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File photo of a cop car with its lights on. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Student Dead After Falling From Truck During Football Game

Police in the Phoenix suburb of Surprise are investigating the death of a 17-year-old high school football player who was fatally injured when he fell from the bed of a moving pickup truck during a game with fellow youths.

2013/05/14

File photo of a jail cell. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Reno Man To Jail For Throwing Puppy Off Balcony

A Reno man has been sentenced to four months in jail on an animal cruelty charge in the death of a puppy that police say he threw off the balcony of a third story apartment.

2013/05/04

File photo of Michael Jackson (Photo credit: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)

Opening Statements To Begin In Jackson Civil Case

Michael Jackson’s mother’s allegations that the company promoting his comeback failed to properly investigate the doctor convicted in his death are at the center of a civil trial opening Monday.

2013/04/29

File photo of a judge's gavel. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Dad Pleads Guilty To Padlocking Daughter In A Box Then Throwing It Into Pool

The father of a 10-year-old Arizona girl who authorities say died after another relative padlocked her in a footlocker pleaded guilty Wednesday to an attempted child abuse charge.

2013/04/24

Mom, Daughter Sentenced In Coin Collector Death

A mother and daughter could spend the rest of their lives in prison after killing their 73-year-old neighbor in Las Vegas and pawning her coin collection.

2013/04/02

The Corona Arch. (Credit: climb-utah.com)

Man Dies While Swinging From Rock Arch To Copy YouTube Stunt

A 22-year-old West Jordan man is dead after swinging from a Utah rock arch in a stunt made popular by YouTube.

2013/03/25

Images of the 'Santa Muerte' (Holy Death), are seen at the shrine in honour of the goddess at the Iztapalapa shantytown in Mexico City (Photo credit: LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Underworld Saint Becoming More Popular In US

A follower in New Orleans built a public shrine in her honor. An actor in Albuquerque credits her with helping him land a role on the TV show “Breaking Bad.” She turns up routinely along the U.S.-Mexico border at safe houses, and is sighted on dashboards of cars used to smuggle methamphetamine through the southwest desert.

2013/03/04