Television kills 5-year-old girl
A 5-year-old girl was killed Wednesday after a television fell on her while her parents were shopping at an Orem, Utah, Circuit City store. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
Archive for July, 2002
Bombmaker blows off his hands and testicles
A court in Cardiff, Wales, is trying the case of failed bombmaker Jonathan Griffiths. Griffiths, 42, allegedly tried to make a bomb to mail to a rival - but ended up blowing his own hands and testicles off.
The father-of-three was making the bomb in a friend’s kitchen when it exploded in his face. Police found packages addressed to business rivals strewn about the kitchen and a quantity of plastic explosive and detonators.
Leona Helmsley too sick for court but not for fine dining
Leona Helmsley, who is being sued by a former employee for allegedly breaching a confidentiality agreement, was spotted having a Friday-evening dinner at a Greek restaurant, after skipping a deposition in a $10 million suit filed by the former chief operating officer of the Helmsley empire.
In the video, Helmsley is seen carrying her dog, walking without assistance, and pushing her way through a revolving door.
Congressman plans to moonwalk to podium
Ohio Congressman James Traficant faces expulsion from the House of Representatives tonight and will appear on the House floor to defend himself. He says he plans to wear a denim suit, moonwalk to the podium, and make a spectacle of himself. Rules dictate he be given 30 minutes to defend himself.
The 61-year-old Youngstown, Ohio, Democrat was convicted in April for bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.
Minister arrested for pimping again
The Reverend Henry L. Price was arrested July 5 on several charges including pimping and racketeering. This is the sixth time the minister, and former convicted murderer, has faced a pimp charges.
His supporters have said that Hartford, Connecticut, police were retaliating against Price for his activism against the police department.
Teen ordered to pay school $2 million restitution for fire
A 17-year-old boy in Sacramento, California, has been ordered to pay $2 million in restitution for setting fire to his high school. He set the blaze so he the alarm would get him out of class early to smoke marijuana.
The fire spread out of a storage room, destroying offices, classrooms, and the school theatre.
Cat-stomper sentenced to probation
A Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, judge has sentenced 23-year-old Timothy Paules, Jr. to spend 2 years on probation and pay a fine of $1,000. Paules will also have to perform 100 hours of community service and continue anger management counseling.
Paules was accused of stomping a kitten to death in a crowded pet store in Gilbertsville last October.
