Accused Pa. Killer, 11, Moves to Juvie

Marni Yang faces mandatory life sentence

(NEWSER) - Former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle's real estate agent and sometime lover has been found guilty in the 2007 murder of his pregnant girlfriend. Prosecutors said Marni Yang used nasty anonymous letters to try to drive off other women involved with Gayle but her jealousy turned murderous when she learned Rhoni Reuter was pregnant, the Chicago Tribune reports. Yang ambushed Reuter—who was more than 6 months pregnant and had named the unborn baby Skylar—outside her home, shooting her six times with a handgun fitted with a homemade silencer. More»

Pa. woman hid pregnancies from husband and lover

(NEWSER) - A Pennsylvania woman successfully concealed five pregnancies from both her husband and the man she was having an affair with before killing the infants and hiding their bodies, say prosecutors. Nurse's aide Michele Kalina has been charged with criminal homicide in the deaths of the babies, whose remains were found in her home and in a landfill site, CNN reports. DNA testing has established that she is the mother of at least four of the infants, and her boyfriend is the father of at least three. More»

Detroit boy to stay in juvenile detention until he turns 21

(NEWSER) - A Detroit boy who murdered a woman when he was 12 has been sent to juvenile prison until he is 21 years old. Authorities will then decide if Demarco Harris should be released or serve a life sentence. Harris, now 13, shot and killed 24-year-old Trisha Babcock in a botched robbery last year. Her father says the sentence is unfair. "For him to have a chance or opportunity to be set free when he is 21 is not justice for my daughter," he told CNN. More»

G20 protesters will take to the streets—legally

(NEWSER) - Pittsburgh police are preparing for a big afternoon march today after arresting 66 people yesterday. One big difference: Today's march to protest the G-20 summit is sanctioned, and organizers are requiring demonstrators to pledge to behave. Yesterday and last night, a group of self-described anarchists tried to march downtown before running into riot police, who eventually used pepper spray, the Post-Gazette reports. More»

(NEWSER) - The longest serving bartender in the world—that Guinness-certified honor came 10 years ago—and slinger of one of the first beers after Prohibition ended is hanging up his cocktail shaker, the AP reports. Ninety-five-year-old Angelo Cammarata, owner of the beloved Cammarata’s Café in Pittsburgh, is selling after more than 70 years behind the bar. It’s bittersweet, he says. “This is a good bar. All my customers here are family.” More»