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Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 8th

By LINDA DEUTSCH and DON THOMPSONAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer known as the Night Stalker who left satanic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died early Friday in a hospital, a prison

Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 7th

Float driver says train seemed still before crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA and BETSY BLANEYAssociated Press LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong

Colorado ushers in new law with midnight unions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By ALEXANDRA TILSLEYAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - The first gay couple granted a civil union in Colorado said their vows before hundreds of people early Wednesday morning at a downtown Denver municipal building where couples and members of the public gathered. The new law legalizing civil unions

Trial to start in Zetas cartel racehorse case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - One of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels intended a racehorse-buying operation to be a clandestine means of laundering its illegal proceeds in the United States, prosecutors say. But with the millions of dollars spent - sometimes in

2nd man arrested in probe of prison chief's death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A second white supremacist prison gang member whose name surfaced during an investigation into the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief was arrested Thursday evening, authorities said. Colorado Springs authorities arrested Thomas Guolee, 31, around 5:30 p.m.,

2 with gang ties sought in Colo. prison boss death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By CATHERINE TSAIAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Two more men connected to a violent white supremacist gang are being sought in connection with the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief, according to a warning bulletin that's the first official word other gang members might be involved. The

Troubled prison time for Colo suspect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Behind bars, he was known as "Ebel Evil." Within a day of arriving at his first permanent prison, Evan Spencer Ebel, the suspect in last week's slaying of Colorado's prisons chief, got into a fight. Six months later, he

Gun in Colo. death matches Texas shootout weapon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Nearly a week after the chief of Colorado's prisons was fatally shot at his front door, investigators have matched the gun in his slaying to one used by the prime suspect in a shootout with Texas authorities. The weapon match

Memorial service planned for slain prisons chief

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 25th

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Colorado prisons chief who was gunned down as he answered his front door is being remembered at a memorial service. The service for Tom Clements, 58, is set for Monday morning at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. The director of the Colorado Department of