http://news.aol.com Latest News Articles From AOL News Copyright 2005 America Online, Inc. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:38:10 GMT AOLNews, LLC 2009-11-08T00:38:10Z Copyright 2005 America Online, Inc. http://www.aolcdn.com/dynanews/aolnewslogo_small http://news.aol.com AOL News! http://news.aol.com/article/as-sniper-execution-nears-questions/757706 It galled her to do it, but Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo: If you murdered my son, please confess, she wrote. Crime News National News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:54:17 GMT 757706 2009-11-07T22:54:17Z <a name="757706"></a><div class="hentry a757706" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/as-sniper-execution-nears-questions/757706">As Execution Nears, Questions Remain</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T17:54:17Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 1 HOUR 43 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=735113 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/as-sniper-execution-nears-questions/757706#Comments">12</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs674" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><script src='http://www.aolcdn.com/keyexp/kits/ke_kits.js' type='text/javascript' language='javascript' charset='utf-8'></script> <!-- START KE KIT --> <div name="ke_kit"> <div id="news-news_media_sniper_dillon" version="2.0" type="013" style="display:none;"> <div id="news-news_media_sniper_dillon-launcher"></div> <div class="ke_kit_settings"> <div id="news-news_media_sniper_dillon-ad" width="300" height="250" type="I" rate="1" magicnumber="93244038"></div> <div id="news-news_media_sniper_dillon-link" placement="1424748" domain="1380767" rate="5"> <div name="url"></div> </div> <div id="news-news_media_sniper_dillon-swf" width="640" height="618" bgcolor="#ffffff" version="9.0.115" > <div name="appConfigURL">http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=768385&pid=768384&uts=1257631559</div> <div name="mmxOverride"></div> <div name="swfWrapper">http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf</div> </div> <div id="news-news_media_sniper_dillon-css" dynamicslide="/ajax/photogallery/gatphotoKE.jsp?id=25522&feedtype=0&index=1" size="456t" photonumber="0" numimages="2" baseimageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/" imageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637080/1257629937238.JPEG" dims="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims/PGMC/5/240/269/90/" showdisclaimertext="" css_notitle="" css_title="#333333" css_caption="#333333" css_disclaimer="#565656" css_container="" css_border="#ededed" css_photowell="#ededed" css_photoholder="#ffffff" css_buttons="#7e7e7e" css_btnover="#252525" css_scroll="#7e7e7e" css_margins="84,0,240,269,408,269,0,0"> <div name="title">Searching for Answers</div> <div name="caption">Billy Gene Dillon died after he was shot outside his rural Texas home in 2002. It appeared Dillon had been shot at a distance by a high-powered rifle, just like the victims of the D.C. sniper spree. But seven years later and just days before the mastermind of the shooting rampage is set to be executed, Dillon's murder has not been solved.</div> <div name="credit">Dillon Family / Denton Record-Chronicle / AP</div> <div name="source">Dillon Family / Denton Record-Chronicle / AP</div> <div name="disclaimertext"></div> </div> </div> </div> <script>oKExp.start("news-news_media_sniper_dillon");</script> </div> <!-- END KE KIT --> </div> </div> <a name="axs674"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/as-sniper-execution-nears-questions/757706">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/as-sniper-execution-nears-questions/757706#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/as-sniper-execution-nears-questions/757706', 'As Execution Nears, Questions Remain');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/as-sniper-execution-nears-questions/757706', 'As Execution Nears, Questions Remain');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/as-sniper-execution-nears-questions/757706#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (12)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/shooting-suspect-nidal-malik-hasan/755185 The Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood recently asked for advice on what he should tell fellow soldiers concerned about fighting Muslims in Iraq or Afghanistan, a local Muslim leader said Saturday. Crime News National News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:50:54 GMT 755185 2009-11-07T21:50:54Z <a name="755185"></a><div class="hentry a755185" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/shooting-suspect-nidal-malik-hasan/755185">Fort Hood Suspect Sought Advice</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T16:50:54Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 2 HOURS 47 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=735113 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/shooting-suspect-nidal-malik-hasan/755185#Comments">405</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 0.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs690" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_0_1--><script src='http://www.aolcdn.com/keyexp/kits/ke_kits.js' type='text/javascript' language='javascript' charset='utf-8'></script> <!-- START KE KIT --> <div name="ke_kit"> <div id="news-news_main_forthood" version="2.0" type="013" style="display:none;"> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-launcher"></div> <div class="ke_kit_settings"> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-ad" width="300" height="250" type="I" rate="1" magicnumber="93244038"></div> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-link" placement="1424748" domain="1380767" rate="5"> <div name="url"></div> </div> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-swf" width="640" height="618" bgcolor="#ffffff" version="9.0.115" > <div name="appConfigURL">http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=767047&pid=767046&uts=1257614301</div> <div name="mmxOverride"></div> <div name="swfWrapper">http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf</div> </div> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-css" dynamicslide="/ajax/photogallery/gatphotoKE.jsp?id=25514&feedtype=0&index=1" size="456t" photonumber="0" numimages="10" baseimageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/" imageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637041/1257545773423.JPEG" dims="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims/PGMC/5/220/269/90/" showdisclaimertext="" css_notitle="" css_title="#333333" css_caption="#333333" css_disclaimer="#565656" css_container="" css_border="#ededed" css_photowell="#ededed" css_photoholder="#ffffff" css_buttons="#7e7e7e" css_btnover="#252525" css_scroll="#7e7e7e" css_margins="94,0,220,269,408,269,0,0"> <div name="title">'A Horrific Outburst'</div> <div name="caption">Investigators on Friday were trying to determine why Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 30. Hasan, a military psychiatrist, was shot by police. He was hospitalized in a coma but was expected to live. 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Nidal Malik Hasan, the psychiatrist suspected of Thursday's murderous rampage, told tales Friday of quick, calm efforts in the face of danger. 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Crime News National News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:09:49 GMT 705759 2009-11-07T00:09:49Z <a name="705759"></a><div class="hentry a705759" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/hanged-census-worker-bill-sparkmans/705759">Suicide Eyed in Census Worker's Death </a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-06T19:09:49Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 1 DAY AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=735113 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/hanged-census-worker-bill-sparkmans/705759#Comments">27</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Left, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 1, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs466" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanLeftWrap"> <div class="enhanLeftWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637016/1257539068872.JPEG" alt="hanged census worker Bill Sparkman" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">The Times-Tribune / AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs466"></a> <div class="synpTxt">Bill Sparkman was found hanging from a tree in a Kentucky forest -- his hands bound and the word "fed" scrawled on his chest -- but law enforcement sources say investigators aren't convinced he was murdered. 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Instead, William Dillon sits on furniture the color of ripe lemons, surrounded by cheerful animal statues and blooming plants, a prisoner no longer after 27 years. Crime News Law News National News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:07:00 GMT 755831 2009-11-06T23:07:00Z <a name="755831"></a><div class="hentry a755831" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831">Exonerated Man Seeks Cash for Sentence </a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-06T18:07:00Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 1 DAY 1 HOUR AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=735113 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831#Comments">437</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/law">Law News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 2 --><!-- adding key 0.1 --><!-- adding key 2.2 --> <!-- enhAlign: Right, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 4, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs583" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanRightWrap"> <div class="enhanRightWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_0_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637034/1257543268405.JPEG " alt="William Dillon" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs583"></a> <div class="synpTxt">Wrongfully imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit, a Florida man who spent 27 years behind bars now seeks more than a million dollars in restitution from the state. Cleared by the use of DNA evidence, 50-year-old William Dillon says, "I think the people that did it to me -- knowingly did it to me -- should have to pay for it." </div> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs359" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_2_2--><br clear=all><div class="left"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=179869&pollId=180161&channel=aol_us_news6" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <div class="right"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=179871&pollId=180163&channel=aol_us_news6" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <br clear=all> </div> </div> <a name="axs359"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831', 'Exonerated Man Seeks Cash for Sentence ');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831', 'Exonerated Man Seeks Cash for Sentence ');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (437)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/new-jersey-jury-convicts-edward-ates/741218 A jury rejected a Florida man's claims that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs and killed his former son-in-law, convicting him Friday of murder. Crime News Law News National News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:47:15 GMT 741218 2009-11-07T11:47:15Z <a name="741218"></a><div class="hentry a741218" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/new-jersey-jury-convicts-edward-ates/741218">Jury Convicts Man in 'Fat Defense' Trial </a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T06:47:15Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 12 HOURS 50 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=735113 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/new-jersey-jury-convicts-edward-ates/741218#Comments">121</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/law">Law News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Left, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 1, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs13" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanLeftWrap"> <div class="enhanLeftWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637032/1257543135051.JPEG" alt="Edward Ates" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">Trenton Prosecutor Office/AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs13"></a> <div class="synpTxt">A New Jersey jury finds a Florida man guilty of murder -- despite the defendant's claim that he was too fat to commit the crime. Edward Ates, 62, said he weighed 285 pounds when his former son-in-law, Paul Duncsak, was shot in August 2006. He said he simply didn't have the energy to run up and down a flight of stairs and shoot Dancsak from a perch on a staircase.</div> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/new-jersey-jury-convicts-edward-ates/741218">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/new-jersey-jury-convicts-edward-ates/741218#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/new-jersey-jury-convicts-edward-ates/741218', 'Jury Convicts Man in Fat Defense Trial ');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/new-jersey-jury-convicts-edward-ates/741218', 'Jury Convicts Man in Fat Defense Trial ');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/new-jersey-jury-convicts-edward-ates/741218#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (121)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/suspects-mother-sherry-jarvis-apologizes/756264 She walked to the cameras and could barely look up. With her lip quivering, Sherry Jarvis apologized to the family of 15-year-old Michael Brewer, who is clinging to life in a hospital burn unit. Jarvis is the mother of two boys who, along with three other youths, are accused in the burning of Brewer. Detectives say witnesses saw Brewer, consumed in flames, run about a hundred yards, tear off his shirt and jump into a swimming pool. Crime News National News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:53:34 GMT 756264 2009-11-06T20:53:34Z <a name="756264"></a><div class="hentry a756264" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/suspects-mother-sherry-jarvis-apologizes/756264">Suspects' Mom Apologizes to Burned Boy</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-06T15:53:34Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 1 DAY 3 HOURS AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=735113 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/suspects-mother-sherry-jarvis-apologizes/756264#Comments">69</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 0.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs623" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_0_1--><script src='http://www.aolcdn.com/keyexp/kits/ke_kits.js' type='text/javascript' language='javascript' charset='utf-8'></script> <!-- START KE KIT --> <div name="ke_kit"> <div id="news-news_media_floridaboyburned" version="2.0" type="013" style="display:none;"> <div id="news-news_media_floridaboyburned-launcher"></div> <div class="ke_kit_settings"> <div id="news-news_media_floridaboyburned-ad" width="300" height="250" type="I" rate="1" magicnumber="93244038"></div> <div id="news-news_media_floridaboyburned-link" placement="1424748" domain="1380767" rate="5"> <div name="url"></div> </div> <div id="news-news_media_floridaboyburned-swf" width="640" height="618" bgcolor="#ffffff" version="9.0.115" > <div name="appConfigURL">http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=746665&pid=746664&uts=1257536788</div> <div name="mmxOverride"></div> <div name="swfWrapper">http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf</div> </div> <div id="news-news_media_floridaboyburned-css" dynamicslide="" size="456t" photonumber="0" numimages="6" baseimageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/" imageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/636944/1257523587772.JPEG" dims="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims/PGMC/5/408/269/90/" showdisclaimertext="" css_notitle="" css_title="#333333" css_caption="#333333" css_disclaimer="#565656" css_container="" css_border="#ededed" css_photowell="#ededed" css_photoholder="#ffffff" css_buttons="#7e7e7e" css_btnover="#252525" css_scroll="#7e7e7e" css_margins="0,0,408,269,408,269,0,0"> <div name="title">'A Complete Nightmare'</div> <div name="caption">Sherry Jarvis, center, made a public apology to burn victim Michael Brewer's family on Thursday. Her two sons, Denver and Jeremy, are among the five teens charged with setting the 15-year-old Brewer on fire on Oct. 12. "I'd just like to express how horribly sorry we are," said Jarvis, who is pictured here with her two daughters and husband.</div> <div name="credit">Sun-Sentinel / ZUMApress.com</div> <div name="source">Sun-Sentinel / ZUMApress.com</div> <div name="disclaimertext"></div> </div> </div> </div> <script>oKExp.start("news-news_media_floridaboyburned");</script> </div> <!-- END KE KIT --> </div> </div> <a name="axs623"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/suspects-mother-sherry-jarvis-apologizes/756264">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/suspects-mother-sherry-jarvis-apologizes/756264#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/suspects-mother-sherry-jarvis-apologizes/756264', 'Suspects Mom Apologizes to Burned Boy');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/suspects-mother-sherry-jarvis-apologizes/756264', 'Suspects Mom Apologizes to Burned Boy');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/suspects-mother-sherry-jarvis-apologizes/756264#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (69)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593 A man so broke that he said he didn't have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said. Jason Rodriguez, 40, surrendered about three hours later, after officers saw him through the window of his mother's home and asked him to come outside, Orlando Police Chief Val Demings said. Asked by a reporter outside the police station why he did it, he replied: "Because they left me to rot." Crime News National News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:52:09 GMT 756593 2009-11-07T23:52:09Z <a name="756593"></a><div class="hentry a756593" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593">Alleged Florida Shooter's Mom Apologizes</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T18:52:09Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 46 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=735113 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593#Comments">1643</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Left, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 1, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs572" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanLeftWrap"> <div class="enhanLeftWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637074/1257616456862.JPEG" alt="Jason Rodriguez" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs572"></a> <div class="synpTxt">The mother of a man suspected of killing one person and injuring five others at a Florida office building apologizes for the rampage. Meanwhile Jason Rodriguez, 40, sans tie, makes a brief court appearance. A judge orders him held without bail. Rodriguez allegedly opened fire at the engineering firm that had dismissed him more than two years ago.</div> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593', 'Alleged Florida Shooters Mom Apologizes');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593', 'Alleged Florida Shooters Mom Apologizes');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (1643)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/quick-acting-police-officer-kimberly/756201 A civilian police officer who shot the Fort Hood gunman four times during his bloody rampage stopped the attacker cold, a U.S. Army official said Friday. Officer Kimberly Munley of the Fort Hood Police Department is a "trained, active first responder" who acted quickly after she "just happened to encounter the gunman," said Lt. Gen. Bob Cone, Fort Hood's commanding general. 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The military base's commanding general calls her action -- she shot the suspect four times and was wounded herself -- an "amazing and aggressive performance." </div> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/quick-acting-police-officer-kimberly/756201">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/quick-acting-police-officer-kimberly/756201#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/quick-acting-police-officer-kimberly/756201', 'Fast-Acting Officer Stopped Rampage');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/quick-acting-police-officer-kimberly/756201', 'Fast-Acting Officer Stopped Rampage');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/quick-acting-police-officer-kimberly/756201#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (2072)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/polygamist-sect-member-guilty-of-sex/735113 After being duped by false leads and chastised by a court for its handling of polygamist sect children, the state of Texas has won a criminal conviction in its first trial of a sect member charged with sexually assaulted an underage girl. Crime News National News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:10:28 GMT 735113 2009-11-06T13:10:28Z <a name="735113"></a><div class="hentry a735113" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/polygamist-sect-member-guilty-of-sex/735113">Polygamist Guilty of Sex With Minor</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-06T08:10:28Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 1 DAY 11 HOURS AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=735113 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/polygamist-sect-member-guilty-of-sex/735113#Comments">56</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Right, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 4, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs610" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanRightWrap"> <div class="enhanRightWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/636880/1257510438945.JPEG" alt="Raymond Jessop on Oct. 27, 2009" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs610"></a> <div class="synpTxt">Texas authorities win their first conviction stemming from a controversial raid in which hundreds of children were seized from a polygamist compound in 2008. 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