A man died and arrived at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter greets him and says, "Welcome. Come walk with me and I'll show you where you'll be staying." As they're walking along the path he notices clocks on the Golden Fence of Heaven. He asks St. Peter, "W… more »

Authorities say two men were shot by security officers after they drove a stolen car through a gate at an Air Force base outside Phoenix during a police chase. Officials say one of the men died and the other was wounded. The crash occurred at the… more »

Former New Jersey Net Jayson Williams was sentenced today to five years in prison for fatally shooting a limousine driver in 2002.The 42-year-old retired NBA player pleaded guilty last month to fourth-degree aggravated assault for the death of Costas "… more »

Joran van der Sloot's the Dutchman linked to the 2005 disapperance of then 18-year old Natalee Holloway has claimed to Dutch station RTL-5 that he dumped the Alabama teenager’s body in a swamp on the north end of Aruba. The claim has been labeled "unbel… more »

The U. S. Supreme Court is slated -- at least, for now -- to decide what power judges have to release detainees at Guantanamo Bay who have been found not to be enemy combatants. The Obama administration has told the justices that ongoing efforts to find… more »

A New York City police officer accused of a sodomy attack on a drug suspect in a subway station was acquitted Monday along with two other officers who had been accused of covering it up.Officer Richard Kern had faced as many as 25 years in prison if co… more »

Dorice (DeeDee) Moore has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Abraham Shakespeare, 47, who took a $17 million cash payout after he won $30 million in the Florida lottery. Shakespeare’s body was found buried under a concrete slab at her… more »

The daughter of a man who crashed his small plane into an Internal Revenue Service building called her father a hero for his anti-government views but said his actions, which killed a tax service employee, were "inappropriate." Joe Stack's adult daught… more »