Dawn Fisher, the 33-year-old woman who gave birth to a 14-year-old boy's baby, was sentenced Tuesday to five years in community control -- with no jail time. Even Judge James Bates admitted there's a double standard when men and women commit the same crime.
, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Today is Monday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2006 with 76 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Venus and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Mars and Pluto.
The gunman who killed five girls in an Amish schoolroom confided to his wife during the siege that he molested two relatives 20 years ago when he was a boy and was tormented by dreams of doing it again, authorities said Tuesday.
This one looks like a "mission possible" -- if Katie Holmes is willing to follow the workout regimen Tom Cruise is reportedly urging her to follow. The mission? To regain the hardbodied physique she once had, but lost.
Napoleon Superintendent David Watson tells News 11 a rifle was found in a guitar case about 300 feet away from the school building. Watson says it did not appear to be connected with the school in any way, but as a precaution, the building was locked down.
The suspensions of three football players and a basketball player came a day after a newspaper reported that 17 football players have been arrested this year and have faced no discipline from the school.
The fallout continues from the scandal over former Congressman Mark Foley's suggestive computer messages to teen-age boys. The editorial board of The Washington Times has called for House Speaker Dennis Hastert to step down.
Byron Nelson, who had the greatest year in the history of professional golf when he won 18 tournaments in 1945, including a record 11 in a row, died Tuesday. He was 94.
Alaska consistently ranks among states with the highest per-capita rates for domestic violence, but now a report from a nonprofit group called Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting (RADAR) contends that Alaska could also be the worst state for false allegations of domestic violence.
