Amanda Knox Trial: Convicted Killer Fingers Knox for Meredith Kercher Murder
(AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
There was a loud scream and Kercher ended up dead, the Ivory Coast native said at the opening of his appeal in a Perugia, Italy court.
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November 20, 2009 7:00 AM PERUGIA, Italy - Minutes before her death, British student Meredith Kercher was fighting with her American roommate Amanda Knox, according to Rudy Hermann Guede, the man already convicted of killing her.
There was a loud scream and Kercher ended up dead, the Ivory Coast native said at the opening of his appeal in a Perugia, Italy court.
There was a loud scream and Kercher ended up dead, the Ivory Coast native said at the opening of his appeal in a Perugia, Italy court.
November 19, 2009 12:42 PM 
NEW YORK - Elizabeth Lambert became an Internet celebrity for all the wrong reasons this fall. Now the suspended New Mexico soccer player, who was caught attacking opposing players on tape, has met with the New York Times to put the aggressive infractions into context.
Saying that her actions were "indefensible" in her first interview since the incidents occurred, Lambert, 20, told the Times that she still "deeply regrets it and will always regret it and will carry it through the rest of my life not to retaliate."
Elizabeth Lambert Hair Pull Video Back In News: Soccer Player Speaks Out
(AP/YouTube Video)
Saying that her actions were "indefensible" in her first interview since the incidents occurred, Lambert, 20, told the Times that she still "deeply regrets it and will always regret it and will carry it through the rest of my life not to retaliate."
November 10, 2009 5:29 PM 
NEW YORK - A TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman in exchange for keeping quiet about his sexual affairs was only trying to sell the late-night comic a screenplay, a defense lawyer said Tuesday.
Robert J. "Joe" Halderman's lawyer asked a judge to toss the attempted first-degree grand larceny case, saying the producer did nothing illegal in slipping Letterman documents alluding to the "Late Show" host's dalliances and taking a $2 million check from Letterman's lawyer.
Robert "Joe" Halderman's Lawyer Asks Judge to Dismiss David Letterman Extortion Case
(AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
Robert J. "Joe" Halderman's lawyer asked a judge to toss the attempted first-degree grand larceny case, saying the producer did nothing illegal in slipping Letterman documents alluding to the "Late Show" host's dalliances and taking a $2 million check from Letterman's lawyer.
November 10, 2009 3:41 PM Story contributed by 48 Hours Mystery special consultant Paul Ciolino.
NEW YORK - The Elizabeth Lambert video, which is making the rounds, is a fascinating inside look at Woman’s Division One Soccer. I’m not sure that if this were Division One men’s soccer anyone would be making a fuss. Because we have an attractive and I might add aggressive female player this has become a phenomenon.
Elizabeth Lambert Video: Attractive, Aggressive, Suspended... Victim?
(AP/YouTube Video)
NEW YORK - The Elizabeth Lambert video, which is making the rounds, is a fascinating inside look at Woman’s Division One Soccer. I’m not sure that if this were Division One men’s soccer anyone would be making a fuss. Because we have an attractive and I might add aggressive female player this has become a phenomenon.
November 10, 2009 10:16 AM 
NEW YORK - A lawyer for the TV news producer accused of blackmailing talk show host David Letterman plans to ask a judge to dismiss an extortion case that prompted the late-night comic to acknowledge affairs with staffers.
Robert "Joe" Halderman is due in a Manhattan court Tuesday. His defense attorney, Gerald Shargel, said he planned to challenge whether the evidence presented to a grand jury was sufficient and ask a judge to dismiss the attempted first-degree grand larceny charge against his client.
David Letterman Extortion Suspect Robert "Joe" Halderman to Seek Dismissal of Case
(CBS)
Robert "Joe" Halderman is due in a Manhattan court Tuesday. His defense attorney, Gerald Shargel, said he planned to challenge whether the evidence presented to a grand jury was sufficient and ask a judge to dismiss the attempted first-degree grand larceny charge against his client.
October 30, 2009 6:40 PM
911: Deadly Prophecy
Gilbert, Ariz., Sept. 27, 2001
Doug Grant called his friend, Chad White, to say he had just discovered his wife, Faylene, unconscious in the bathtub. White, a physician's assistant, immediately dialed 911.
Doug Grant called his friend, Chad White, to say he had just discovered his wife, Faylene, unconscious in the bathtub. White, a physician's assistant, immediately dialed 911.
October 12, 2009 6:15 AM 
NEW YORK - Patrick Radden Keefe’s THE SNAKEHEAD: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream, is a true crime thriller about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss, steeped in the American immigrant saga.
Book 'Em: The Snakehead
(CBS/Doubleday )
October 9, 2009 11:27 AM 
NEW YORK - "You're a Punk!"
Those were the choice words of an angry John "Junior" Gotti as he shouted in anger towards a former close friend who blamed him for a trail of organized crime violence while on the stand at Gotti's racketeering trial in New York.
John "Junior" Gotti Courtroom Explosion: "You're a Punk!"
(AP)
Those were the choice words of an angry John "Junior" Gotti as he shouted in anger towards a former close friend who blamed him for a trail of organized crime violence while on the stand at Gotti's racketeering trial in New York.
October 6, 2009 1:52 PM 
NEW YORK - Was Stephanie Birkitt, 34, romantically involved with David Letterman and his alleged extortionist, Robert "Joe" Halderman at the same time?
If you believe a report in today's New York Post, the long-time Letterman staffer, whose secret diary police say is at the center of an alleged extortion plot against the late night king, was indeed two-timing the man now accused of threatening to reveal Letterman's office sex trysts unless he coughed up $2 million.
Report: Stephanie Birkitt (Pictures) Involved With Letterman and Alleged Extortionist at Same Time
(CBS)
If you believe a report in today's New York Post, the long-time Letterman staffer, whose secret diary police say is at the center of an alleged extortion plot against the late night king, was indeed two-timing the man now accused of threatening to reveal Letterman's office sex trysts unless he coughed up $2 million.
October 6, 2009 9:58 AM
David Letterman Apologizes to Wife Regina Lasko: "She Has Been Horribly Hurt by My Behavior"
NEW YORK - Last night David Letterman once again used his "Late Show" platform to address his affairs with several female employees of his production company Worldwide Pants, and apologize to his wife Regina Lasko.
"My wife Regina, she has been horribly hurt by my behavior."
"My wife Regina, she has been horribly hurt by my behavior."
