A mob torched a church sheltering 100's of Kenyans fleeing election violence, killing as many as 50 continuing the bloodshed after the disputed vote that gave the president a second term. The opposition leader accused the government of "genocide".

I'm not usually so moved by a foreign countries political skirmishes, but Kenya is definitely grabbing my attention of late. picked by bevissimo 9 months ago

Four U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad late Sunday, raising the death toll for American forces since start of the war to 4,000, according to the Pentagon.

*wait, didn't the "surge" make baghdad safe? picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

A chief constable who plunged to his death in Snowdonia had been drinking before he was found dead at the bottom of a cliff. picked by topofall 7 months ago

A devastating cyclone ripped through Myanmar at the weekend may have claimed up to 10,000 lives, according to Foreign Minister Nyan Win. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

The dreaded Ebola virus has killed 19 people in western Uganda since September, officials said Tuesday, with new outbreaks of linked diseases surfacing in other parts of the country. picked by punthe 10 months ago

A man in custody shot a small-town police chief to death Wednesday from the back seat of the chief's cruiser in Eastern Kentucky, a county official said.

Powell County Judge-Executive Darren Farmer said Police Chief Randy Lacy was shot by a man he had arrested shortly after 11 a.m.


-If he were following procedure, wouldn't he have checked the guy for weapons before he put him in cruiser? picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

Police are called about a woman threatening her sister. Cops find that the woman is a wheelchair bound woman armed with 2 knives and a hammer. They decide to hit her with tasers 10 times for a total of aprox 2 minutes.
The woman died from her shock treatment and coroner listed it as a homicide.
Has anyone heard anything else about this case? picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Ethnic clashes escalate as rival tribes use machetes, clubs to exact revenge. Update to story. picked by juaner899 8 months ago

A 15-year-old boy kicked and stamped to death a woman because she was dressed as a Goth, a court heard.

The drunk teenager was among a gang of five who "savagely and mercilessly" attacked Sophie Lancaster, 20, and her boyfriend, Preston Crown Court heard. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

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WASHINGTON - Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year's end. He conceded that June was a "tough month" in the nearly seven-year-old war. picked by bingo 3 months ago

Police arrived to find a naked bloody chanting 19 year old woman, & heard screaming. Bust in the door. 49 yr old choking a 3 yr old. Whip out the stun guns. Hilarity ensures except the guy dies. Nope, it's not Florida, but Phoenix, AZ. I would HATE to do the paperwork on this one! picked by Moe 1 year ago

Is the country's largest pet store, Pet Smart chain to blame for the death of a 63-year old father and Vietnam War veteran from Texas? His family thinks so picked by melgesevad 3 months ago

The saga continues... picked by moe 12 months ago

Scan through thousands of myspace pages of the recently deceased, either by name, most recent or by the convenient map provided. Find out the cause of death and the personal history of each individual.
You can also submit a death. I've done 3. picked by eelem 6 months ago

Mark your calendars and get ready to buy tickets (and pay for them at $50 to much more). picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago

Five boys, one aged 12, sobbed at the Old Bailey today after they were found guilty of killing a pensioner who they spat at and pelted with stones. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

So they take the kid away from mom due to drug use. Then the aunt & uncle chain her to a wall and starve her to death. HANG THEM NOW! picked by moe 1 year ago

Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, 23, has been sentenced to death by three judges in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.

His crime is that he printed an article written by his journalist brother that violates Islam. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

A new study concludes that 650,000 Iraqis have died as a consequence of the war. That's 2.5 percent of the nation's population. The study is based on a sampling method that has drawn some criticism, though critics say more conventional methods of tallying deaths underestimate the toll. (Audio) picked by psycmoe 2 years ago