5 Charged With Abusing Mentally Disabled in Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. – Five workers at a Nebraska center for developmentally disabled adults have been charged with abusing residents after an investigation found they hit, slapped and choked residents, often until they fell unconscious. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Why did you stop me? I was driving good,’ 9-year-old asks
Dad charged with child abuse after letting daughter take wheel during drinking bout.
Police in a Detroit suburb are crediting a good Samaritan with preventing an accident by calling 911 at 3 a.m. Saturday to report seeing a young child behind the wheel of a van as it pulled out of a gas station. Read the rest of this entry »
Mexican drug cartels recruiting Texas children
Official says the gangs call the youngsters 'the expendables'.
SAN ANTONIO — Texas law enforcement officials say several Mexican drug cartels are luring youngsters as young as 11 to work in their smuggling operations. Read the rest of this entry »
How safe is your hospital? New website lets you check
Government website lists rates of surgical complications, infections and other problems.
Medicare has begun publishing patient safety ratings for thousands of hospitals as the first step toward paying less to institutions with high rates of surgical complications, infections, mishaps and potentially avoidable deaths. Read the rest of this entry »
What’s the CIA doing at NYPD? Depends whom you ask
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three months ago, one of the CIA's most experienced clandestine operatives started work inside the New York Police Department. His title is special assistant to the deputy commissioner of intelligence. On that much, everyone agrees. Read the rest of this entry »
Protesters arrested nationwide as Occupy Wall Street rallies hit monthlong mark
New York (CNN) -- Police hauled away protesters in various cities Sunday as Occupy Wall Street rallies continued for the 30th day.
In Washington, D.C., 19 people were arrested by Supreme Court Police, a spokeswoman said. Read the rest of this entry »
Woman Fights Off Attacker In Queens
MYFOXNY.COM - The NYPD may have another sex attacker on its hands.
A man threw a 23-year-old woman to the ground Sunday night and got on top of her in the Laurelton section of Queens and punched her repeatedly in the head. Read the rest of this entry »
Baby Lisa’s mom: I was drunk when she vanished
Deborah Bradley fears: ‘If they arrest me, people are going to stop looking for her’.
In the latest twist in the case of a missing Kansas City infant, the child’s mother admitted that she was drunk on the night of her baby’s disappearance and expects to be arrested. Read the rest of this entry »
Boston boy survives 3-story drop from burning home
‘Thank God I caught him. I've never had to do that before, and I hope I never have to do it again,’ firefighter says.
BOSTON — A 6-alarm arson fire tore through a large apartment building, including the apartment of a couple on the third floor who dropped their young grandson into the arms of a waiting firefighter, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »



