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June 29, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Experts say that the fate of Michael Jackson's fortune and the custody of his children are likely to prove contentious.  Jackson’s children were in Jackson's sole custody following his 1999 divorce...

June 29, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Matthew Matyuf, Superintendent of the Automatic Train Control Division for Washington D.C.’s Metro transit system, has been temporarily assigned to a "special project," Metro officials said. The reassignment is not an indication of any wrongdoing...

June 29, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Federal safety officials said Thursday they are investigating two incidents in which airspeed and altitude equipment on Airbus A330 planes may have malfunctioned.  The incidents include one that took place ten days before the same type of plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 228 aboard.

June 29, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Michael Jackson’s sudden death last week was not completely unexpected to those familiar with the singer’s history of mysterious ailments and struggles with pain.  A series of accidents, frequent plastic surgery, and the intensity of his performing meant that Jackson was constantly in pain.

June 26, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Bernard Madoff, 71, convicted of masterminding the largest Ponzi scheme of all time, will be sentenced by Judge Denny Chin of the U.S.

June 26, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Four-year-old Haylee Donathan is now in the custody of her grandmother, Mary Watson, who says that she will not give the girl back to her mother.

June 26, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Tennessee resident Michael Wayne Campbell is accused of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor for placing photos of the faces of three young girls on the nude bodies of adult females.

June 26, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Middle School student in Arizona was illegally strip-searched in 2003.

June 26, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Wednesday, Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina, a potential Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential campaign, admitted to having a year-long affair with an Argentine woman known only as “Maria.”

June 25, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Ed Thomas, 2005 NFL high school football coach of the year, was shot and killed at Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Iowa early Wednesday.  The gunman, who has been identified as Mark Becker, 24, was arrested at a residence in Parkersburg shortly after the shooting...

June 25, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

A newborn baby, less than a day old, was found in a shoebox in the lobby of an apartment building in Hempstead, Long Island on Sunday night.  The police were contacted by a resident who heard sounds coming from the shoebox and discovered the infant...

June 25, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

On September 27, 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law the College Cost Reduction and Access Act.  A major provision of the act, which will result in loan forgiveness for some borrowers, goes into effect July 1, 2009.

June 25, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Four year old Haylee Donathan, who went missing during a camping trip in Ohio three weeks ago, has been found safe at The Morning Star Ranch, a retreat center in Valley Center near San Diego, CA.  Haylee was with her mother and Robbi Potter, a registered sex offender...

June 25, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

The Environmental Protection Agency released a report this week indicating that people in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the United States are at higher risk of cancer due to toxic pollutants that they breathe on a daily basis...

June 24, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

On Monday, a Northbound Washington DC area Metro train slammed into the back of another train waiting at a platform, killing 9 people and injuring at least 76.  In more than 30 years of operation, this is the Metro system’s deadliest crash.

June 24, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Twelve days following a home invasion in Arivaca, Arizona, police have arrested three Arizona residents on charges of first-degree murder, burglary, and aggravated assault.  Police identified the suspects as Shawna Forde, 41, Jason Eugene Bush, 34, and Albert Robert Gaxiola, 42. Two suspects have ties to anti-immigration groups.

June 24, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

While some signs suggest that the 18-month-old recession has begun to improve, the employment outlook continues to deteriorate.  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that U.S. employees sustained 2,933 mass layoffs in May, up from 2,712 in April...

June 24, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Although sales of previously owned homes rose by 2.4% in May, it was not as much of an increase as had been anticipated. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) noted that the annual sales rate in May is 3.6% lower than the pace set last year.

June 24, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

The television show “Jon and Kate Plus 8” confirmed that Jon and Kate Gosselin are separating.  The parents of 8 children featured in a popular TLC show filed papers in a Pennsylvania court on Monday as the first step in terminating their 10 year marriage.

June 23, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Ninety-two prostate cancer patients at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia were given incorrect doses of radiation during routine treatment for the disease.  The errors occurred over a span of six years and were made in approximately 80 percent of prostate cancer cases treated at the hospital.