The Children of the Cellar

The boys knew the world only through television and the little that their mother remembered. And so now, Stefan Fritzl, 18, and his little brother Felix, 5, are getting used to sunlight. After spending their entire lives imprisoned in a cramped, windowless cellar deep underground along with their mother, Elisabeth, they are now being cared for in a special wing of a clinic near Amstetten, Austria.

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Drugs suspected in teen’s death at Fort Lewis barracks, Army says

Army investigators suspect drugs played a role in the death of a 16-year-old girl found unconscious with another teenage girl at a closed barracks, a spokesman for the investigation said Wednesday. The incident happened last weekend at Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Washington, as the girls were visiting an acquaintance at the barracks, which are closed to the public, according to Chris Grey, a spokesman for the base’s Criminal Investigation Command.

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Big Brother star to wed after terminal cancer confirmed

British Big Brother star Jade Goody is fast-tracking plans to get married after being told doctors cannot cure her cancer. Goody, 27, only has months to live after her cervical cancer spread to her liver, bowel and groin, the British Press Association reported.

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