Texas woman claims she saw Christ-like figure in Cheeto

October 6th, 2009 Tasered woman takes Texas county's settlement bidAUSTIN, Texas — A 72-year-old woman whose Tasering by a deputy constable was captured on video and shown nationwide has accepted a $40,000 settlement offer from a Texas county. Kathryn Winkfein was shocked with a stun gun after she dared the constable to do so during a May traffic stop.

October 1st, 2009 Texas County makes $40K offer to Tasered woman, 72AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas county has offered a $40,000 settlement to a 72-year-old woman whose Tasering by a deputy constable was captured on video and shown nationwide. Kathryn Winkfein, who was shocked with a stun gun after she dared the constable to do so during a May traffic stop, wants $135,000 for pain and suffering, medical expenses and humiliation.

September 15th, 2009 Legally blind woman drowns in Texas flood watersQUITMAN, Texas — Authorities in eastern Texas say a legally blind woman died after being swept away by flood waters while walking to a relative's home. Forty-four-year-old Mary Frame attempted to cross a bridge over flooded waters Monday in northeastern Wood County, about 80 miles east of Dallas.

July 18th, 2009 LONDON - A former MI5 agent has turned himself into a transvestite, and also proclaimed that he is Jesus Christ. David Shayler, 43, who a decade ago had been prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act for passing on classified documents, now calls himself Dolores Kane and lives in a squat on National Trust property.

July 15th, 2009 Fort Worth mayor apologizes for raid on gay barFORT WORTH, Texas — Forth Worth's mayor has apologized for a June raid on a Texas gay bar that sparked claims of brutality and procedure violations. About 250 people packed City Council chambers Tuesday and another 150 watched on televisions in the hallway or overflow rooms as officials briefly discussed the June 28 raid that left one man hospitalized with a serious head injury.

July 3rd, 2009 Texas woman to serve 9 years in infant's drowningSAN ANTONIO — A Texas woman will serve at least nine years in prison for drowning her 3-month-old granddaughter in what the defense said was a misguided effort to teach the infant to swim. Gabriella Sigler must serve half of the 18-year sentence imposed Thursday before being eligible for parole.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - A new documentary claims that the Turin Shroud, which is a linen bearing the image of a man, actually has the face of artist Leonardo Da Vinci etched on it and not the face of Jesus Christ. Da Vinci had long been suspected of faking the image of Christ on the fabric with pioneering photographic techniques.

June 18th, 2009 Texas woman dies in pool year after children didCOPPELL, Texas — A medical examiner's office in Texas has determined that a woman found dead at the same swimming pool where her two children drowned less than a year ago committed suicide. Coppell police say Matthew Stocco pulled his wife, 35-year-old Van Ha Stocco, from the pool at their home Wednesday afternoon.

June 17th, 2009 Texas woman stole, sold Hurricane Rita trailerBEAUMONT, Texas — A Texas woman who stole a Hurricane Rita travel trailer and resold it has pleaded guilty to theft of government property. The U.S. Attorney's office in Beaumont on Tuesday announced the plea by 44-year-old Shelley Jerie Dewitt of Vidor (VY'-dor).

June 9th, 2009 Going green: Woman uses recyclable bag to rob bankAUSTIN, Texas — Going green helped a woman rob an Austin bank. The Travis County Sheriff's Office says a woman held up a bank Tuesday and apparently used a recyclable grocery bag to haul away the greenbacks.

May 26th, 2009 ROME - A wooden statue bought by the Italian government for 2.5 million pounds and attributed to Michelangelo is a fake, art historians have claimed. he 41cm long figure, named Cristo Ritrovato (Christ Refound) was bought late last year from a private collection and since then has been on a marathon tour of the country.

May 14th, 2009 LONDON - It's 21st century after all so why Jesus Christ should be left behind. A church in East Sussex has unveiled a new seven foot high statue of a modern day Jesus wearing jeans and a shirt.

May 8th, 2009 Alleged underage bride to leave Texas foster careSAN ANGELO, Texas — A judge is allowing the only child from a polygamist group's West Texas ranch still in foster care to move in with a distant relative. The 14-year-old girl was allegedly married to jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs when she was 12.

May 1st, 2009 Dallas man executed for 1999 rape, slayingHUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man has been executed for the rape and slaying of a woman abducted while she was trying to make a call at a pay phone 10 years ago. Twenty-eight-year-old Derrick Lamone Johnson of Dallas was the 14th Texas prisoner executed this year in the nation's most active death penalty state.

April 22nd, 2009 Texas group indicates it'll sue over $450M biolabSAN ANTONIO — A group of Texas research facilities has indicated they will sue the Department of Homeland Security over its selection of a Kansas site for a planned $450 million biodefense laboratory. The Texas group filed notice in federal court in Washington on Wednesday indicating their intention to sue.