Archive for November, 2010


Fight Over Baby’s Name Turns Deadly

A Boston man killed his pregnant girlfriend and her sister before turning the gun on himself after a fight broke out, allegedly over the unborn child’s name. Continue reading

Woman stuck in bathroom for three weeks

French firefighters freed a 69-year-old woman who spent three weeks trapped in her bathroom and whose pleas for help – by tapping on pipes – were ignored by neighbours, police said. Continue reading

Indian police said Friday they had arrested a man suspected of duping 60 women into marrying him before later selling them into prostitution. Continue reading

WELLINGTON – A New Zealand man murdered his Thai girlfriend then lived with her rotting corpse in the lounge for almost a month as he read jokes to cheer himself up, a court was told Monday. Continue reading

IT took three years, thousands of dollars and a custom-built iPhone app, but Sahba Idelkhani finally got to propose the way he wanted to.When Mr Idelkhani, a 26-year-old computer security engineer, wanted to ask for the hand of his girlfriend Melody, he knew the moment had to be special. Continue reading

A YOUNG woman told a 14-year-old boy’s mother she was driving him to school before taking him to her home and having sex with him, a court heard. Continue reading

Mum sparks bomb scare to stop wedding

A DISAPPROVING mother told Russian airport officials her daughter was a suicide bomber intent on blowing up a passenger jet in a desperate bid to stop her flying away to marry. Continue reading

12-year-old girl commits suicide in Mumbai

A twelve-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at her residence in suburban Kandivali, as her father slapped her after he found his daughter frequently interacting with male friends, police said today. Continue reading

Couple stand out as world’s tallest

The Hallquists measure a combined 13 feet, 4 inches

Their height made Wayne and Laurie Hallquist seem like an ideal match when they met seven years ago, and on they were matched with something else – the title of world’s tallest living married couple. Continue reading

Man to spend three weeks living with 300 spiders


An Australian man began a challenge to spend 22 days living with more than 300 deadly spiders in an attempt to raise money for children’s charity Variety. Continue reading