Australian woman sentenced to jail for cyber-stalking ‘American Idol’ contestant Diana DeGarmo

September 26th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two men were arrested Saturday for allegedly molesting a 37-year-old Australian woman in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said. The incident took place Saturday in the Collectorganj locality in Kanpur when the woman with her husband was going to meet their friends in the locality, police added.

September 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - An antique idol of Lord Buddha weighing 25 kg and costing Rs.25 crore in the international market has been recovered by police in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district, officials said Thursday Pretending to be customers, personnel of the special operations group (SOG) approached three people in Sultanpur -- who are now under arrest -- and struck a deal with them, said Inspector Dhirendra Shukla of the SOG. The idol, estimated to be about 300 years old, is made of ashta dhatu (eight metals).

July 29th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala government will host a day-long workshop Aug 1 to find ways and means to tackle cyber crimes against women, state Social Welfare Minister P.K. Sreemathi said here Wednesday.

July 28th, 2009 Australian woman trapped for a week beside toiletBRISBANE, Australia — An Australian woman was rescued after spending a week wedged between her toilet and the bathroom door, an official said Tuesday. The 67-year-old woman, suffering from dehydration, was taken to a hospital after firefighters in the eastern city of Ipswich ended her ordeal Sunday by removing the bathroom door from its hinges, Queensland state government spokesman Chantelle Rule said.

July 28th, 2009 NJ man charged in 'American Idol' contestant deathTOMS RIVER, N.J. — A man has been charged with drunken driving following a New Jersey shore car accident that killed an "American Idol" contestant whose angry rejection rant became an Internet sensation.

July 21st, 2009 Swiss rafting accident kills American, AustralianBERN, Switzerland — Police say two young women, an American and an Australian, have died after a rafting accident in central Switzerland. Bern police say the accident occurred Friday on a guided tour in the Bernese Alps on the Luetschine River near Wilderswil.

July 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A murder convict serving life imprisonment in the Lucknow jail committed suicide by hanging himself in the prison premises Friday, police said. Forty-five-year old Badri Prasad Tiwari was lodged in the Lucknow Model Jail since 2002 after he was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his step-mother.

July 9th, 2009 Stalking charges dropped against Marion BarryWASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against former Washington Mayor Marion Barry, who was accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend. U.S. Park Police arrested the current D.C.

July 5th, 2009 Former D.C. Mayor Barry charged with stalkingWASHINGTON — Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman. The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C.

June 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Australian magistrate's ruling to set young thugs who beat an Indian man almost to death free after serving only six months has angered the Indian community in the country. On Wednesday, Magistrate Kay Macpherson said five teenagers acted "like a pack of animals" when they bashed Indian student Sukhraj Singh in December and left him in a coma for three weeks.

June 5th, 2009 BHOPAL - Four policemen have been booked for raping a woman in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, police said Friday. The woman, a resident of Jambara village, was arrested for involvement in a dowry harassment case and presented in a local court Tuesday.

May 29th, 2009 Australian jailed in American Idol singer stalkingMELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian woman was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday for stalking "American Idol" contestant Diana DeGarmo over the Internet from the opposite side of the world. Tanya Maree Quattrocchi, 23, pleaded guilty earlier this month to four charges of cyber-stalking for hacking into DeGarmo's My Space account and intercepting her e-mails and those of her mother, Brenda, and housemate, model Donielle Morris.

May 5th, 2009 Woman gets house arrest for false hijacking reportLOS ANGELES — A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles — a lie authorities say nearly prevented him from attending his own wedding. Twenty-four-year-old Susan Kriss was sentenced Monday in federal court to six months of house arrest, three years of probation and psychological counseling.

April 30th, 2009 Judge: Tyra Banks' stalker needs counselingNEW YORK — A judge says a Georgia man who was convicted of stalking Tyra Banks won't go to jail but should get counseling. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge James Burke says Brady Green's defense lawyer should help his client get psychiatric counseling.

April 10th, 2009 MELBOURNE - She might have dethroned Britney Spears to be the new teen idol, but Miley Cyrus says she's uncomfortable with the tag. The Hanna Montana star says she's happy to be looked upon as a role model rather than an idol.