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Austria’s Sex-Slave Father Tells His Side of the Story
Ever since Josef Fritzl, the authoritarian patriarch of a sprawling family in the north Austrian town of Amstetten, was discovered to have imprisoned his daughter as a sex slave in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, Austria has been locked in an emotional debate over what could cause such a crime. Some have claimed Fritzl’s sadism to be a vestige of Nazism’s moral corruption, others that the psychological strain of living for years under the threat of nuclear destruction was to blame.
Father: Lawyer meets with U.S. journalist detained in Iran
An American journalist detained in Iran has received a visit from an attorney, her father said on Monday. “We’re relieved” at news of the attorney’s visit to Roxana Saberi, said her father, Reza Saberi, from his Fargo, North Dakota, home.
Gigolo on trial for blackmail of BMW heiress
The gigolo former lover of Germany’s richest woman goes on trial in Munich Monday, charged with trying to blackmail her out of millions of dollars. Susanne Klatten, the BMW heiress, complained to police last year that Helg Sgarbi had threatened to release pictures of them if she did not pay him nearly $60 million. Klatten’s spokesman, Joerg Appelhans, told CNN last year that the BMW heiress had alerted police in January that she was the victim of fraud and blackmail by a man he identified at the time as Mr
Father says American journalist held; Iran says she lacked permit
An American journalist reported by her father as being detained in Iran had been working there without a permit, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. “In fact, her press card was revoked,” said Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hassan Qashqavi.
Teen vanishes on way to school
Last Friday the 13th was supposed to be a special day for 14-year-old Amber Leeanne DuBois.
Are We Failing Our Geniuses?
Any sensible culture would know what to do with Annalisee Brasil. The 14-year-old not only has the looks of a South American model but is also one of the brightest kids of her generation. When Annalisee was 3, her mother Angi Brasil noticed that she was stringing together word cards composed not simply into short phrases but into complete, grammatically correct sentences
Second boy claims to be dad in UK baby case
A second teenager has reportedly claimed to be the father of a child born to a teenaged girl in a case which has caused an outcry in Britain. According to reports earlier this week Alfie Patten was only 12 when the baby was conceived with his girlfriend, Chantelle Steadman, 15. The Sun tabloid newspaper reported their daughter, Maisie Roxanne, was born on Monday
Mom, daughter escape after plane crashes into home
Hours after a plane slammed into her home Karen Wielinski gave an exclusive interview to Buffalo radio station WBEN. This is her account based on that interview. (CNN) — Hours after a plane slammed into her home Karen Wielinski gave an exclusive interview to Buffalo radio station WBEN.
Girl, 5, likely taken from Florida home, police say
A missing 5-year-old Florida girl was most likely abducted from her home in rural Florida, police said Wednesday. Haleigh Cummings has been missing since 3 a.m. Tuesday, when her father’s girlfriend called 911 to say the child had vanished from her Putnam County home.