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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Fugitive Survivalist Taunts Cops, Leaves Diaper Trail (Newser Happy Hour 6-pack)

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Fugitive Survivalist Taunts Cops, Leaves Diaper Trail

(Newser) - Police combing a heavily wooded area of Pennsylvania for the survivalist suspected of shooting two state troopers are starting to suspect he is playing some kind of twisted game with them. Almost 1,000 officers are combing the area for Eric Frein, and there have been repeated sightings of a... More »

Suspect in Missing UVa Teen's Case Caught in Texas

(Newser) - Police have captured the man charged in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student. Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said 32-year-old Jesse Matthew is in custody in Galveston, Texas. Matthew is charged with abduction with intent to defile in the case of 18-year-old Hannah Graham , who has been missing... More »

ISIS Tortures, Executes Female Over Facebook Post

(Newser) - The United Nations says Islamic State militants have publicly killed a rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after finding her guilty of apostasy in a self-styled Islamic court. The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq says Samira Salih al-Nuaimi was seized from her home on Sept. 17 after allegedly... More »

Walmart Texts Made Paranoid Killer Confess

(Newser) - Matthew Gibson killed a woman in Arizona 17 years ago and he would have gotten away with it ... if it wasn't for Walmart. The 55-year-old—who drove from North Carolina to Arizona to confess —told police that he thought somebody knew about the crime after he started receiving... More »

Woman's Dramatic Roof Escape Caught on Camera

(Newser) - As Melora Rivera hid on her roof, half-naked, from an intruder yesterday morning, a neighbor snapped pictures and posted them to Twitter. The California woman had fled from a second-story window when a homeless man broke into her house as she slept, CBS2 reports. "The drop is, I would... More »

Eric Holder Will Step Down

(Newser) - Eric Holder, the first black attorney general and one of the few remaining original members of President Obama's cabinet, will announce his resignation later today, sources tell NPR . Holder is described as being more and more "adamant" that he will leave, and sources say that could happen as... More »