Princess Pimp's ex-lawyer's shady past
Memphis defense attorney Michael Scholl emerged from the federal courthouse grim-faced and angry on Thursday. Despite his best efforts, Scholl could only watch as his client, 19-year-old Kayla Bray, dubbed the "Princess Pimp", was slapped with a 14-year prison sentence for conspiring to commit the sex-trafficking
...Social Security benefits to go up by 1.7 percent
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments go up by 1.7 percent next year.
The increase, which starts in January, is tied to a measure of inflation released Tuesday. It shows that inflation has been relatively low over the past year,
...Vikram Pandit steps down as Citigroup CEO
By DANIEL WAGNER
AP Business Writer
Vikram Pandit abruptly stepped down as CEO of Citigroup on Tuesday, surprising Wall Street, after steering the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed.
Pandit's replacement, effective immediately, is Michael Corbat, the current CEO of Citigroup's Europe, Middle
...Picasso, Monets stolen in Dutch heist
Associated Press
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Seven paintings by artists including Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet that are worth more than a hundred million dollars were stolen from a museum in Rotterdam in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The heist at the Kunsthal museum is one of the largest in years in the
...Man who falsely confessed to NY murders dies at 68
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who confessed to three New York City murders he did not commit and spent more than three years in prison has died at age 68.
George Whitmore Jr. died Oct. 8 in a nursing home in Wildwood, N.J. The Radzieta (rad-ZEH'-tuh) Funeral Home in Cape May Courthouse, N.J., says services will be Thursday.
Whitmore was 19 in April 1964
...More Articles...
Subcategories
