LA’s Most Prolific Serial Killer Suspect Aprehended
April 30, 2009
(ChattahBox) — An aging insurance claims adjuster John Floyd Thomas Jr, may be responsible for up to 27 killings or more in two sprees of sex murders that terrorized southern California in the 1970s and 1980s.
The 72-year-old arrested earlier this month was forced to submit a DNA sample taken as part of an effort to build an offender database in October.
DNA matching Thomas’ was found at three other crime scenes in the 1970s and ’80s, leading to murder charges for the death of Ethel Sokoloff, 68, in 1972 and Elizabeth McKeown, 67, in 1976. Read more
Brits Discover Largest Cave in the World: Deep in Vietnamese Jungle
April 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)– A group of fearless British explorers literally trekked deep into the heart of darkness in the Vietnamese jungle, where they claim to have discovered the world’s largest cave. Fellow explorers from the Hanoi University of Science, acted as guides and led them to the Hang Son Doong or Mountain River Cave, which had never been explored by man, because of the difficulty reaching it.
The explorers estimate the cave size as 656 feet high at the main passage, with the width reaching 492 feet Read more
Miss California’s Breast Implants: Pageant Foot the Bill
April 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Carrie Prejean, Miss California had her breast implants paid for by the Miss California Organization, just a few weeks before the Miss USA pageant. Shanna Moakler, co-executive director of the Miss California Organization, confirmed that the organization picked up the tab for Prejean’s new breasts.
Since her loss as Miss USA, Prejean has been MIA and according to Moakler, Prejean’s Pageant bosses want to talk to her. Read more
Sentencing Disparities For Cocaine to End Soon
April 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)—It looks like the unfair “100 to 1″ ratio sentencing law for cocaine possession will soon end. The current law contains huge disparities in sentencing between possession of crack cocaine and powdered cocaine, treating crack cocaine more harshly, and the Obama administration supports a bill to equalize punishment for offenders in possession of the drug.
President Obama promised during his campaign to rectify the unequal sentencing treatment for possessing crack as opposed to powdered cocaine. Read more
New Multiple Sclerosis Pill Offers Great Promise
April 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)—The results of a two-year clinical study conducted in the UK, treating Multiple Sclerosis patients with cladribine pills, shows great promise for the future treatment of patients suffering from the debilitating neurological disease. The clinical study treated MS patients with a course of the pills, just a few times a year and the results were amazing. The patients experienced a reduction in disease relapses by a whopping 55 percent. Read more
Obama Won’t Stand With Renegade Speculators: Who Want to Take Down Chrysler
April 30, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Obama just announced that despite Chrysler working hard to get concessions from unions and stakeholders, as well as coming to a deal with Fiat, the beleaguered carmaker will file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Obama noted the huge concessions and sacrifices made by the unions and a group of financial institutions led by JP Morgan, but blasted a small group of rogue hedge funds who refused to make concessions, demanding twice the return of other stakeholders. Read more
Court Mistakenly Repossesses The Wrong House
April 30, 2009
England (ChattahBox) – In an odd story out of England, a man was shocked when he came home from a day out to find that his home had been repossessed.
Lookalike Attends Art Gallery, Beyonce Goes Shopping
April 30, 2009
Austria (ChattahBox) – The curator at the Albertina, the most renowned museum in Austria, is furious after Beyonce sent a lookalike to her appearance at the gallery, opting instead to go shopping while her doppleganger attempted to fool fans.
Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn End Their Marriage
April 30, 2009
California (ChattahBox) – Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have officially decided to call it quits, after 13-years of slightly turbulent marriage.
Hugh Hefner To Holly Madison: ‘Baby, Come Back’
April 30, 2009
US (ChattahBox) – Hugh Hefner, the 83-year-old Playboy millionaire, has opened up to the press, admitting that he has never gotten over girlfriend Holly Madison, and asking her to come back to him.