"The concert promoter has no choice to reveal Jackson's "deepest, darkest secret" because the company must defend itself from the accusation from Jackson's family that it is responsible for the pop icon's death, Marvin Putnam said."

"A Federal judge has found an Omaha man guilty of aiming a laser pointer at Abel 1, Omaha's police helicopter."

"A couple serving probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor could face new charges now that another son has died."

"The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that a police officer is not justified in stopping and searching an automobile merely because he smells the presence of marijuana. The Supreme Judicial Court took up the case of Benjamin Cruz to clarify the legal impact of a 2008 voter referendum that had decriminalized possession of less than one ounce of pot in the Bay State."

"The report found blacks accounted for nearly 22 percent of drivers stopped in Omaha, even though they represent a little more than 12 percent of the population."

"When Sawyer Rosenstein was 12, a punch from a bully changed his life forever, leaving him paralyzed, and at times, near death from the complications of his condition."

"Shake your head in disbelief all you want, but this is far from the most ludicrous lawsuit we have seen in recent years."

"When police began to investigate Watson as a suspect in 2009, all of the evidence that was taken from the crime scene and the victim's car were reopened and re-marked. The note that was found at the crime scene was missing. Curiously, a "Def Leppard" T-Shirt from a 1983 concert tour was in with the evidence of the 1978 crime."

"New York police officer Gilberto Valle conspired to kidnap women, who prosecutors argued he planned to rape, torture, cook and eat, a federal jury decided Tuesday."

" a new study in Pediatrics, which finds that harsh physical punishment increases the risk of mental disorders - even when the punishment doesn't stoop to the level of actual abuse."

"Accused murderer Jodi Arias underwent more fiery cross-examination Thursday, with Maricopa County prosecutor Juan Martinez demanding to know if she was crying when she shot, stabbed and cut the throat of her ex-boyfriend."

"Thieves broke into a warehouse in Spartanburg, South Carolina and stole almost $19,000 worth of the yummy treats."

"Former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson rocked an Illinois courtroom on Thursday when he screamed out his innocence before a judge sentenced him to 38 years in prison for the 2004 drowning death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio."

"The state imprisons more people per capita than any other state or country in the world, with one out of every 86 adults behind bars. Its rate of incarceration is three times higher than Iran's and 10 times higher than Germany's."

"Prosecutors have recommended a life sentence for Samuel Mullet Sr., 67, who was convicted of a hate crime in September for orchestrating the five attacks on six Amish men and two women, although he was not present for any of them."

"Cary-Grove High School Principal Jay Sargeant says blanks will be fired in the hallway to provide students "some familiarity with the sound of gunfire""

"A Nebraska woman convicted of pimping out her 7 and 14-year-old daughters has been sentenced to 80-90 years in prison."

"A 17-year-old wrote in a confession released Thursday that the horror movie remake of "Halloween" gave him the idea to kill his mother and sister."

"His jaw was blown away. I just want people to know the ugliness of it so we don't talk about it abstractly, like these little angels just went to heaven. No. They were butchered. They were brutalized. And that is what haunts me at night."

"Jacob Weisberg has one good piece of advice: Treat gun control as a health issue, not a moral issue. I have another: Target people, not guns."