"He was remorseful, and he sobbed. He just didn't know that the hunt for him was going to escalate to the point that it did," said Jim Eldridge, police chief in the small Cumberland Plateau town of Algood, 75 miles east of Nashville.

Crawford, who owns Off Road Performance in Cookeville, Tenn., told Eldridge that Rapid City was as far as he could go with the money he had. There, he befri...

THE principal of the north Belfast school attended by murdered teenager Thomas Devlin last night said he was overwhelmed by the response to a special memorial fund which has been set up.

Belfast Royal Academy (BRA) launched the initiative last week in the hope of bringing in enough funds to establish either a foundation or scholarship in memory of the 15-year-old.

Principal Billy Yo...

Diego Maradona made a shock return to action for his beloved Boca Juniors in a match played before their Copa Sudamericana clash with Internacional.

Without prior notice, the 45-year-old took to the pitch in a friendly match between former players of Boca and Racing, much to the astonishment of a 42,000 crowd inside Boca's La Bombonera home.

After more than seven years of o...

FREEDOM FOR THE SKIPRATA SERIAL hoarder jailed after adding a sawn-off shotgun to his trove of junk has been freed by merci...more » Late-night drive ends in police chaseA MOTORIST who went for a late-night drive because he couldn't sleep sparked a high-speed police...more » City's music talents are on song for charityTHE big names of the Sunderland music revolution are joi...

Eugene Hamilton, the Deputy Political Leader of the People''s Action Movement, exposed the Governments lies to the public on the recent Electricity Rate increases. Mr. Hamilton used the Governments own official Estimates for 2005 to show that the Electricity Department has been making surpluses on the operations since 2003. Therefore there was no need for Government to subsidize the electric...

Interscope has apparently pressed the band into releasing the compilation, reports MTV, but Durst isn't likely to let his feelings for new material stand in the way of some plugging:

"Nobody ever thought it was gonna turn into selling one record, let alone selling a lot of records. It was a bizarre journey to this Greatest Hitz record and we made a lot of friends and fans and experienced...

Why I'm still in the dark when it comes to cyclists

AYE, there's nae doot aboot it, "the nights are fair drawin' in". Since the clocks went back a couple of weeks ago, it's been getting darker and darker and darker. And it appears to be confusing loads of us.

Not long after Sam gets back from school, his sister Lori is on the couch closing the blinds, thinking it must be getting...

Courson, 50, was using a chain saw to cut down a dead 44-foot tall tree with a circumference of 5 feet when it fell on him, according to state police. The accident happened around 1 p.m. at his home in Henry Clay Township, Fayette County.

Roger Victor, an investigator for the Fayette County coroner, said Courson was apparently trying get his dog out of the tree's way. "The wind was blowi...

Riley said he is concerned the Aruban investigation has produced no results in the case of Natalee Holloway, who was 18 when she disappeared, and he's not convinced everything is being done.

"There are no other alternatives to get Aruban authorities to take this as seriously as they should," Riley said in calling for the boycott.

"I am reaching the point of exasperation," h...

Achievements for Palm Desert High School's Yvette Leizorek:2005 USA Team Member for International Maccabiah Games2004 Level 9 National Vault & AA Champion2004 Level 9 Regional Vault & AA Champion2004 Level 9 State Floor, Bars, Beam & AA Champion2003 Level 9 National Qualifier2003 Level 9 Regional Vault Champion 2003 Level 9 State AA Champion2002 Level 8 Regional Vault, Floor & AA ChampionRegio...