criminal barricaded the back door of a community center with his car and then opened fire on a room full of immigrants taking a citizenship class Friday, killing 13 people before apparently committing suicide, officials said.
Investigators said they had yet to establish...
‘Hate Scare’ Suspect Actually Jewish
A rash of vandalism targeted at Jews in New York’s Brooklyn Heights neighborhood seems to have been solved with the arrest of a Bulgarian Jew. Ivan Ivanov was charged with hate crimes and weapons violations after a bizarre shooting incident.
Ivanov reportedly called police claiming that an unidentified assailant had shot him in the finger. After police were unable to find clues or witnesses, and...