Judge refuses plea deal in lieu of burglary arrest (Dyersburg State Ga
A Dyersburg man planned to plead guilty to burglary and forgery charges in exchange for an opportunity to go to a drug rehabilitation program.

Rewards get responses in cold killing cases, but only sometimes (Modes
Throughout June 2003, Donald Norwood's photograph greeted motorists as they headed west into Riverbank on Highway 108.

Wife guilty of ordering spouse's murder (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Donna Moonda arriving for a pretrial hearing in Akron, Ohio, about a year ago. Moonda, 48, was convicted yesterday of arranging the 2005 murderof her wealthy husband, Gulam Moonda, 69.

Italian priest apologises to Jews for gaffe (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia N
ROME (Reuters) - One of Italy's best-known priests has apologised for accusing a liberal Jewish lobby of trying to weaken the Roman Catholic Church, saying he meant to refer to a a Masonic lobby instead.

Paul Newman and the Demons Of Death (Blogcritics.org)
Sometimes when a famous person dies it taps into our own feelings of loss and sadness. One of the great icons of our time has died. Paul Newman left this world on September 26, 2008, after a lengthy battle with cancer. A day later, Barbara Barnett, Jen Johans, and Diane Saenger, all Blogcritics writers, paid tribute on our website to this legendary movie giant, social activist, race car driver, ...