Cristal Taylor, Dirk Nowitzki's Ex, Sentenced To 5 Years in Jail

Cristal Taylor, the former girlfriend of Dallas Mavericks star  Dirk Nowitzki, was sentenced to five years in jail for violating probation in a 12-year-old forgery and theft case. Cristal Ann Taylor appeared this morning in circuit court in St. Charles, Missouri. Taylor...

Man sees bear in St. Charles Borromeo Church cemetery - Southeast Louisiana

"By John DeSantis / The Daily Comet RACELAND -- In nine years as groundskeeper at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Kyle Schexnaydre has seen coyotes, deer and lots of other wildlife lurking nearby. A week ago Friday...

Adult Cyber Bullying- Should laws protecting children also be applied toward ...

"No Charges Will Be Filed In Cyberbullying Case By Kim Zetter EmailDecember 03, 2007 | 3:36:39 PMCategories: Crime, Privacy    Megan_meier_6A Missouri prosecutor has announced that there will be no charges filed against Lori Drew in the cyberbullying case...

No charges in Megan Meier's MySpace Teen Suicide

While there may be no criminal charges arising from a group of adults who faked being a boy on myspace and culminated in the suicide of a 13 year old girl who was 'in love' with him, there's certainly no reason...

Brood XIII: Billions of Cicadas Party in Midwest

Once every 17 years, three species of cicadas hatch in the Midwest. Look for literally billions of the icky, noisy (but harmless) creatures to hatch, crawl from the soil and make nuisances of themselves in...

Firefighters May Never Know What Sparked Blaze

" March 6, 2007 Texas - Fire officials said Monday that they might never know what caused a massive weekend fire that destroyed a downtown warehouse. The blaze gutted the warehouse in the 300 block of West St. Charles Street early Saturday. Brownsville Fire Marshal Ben Nunez...

Fire Destroys Downtown Warehouse

" March 4, 2007 Texas - Brownsville firefighters got an early wake up call Saturday after they learned a warehouse being used to store secondhand clothes was fully engulfed in downtown. While a Brownsville fire crew was in route back to Brownsville Fire Station No. 2 on St....

It is Fat Tuesday! Happy Mardi Gras

Happy Mardi Gras everyone.  I added stories from the scene, a highlight on our own FluxRostrum, and even a piece on the web community and their links to Mardi Gras.  Anyone have any beads? Photographs...

Missouri muslim "arming for war"

"A St. Charles man obtained fully automatic weapons and tried to buy as many explosives as possible in preparation for what an associate called "war," the FBI says in court documents.He bought three rifles and a Claymore anti-personnel mine and negotiated for a case of hand...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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