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Christopher Savoie, a businessman from the Nashville area, is sitting in a Japanese jail cell after he reportedly tried to grab his kids back from his ex-wife. Of course, the ex is wanted in America -- she'd gotten court permission...
And that's a major factor in fatal drunken-driving crashes, experts say. What constitutes a "binge drinker"?
The researchers focused on 14,000 "binge drinkers " - people who said that at least once month that they had five or more drinks on a single...
...and you're arrested and mugged wearing a T-shirt that says "It's all fun & games until the cops show up." Joann Nelson of St.Joseph pleaded guilty Monday to a three-day spree in which she drove her teenage son and his...
The worker was about 50 feet up in a basket on a man lift when the lift tipped over, throwing him and another worker onto the pavement below. The first worker was pronounced dead shortly after the accident, the second...
Naturally, the mauled homeowner is very displeased by all of this. “The main thing that gets me about all of this is that there’s a pervert running around in my neighborhood, and I want this guy caught,” he said. Hat...
UPDATE: The situation has been resolved. Officials are expected to present more details at 4 p.m. press conference. Our sister-blog PrimeBuzz is following the story here. | Sara Shepherd
Orange Line operator Charice Lewis saw the passengers at North Station flailing their arms. At about the same time, her radio crackled with a warning that she should pull her emergency brake to avoid hitting a woman who had fallen...