Man arrested after trying to rob a South Dakota hotel with a butter knife

October 4th, 2009 44 tons of rotting meat stink up South Dakota townBRIDGEWATER, S.D. — A South Dakota town that had to remove 44 tons of rotting bison meat left in a warehouse wants to know if the owner plans to pay for the cleanup.

September 21st, 2009 NEW YORK — A housekeeping manager at a luxury Manhattan hotel is charged with killing a woman who was strangled and had a kitchen knife stuck in her neck. Longtime hotel employee Derrick Praileu was held without bail following his arraignment Sunday on a second-degree murder charge.

September 20th, 2009 Man arrested in connection to NYC hotel killingNEW YORK — A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the death of a woman found with her throat slashed in a luxury hotel next to Central Park. Charges are pending against the man, who was arrested hours after the body of 44-year-old Andree Bejjani was found Saturday afternoon at the Jumeirah (joo-MEER'-ah) Essex House hotel.

September 20th, 2009 Housekeeping chief arrested in NYC hotel killingNEW YORK — A housekeeping manager at a luxury hotel next to Central Park has been arrested in the death of a woman who was found in a room strangled with a knife sticking from her neck, police said on Sunday. Longtime hotel employee Derrick Praileu was arrested in the hours after the body of Dubai businesswoman Andree Bejjani was found in a condo at the Jumeriah Essex House, a 44-story art deco tower featuring hundreds of posh rooms, police said.

September 19th, 2009 Woman's stabbed body found at Central Park hotelNEW YORK — The body of a naked woman with her throat slashed and a knife sticking out of it was found Saturday at a luxury hotel next to Central Park, police said. Investigators looking into the death at the Jumeirah Essex House hotel, on the park's southern edge, said the woman appeared to be in her 30s.

September 15th, 2009 GRAPEVINE, Texas — Police say a 15-year-old Texas boy stabbed his mother in the back with a 6-inch kitchen knife while pretending to hug her after an argument. Police arrested the teen Tuesday in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine about three hours after his mother called police.

August 28th, 2009 Police kill knife-wielding man in downtown ChicagoCHICAGO — Police have shot and killed a knife-wielding man who threatened an elderly bystander in Chicago's downtown theater district. Police say an officer also was hit by a shot fired by his own partner, but wasn't seriously injured.

July 8th, 2009 Iowa State Fair rethinks Jackson butter sculptureDES MOINES, Iowa — Plans for a Michael Jackson statue made of butter are churning up so many comments that Iowa State Fair organizers are putting the proposal to a vote. Organizers announced days after Jackson's death that they would display a sculpture of the King of Pop along with the annual butter cow, a popular fair attraction.

June 30th, 2009 Iowa fair to have butter statue of Michael JacksonDES MOINES, Iowa — Michael Jackson is getting a new tribute. And it's in butter.

June 30th, 2009 The King of Pop is to be a butter statueDES MOINES, Iowa — It's the King of Pop — in butter. Iowa State Fair organizers announced Tuesday that they will have a statue of Michael Jackson made of butter.

June 18th, 2009 Gorilla wields knife but not for warfareCALGARY, Alberta — It may look like gorilla warfare, but officials say the knife-wielding primate photographed by visitors to the Calgary Zoo had no violent intent. The photos show a gorilla, named Barika, clutching the blade and pointing it at another gorilla in her cage.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - One person was injured when Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists came to blows at a five-star hotel in Delhi Thursday during the recording of a television debate between their candidates from West Delhi, police said. A BJP activist, Sunil Jindal, was admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital with cuts on his arms.

April 22nd, 2009 Man tries to attack cops with ax, knife, swordPANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — Authorities said a motel guest tried to scare off deputies with a medieval battle ax, a knife and a long sword.

March 6th, 2009 LONDON - A 22-year-old British man was Thursday given a life sentence for stabbing to death a young actor who had a role in the next Harry Potter film. Karl Bishop, who had a previous conviction for knife crime, murdered 18-year-old Robert Knox in a fight outside a bar in Sidcup, south London, last May.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four men were arrested for a string of robberies including in houses of Delhi Police and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials, police said here Monday. Police said Rahul, Ashu Malik, Rajesh and Firoj Khan were arrested from a bus stop near a park in south Delhi while they were planning to loot a petrol pump last week.