FLORISSANT, Mo. – Black leaders who organized an anti-crime march that drew tens of thousands to St. Louis are recruiting “street teams” for high-crime neighborhoods. Teams of men will be assigned a neighborhood to visit regularly to talk with youth about teen pregnancy, drugs and gang violence. The teams, including …
Read More »'Manure-Bomb' Thieves Fall Into Dung, Flee Crime Scene Naked
BERLIN, Germany – A woman trying to make “manure bombs” using stockings, slipped into a slurry tank and fled the scene naked, German police said on Friday. Two women entered a farm in the northern village of Eberholzen on Wednesday evening and started to fill the stockings with manure. “One …
Read More »'Hulker's' Son Behind Bars: Will Jailhouse Calls Get Him Out of Prison?
This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” June 2, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Hulk Hogan’s son wants to go home. Seventeen-year-old Nick Bollea (aka Nick Hogan), son of the famous wrestler, pleaded no …
Read More »Marine Who Got Medal of Honor at 17 for WWII Service Dies at 80
JACKSON, Miss. – Jack Lucas, who at 14 lied his way into military service during World War II and became the youngest Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, died Thursday in a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital. He was 80. Lucas had been battling cancer. Ponda Lee at Moore Funeral Service …
Read More »70 Arrested in Attack on MTV Office in India
MUMBAI, India – Police arrested 70 Sikh protesters after the MTV music channel’s office in western India was vandalized over posters showing a Sikh girl massaging a man, officials said Tuesday. On Monday, protesters smashed windows with rocks, tore banners and damaged furniture in the MTV office in Mumbai, India’s …
Read More »Raiders' Javon Walker Releases Statement on Las Vegas Robbery
LAS VEGAS – Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker says he is quickly recovering from a concussion and facial injuries after a Las Vegas robbery. Walker was released from a hospital, but did not say where his recovery was continuing. His agent released a statement Wednesday in which the 29-year-old …
Read More »Border Patrol Contract Workers Accused of Releasing Illegal Immigrants
SAN DIEGO – Two Border Patrol contract workers were arrested for allegedly conspiring to shuttle illegal immigrants from San Diego to Los Angeles for $2,500 apiece instead of returning them to Mexico. Christopher Saint Lucero and Manley Lamont Smith work for Wackenhut Corp., which holds a Border Patrol contract to …
Read More »Official: 13 People Dead in 2 Algerian Bombings
ALGIERS, Algeria – Two bombs exploded Sunday at a train station in Algeria, killing 13 people and wounding several others, a security official said. Both bombs at the station in Beni Amrane, about 60 miles east of the North African nation’s capital, were apparently triggered by remote control, the official …
Read More »Hong Kong Police Seize Hundreds of Racy Photos Showing Chinese Stars
HONG KONG – Hong Kong police seized hundreds of pictures in connection to a series of racy photos posted on the Internet that appear to depict partially nude local celebrities. The management company of one of the stars Gillian Chung — a member of the popular female duo Twins — …
Read More »'Special Report' Panel on Obama's Credentials, Hillary's Final Chance and Fidel Castro's Resignation
This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from February 20, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST OF “HARDBALL”: Now, senator, I want you to name some of Barack Obama’s legislative accomplishments tonight, …
Read More »