A woman has been found guilty of murdering her grandmother by battering her over the head with a spade.

Joanne Hussey, 33, had admitted killing 76-year-old Annie Garbutt but denied murder, claiming voices in her head told her to do it. picked by AutumnLotus 12 minutes ago

Absolutely dreadful! picked by topofall 53 minutes ago

A British holiday plane was diverted to France after a couple became embroiled in a "drunken" air-rage fight at 35,000ft over the Mediterranean.Eyewitnesses said the woman passenger "took a bite out of the face" of her boyfriend or husband. picked by maxriter 5 hours ago

Crystal is one of dozens of young people who are turning to social networking sites to talk about sexual assualt.

Some do it as a form of therapy, others like Crystal do it because they feel slighted by the justice system which often has a hard time convicting rape cases or as in Crystal's case when the prosecutor doesn't file rape charges at all. picked by 2manyusernames 14 hours ago

Three teenage boys have confessed to killing a pregnant 14-year-old in a murder which has shocked a nation.

The Italian trio, aged 15, 16 and 17, said yesterday that they strangled Lorena Cultruro before setting her body on fire and throwing it down a well, fearing one of them was the father. picked by deepcleanfun 1 day ago

The owners of a Denver sushi restaurant are accused of holding their workers in "indentured servitude" and making them work without pay for years, the attorney general said Tuesday. picked by doggylives 1 day ago

An Oregon federal magistrate has awarded nearly $108,000 to a Beaverton single mother who said the recording industry falsely accused her of illegally downloading music. picked by maxriter 1 day ago

Absolutely horrible. picked by muppet 1 day ago

I would totally blast that from my car... in the ghetto... at 2 AM... alone... without a weapon.

(Hear the song at the bottom of the page) picked by glik 1 day ago

A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said today. picked by AutumnLotus 2 days ago

A box with huge live beetles & food designed to keep them alive during shipping was found in Philadelphia. They were labeled according to gender, which infers that the recipient may have wanted to breed them. picked by Moe 2 days ago

at 3 a.m. while drinking and playing cards.

Photo not related. obviously d'uh picked by suebe 2 days ago

A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work. picked by muppet 2 days ago

Cult members concluded Javon Thompson was a “demon” after the baby wouldn’t say “amen” at mealtime and starved him to death, witnesses told homicide detectives, according to records obtained by The Examiner. picked by kissmenow 2 days ago

Child traffickers are targeting the youngest and most vulnerable survivors of Burma's catastrophic cyclone and two suspects have already been arrested, the United Nations has reported. picked by AutumnLotus 3 days ago

The new federal requirement that states pay for "Jane Doe rape kits" is aimed at removing one of the biggest obstacles to prosecuting rape cases: Some women are so traumatized they don't come forward until it is too late to collect hair, semen or other samples. picked by dollyllama 3 days ago

A Pasco woman who hit her 2-year-old son for getting into her makeup has been jailed for investigation of assault. picked by muppet 3 days ago

A man who shot himself with a concrete nail gun after being stopped by a state trooper near Silverdale is out of the hospital and under arrest. picked by muppet 3 days ago

The Pentagon said on Tuesday it dropped charges against a Saudi who U.S. officials say intended to be the "20th hijacker" on September 11 but sent five others to trial for allegedly planning the 2001 attacks. picked by jhordie 3 days ago

Police were shocked when they pulled over a driver near Alice Springs and found that while he had buckled up his slab of beer, the five-year-old boy next to it was unrestrained. picked by AutumnLotus 3 days ago

A robber not only carted away cash and belongings but before that had the cheek to lie naked beside a woman whose house he'd broken into. picked by AutumnLotus 4 days ago

An unidentified man has been murdered on one of the world's busiest streets during rush hour. picked by pocksucket 4 days ago

Elisabeth Fritzl, the woman held captive by her sadistic father for 24 years has spoken about her ordeal with her reunited family and has vowed she never wants to see her father's face again.

It's good to hear they're doing fairly well. picked by jhordie 4 days ago

Prosecutors will not seek death penalty because the accused shooter was a minor at the time the crime was committed. picked by horsefeathers 4 days ago

Found guilty in 4 minutes of forcing three young siblings and their underage aunt (ALL UNDER 10 YEARS OLD) to perform sex acts for an audience.

Bonus: Jury takes only 6 more minutes to issue a life sentence. picked by tigertony 4 days ago