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July 24, 2009 06:38 PM EDT

RELEASE ALL THE TAPES!

If we want to sort out the controversy between the Cambridge police and Professor Gates, we should have all the evidence -- including the 9-1-1 call and the radio transmissions from that evening.  Reviewing all the evidence is smart -- simply picking sides and having only part of available evidence is "acting stupid" and not being fair.  Check the Boston Herald article below ----- 911, ... read more


July 14, 2009 03:02 PM EDT

Getting married by telephone? from jail?

Read and comment: Under my favorite headline "never dull," check out this attempt to get married: (and by the way, the man in custody is a suspect in a case we followed ON THE RECORD at 10pm -- the murder of nurse Mindy Schloss. ----------------- Prosecutors say Joshua Wade's telephone wedding illegal WIFE IS WITNESS: Telephone ceremony a fraud, prosecutors ... read more


June 24, 2009 11:03 AM EDT

Looking for 50 million?

Still wondering why the nation is going under financially? Check this out!  June 24, 2009 53 people indicted in health care fraud probe BY TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA AND BEN SCHMITT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Federal indictments unsealed this morning said 53 people bilked Medicare out of more than $50 ... read more


June 23, 2009 03:33 PM EDT

Craigslist killer: DUMPED!

Well...some might think this is long overdue....but it has now happened.  He got dumped! FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) -- The former fiancee of a man accused of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist wants to get on with her life. The lawyer for Megan McAllister said Tuesday that his client visited Philip Markoff on June 11 and told him she might never see him again. Robert Honecker Jr. says ... read more


June 13, 2009 12:07 PM EDT

who is Guzman?

Do you know who Joaquin Guzman Loera is? He is #701 on Forbes riches in world...52 years old...runs a business empire ...wanted in Mexico...head of world's largest drug cartel (Sinaloa) which supplies lots and lots of speed, heroin and cocaine to United States...deeply involved in the drug cartel turf war which has resulted in more than 11,000 deaths in less than 3 years..according to the Wall ... read more


June 13, 2009 11:57 AM EDT

Ron and Nicole

It just occurred to me that yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the double homicide that gripped the nation's attention. The murder of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. I had the day off and don't know if OTR mentioned it last night or any other news organizations. Of course we should all move on but I can't help but think of what a rough day for Ron Goldman's father and sister (and yes, ... read more


June 13, 2009 09:09 AM EDT

Amanda Knox

We have covered the Amanda Knox case - she is the American college student on trial in Italy for the murder of her British college roommate. Yesterday she took the stand and defended herself. She apparently claims the police yelled at her and called her stupid and was pressured to make a statement at the time of her arrest. She testified she was out partying and returned home to find her roommate ... read more


June 12, 2009 09:57 PM EDT

American college student: Murder?

Here is an update in a story we have covered ON THE RECORD at 10pm -- an American college coed accused of murder in Italy: Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox in Testimony Alleges Police Abuse, Admits Drug Use

Friday , June 12, 2009 ADVERTISEMENT Amanda Knox told an Italian court Friday that police abused her and called her as a "stupid liar" when they questioned her over the murder of Meredith ... read more


June 12, 2009 09:50 PM EDT

Why? Why sent to Saudi Arabia?

U.S. Sends to Saudi Arabia Gitmo Detainee Accused of Killing American

The detainee, Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair, was accused in the 1995 shooting death of William Jefferson of Camden, N.J.

WASHINGTON -- One of three Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred by the Obama administration to Saudi Arabia had been implicated in the murder of an American. The detainee, Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair, was accused ... read more


June 12, 2009 09:30 PM EDT

Remember this? Update !

Remember this story ? I thought I would at least give you the latest on GretaWire since we have not covered it recently:

Tracy woman pleads not guilty to charges of killing Sandra Cantu

By Sophia Kazmi Bay Area News Group Melissa Huckaby, a former Stockton Sunday school teacher accused of kidnapping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, pleaded not guilty to the charges in court ... read more


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