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Enquirer
Targets Palin's
In-Laws

Todd's brother charged in drunken hit-and-run incident

National Enquirer Sep 17, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer takes another swing at Sarah Palin's colorful family again this week—this time wielding not unnamed sources but Alaskan court documents. It seems that her brother-in-law James had a drunk-driving hit-and-run arrest in 1989, when he was 20. According to records, he hit a woman, breaking her pelvis, got out of his vehicle and moved her out of the way, and then drove away from the scene. He was fined $50. More »

More about:  Sarah Palin • Alaska • drugs • drunk driving • Todd Palin • child neglect • hit and run

Victim in Novak Hit-and-Run 'Doing Fine'

'I'm a pretty tough guy,' 86-year-old homeless pedestrian says

Washington Post Washington Post Jul 25, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The pedestrian struck by Robert Novak's Corvette this week says that other than a dislocated shoulder, he’s “doing fine,” the Washington Post reports. In fact, Don Liljenquist seems more star-struck than car-struck: "Bob Novak is the one that hit me?" the homeless 86-year-old said in a radio interview. "He's a famous journalist! Well, I think that makes it a great story!" More »

More about:  police • accident • Washington • journalist • car accident • homeless • CIA leak investigation • automobile • hit and run • Robert Novak

 Phone Dragnet Redefines 'APB' 

Cops in Boston suburb use reverse 911 calls to 24K in search for hit-and-run driver

WBZ 4 WBZ 4 Jul 18, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Foiled in their attempts to track down a hit-and-run driver by conventional means, cops in a Boston suburb are enlisting the help of thousands of city residents—by phone. A BMW struck a 9-year-old girl Saturday, leaving her with a fractured skull and investigators with little info. They sent a recorded message to more than 24,000 households and now have dozens of leads, WBZ-TV reports. More »

More about:  crime • Boston • hit and run • reverse 911

LA's 'Black Widows' Get
Life in Prison for Murders

Pair killed two homeless men for life insurance

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jul 16, 08 1:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two elderly women who carried out a cold-blooded scheme to murder homeless men have been sentenced to life without parole by a Los Angeles judge. Helen Golay, 77, and 75-year-old Olga Rutterschmidt—nicknamed the "Black Widows" in the media—lured two vagrants off the street, cared for them for two years, then murdered them for $2.8 million in life insurance, reports the Los Angeles Times . More »

More about:  murder • homeless • hit and run • life insurance • Helen Golay • Olga Rutterschmidt • Kenneth McDavid • Paul Vados

 Hit-and-Run Sparks 
 Soul-Searching 

Police chief blasts city amid violent incidents

Hartford Courant (Conn.) Hartford Courant (Conn.) Jun 6, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A video of a 78-year-old hit-and-run victim lying paralyzed in the street has residents of Hartford, Conn., wondering what's wrong with their city, their society—and themselves. The police chief blasted Hartford this week after a wave of appalling, headline-grabbing incidents, including the savage beating of the deputy mayor and the discovery of a decomposing corpse in a recently foreclosed home. More »

More about:  crime • Connecticut • hit and run • Hartford • morality • society • apathy

Barrymore Rebounds From Hit-and-Run

Quick-thinking actress gets plate number of the car that hit her

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times May 13, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Barrymore was on the receiving end of a hit-and-run accident in West Hollywood yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The actress was unharmed, and even managed to tail her assailant and snag his license-plate number. Police are looking for the driver. More »

More about:  Hollywood • car accident • hit and run • Drew Barrymore

Paris Runs Over Paparazzo, Keeps Going

Photog goes to police after Hilton's car
rolls over foot

TMZ TMZ Apr 25, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton and her latest boyfriend, Benji Madden, ran over a photographer’s foot last night as paparazzi mobbed their vehicle, TMZ reports. Madden must have heard the man’s scream, because he peered out the window at the scene before driving off. The photographer has since filed a hit and run report with the LA Sheriff’s Department. More »

More about:  Paris Hilton • paparazzi • hit and run • Benji Madden

 'Black Widows' Guilty of Murder 

Pair killed homeless men after buying them life insurance policies

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Apr 17, 08 3:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two elderly women known as the "Black Widows" have been convicted in a murder plot to obtain life insurance benefits from two homeless men they put up in apartments before killing them. Helen Golay, 77, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, took out a total of $2.8 million in life insurance policies on the two men, who were mowed down by cars six years apart.  More »

More about:  murder • hit and run • Helen Golay • Olga Rutterschmidt • Kenneth McDavid • Paul Vados

Britney Dodges Hit-Run Charge With Payoff

She still faces probation for invalid license

E! Online E! Online Oct 26, 07 4:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things might be looking up a bit for beleaguered pop tart Britney Spears. A misdemeanor hit-and-run charge against her was tossed out yesterday when a Los Angeles court commissioner learned that she had paid a $1,000 cash settlement to the motorist whose car she dinged in a parking lot in August, reports E! Online. More »

More about:  Britney Spears • hit and run

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