The chaperone of a teenage cheerleader who fell to her death from a hotel balcony in Hawaii while drunk has been ordered to pay nearly $700,000.
Arbitrator Gerald Sekiya says in his decision May 23 that Susanne Sadler must pay the family and estate of 18-year-old Lauren Crossan.
The …
Kimberly Witzke was awakened from a deep sleep in her West Sidehome this morning by a desperate pawing at her mid-section.
It was her dog, Baby, who sensed something was wrong.
Witzke, 43, got up from her bed just before 5:30 and "smelledsomething funny," she said.
She determined the smell was smoke but didn't know where it wascoming from.
She looked for source rather casually until she opened the doorto her basement.
As she looked downstairs into the garage area, thick, black smokebegan filling the stairwell. She noticed her car was on fire.
"The whole ceiling was engulfed," Witzke said.
That's when she dialed 911 and got her dog out …
Pfleger backs consumer service chief in fair cab plan
Under attack by some taxicab drivers because she's demanding they serve minority communities, St. Sabina's Father Michael L. Pfleger Sunday stood with Consumer Services Commissioner Caroline Shoenberger at his church and strongly supported her plan to end racial profiling of passengers.
During a press conference held at the church, 1210 W. 78th Pl., Pfleger praised Shoenberger's plan that forces cabbies to service underserved communities.
Looking at the commissioner, who stayed the entire service, Pfleger said: "You stand tall and don't bow to these taxicab drivers. They have an obligation to respect every …
A suicide bomber struck a crowd of curiosity seekers gathered around the site of another blast in north Baghdad and a total of 11 people were killed and 35 wounded in the two explosions, police said.
The twin blasts occurred moments apart during the morning rush hour in the Kasrah section of Azamiyah neighborhood in the Iraqi capital.
Police said the first explosion occurred in a car. The second happened when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt in the middle of a crowd that had gathered around the vehicle.
Police were unsure how many people died in the car and how many were killed by the second blast. Police officials who gave the toll …
Matt Cain gave up one hit over eight innings, Juan Uribe hit a three-run homer and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 on Saturday.
Aubrey Huff and Bengie Molina also homered while helping the Giants improve to 6-2 on their current nine-game homestand.
Cain struck out eight and walked three, allowing only a fourth-inning double to Troy Tulowitzki while earning his first win of the season. He also had a two-out, bunt single in the sixth for his hit of 2010.
Cain (1-1) won for the first time since Sept. 27, 2009, throwing 123 pitches _ his most since 125 against Florida on Aug. 20, 2008. He left to a standing ovation after the …
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Authorities began a top-to-bottom cleaning of aprison after an inmate died of a blood infection and 72 others werefound with skin lesions.
Sean Schwamberger, 19, died Tuesday at a hospital, where he wassent April 20 after passing out in the exercise yard at PickawayCorrectional Institution. His lesions were the result of a staphinfection, said Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis.
Schwamberger had a tattoo in progress on his right arm, whereLewis said the infection probably entered his body.
Prison health officials examined each of the prison's more than2,100 inmates on Friday, said Andrea Dean, spokeswoman for theDepartment of Rehabilitation …
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank's president is prodding European leaders to quickly implement weeks-old decisions to increase the firepower of their rescue fund.
A European summit last month agreed on a second bailout package for Greece and measures to increase the firepower of the bloc's rescue fund, the €440 billion ($600 billion) European Financial Stability …
