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Most popular news on 29 August 2009 |
Disc jockey DJ AM dies
Nearly a year after surviving a plane crash in South Carolina, disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found dead in his New York apartment Friday afternoon, his publicist said. He was 36.
Alleged kidnapper couple met while man was in prison
Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, met while he was in a federal prison serving time for abducting a different woman from South Lake Tahoe, California, and holding her captive in a storage unit, Nevada probation and parole officials said Friday.
Girl grew up locked away in backyard sheds
From the time she was an 11-year-old, blue-eyed, freckle-faced blonde until she was a 29-year-old woman with two children, Jaycee Dugard was kept locked away in a backyard compound of sheds and tarps by a couple who police say abducted her.
Woman's frantic 911 call helps convict her killer
A Florida plumber was found guilty Friday of kidnapping and murdering a police detective's daughter at a trial in which his victim's voice filled the courtroom as her desperate 911 call was played to the jury.
Michael Jackson's death was a homicide, coroner rules
The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide involving a combination of drugs.
Experts: Media today would demand Chappaquiddick answers
Sen. Ted Kennedy would have had a "very, very difficult" time politically surviving the drowning death of a young woman if it happened in the era of blogs, talk radio and 24-hour news cycles, experts said.
Charting New Orleans' progress since Katrina
Couple faces 29 felony counts, life in jail in kidnapping
Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, will face 29 felony counts after being accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard when she was 11 and keeping her in their backyard since 1991, the district attorney of El Dorado County, California, said Friday.
Ted Kennedy memorialized by family, friends
Friends, family and colleagues paid tribute to Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Friday evening with a three-hour wake capped by a chorus of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling."
Danny could produce dangerous surf along East Coast
Tropical Storm Danny moved north Friday, and forecasters said the storm could produce dangerous surf conditions and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast over the next day or two.
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