Twin brothers arrested in January under suspicion of having stolen jewellery from a luxury department store in Berlin have been freed after confusion over which one of them was the culprit, a court said Wednesday. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

One French hostage has died and four others have been freed....

More from the area... picked by topofall 8 months ago

NEW YORK - A man found guilty 17 years ago of murdering his parents as a teenager was freed from prison Thursday, days after an appeals court overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial because of new evidence. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

O.J. Simpson slipped back into familiar territory around midnight — not just the humid South Florida night, but into the center of a media cavalcade fixated on a case that could imprison him for life. Follow up on Hoosker's post. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Obama the loggerhead sea turtle was found ailing off a Key West beach on Jan. 19, the eve of the inauguration. Suffering from an intestinal impaction, the 200-pound female was nursed back to health with a diet of squid and mineral oil at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla.

*Yeah, it's a slow news day* picked by kakana 5 months ago

Roxana Saberi, the journalist arrested in Iran and charged with "spying" has been freed after spending 4 months in prison for something she says she didn't do. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Hector Leon, 20, a worker at a Burrillville RI meat company whose left arm was stuck in a meat grinder for about 2 1/2 hours, was freed by rescue crews Wednesday. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

August 24, 2008 Yesterday morning in Parkersburg, W.Va., a cycle of animal abuse that lasted nearly two decades was finally broken. Local authorities raided the Whispering Oaks Kennel and found one of the most prolific puppy mills in the state's history. By the end of the day nearly 1,000 neglected and abused dogs were freed from the horrendous industry that traps hundreds of thousands of dogs... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 1 year ago

BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, kidnapped in the Gaza strip by a radical Islamic group, was freed today after more than 100 days in captivity. picked by kyot 2 years ago

Mr Hodgson answered an advert for this organisation in a prison newspaper, and thanks to DNA evidence, is freed after 27 years of being wrongly convicted. picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

Officials released a prisoner from a state facility after receiving a phony error ridden fax from a grocery store, ordering the man to be freed. They didn’t catch the mistake until nearly two weeks later. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

RIGA, Latvia - A 16-year-old Latvian boy who was kidnapped as an infant could soon be reunited with his mother after a startling break in the case, authorities said Wednesday. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Eight year old Cihan Sevinc and friends were playing in an old bank safe when he became trapped, requiring emergency services to come and free him.

Article includes footage of the moment when the safe was opened. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

A man who spent 17 years behind bars for killing his parents will not face a second trial after his conviction was overturned by an appeals court, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

*Follow-up to this story. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Oops! picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A monkey that freed himself two weeks ago from a Mississippi zoo has escaped again. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A Bulgarian woman kills her son with a garden hoe while he sleeps and is sentenced to 15 years. Authorities find out she has terminal cancer, so they release her.

She goes home and promptly stabs her husband in the neck. picked by Alton 3 years ago

Dunham, the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin that was released this morning after eight months in rehab recovering from pneumonia, got only a taste of the freedom today. Within a couple hours of being freed off the coast of Dunedin, the dolphin was attacked by sharks and died. :( picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

A 33-year-old Bangladeshi doctor whose family allegedly held her captive for months at home and in a mental hospital will return to work in Britain after a court in Dhaka ordered her parents to release her Sunday, the woman's lawyer said. picked by suebe 12 months ago

The overseer of the net's addressing system has asked the US government to be freed from official control. picked by keroberos32 2 years ago