Texas woman to serve 9 years in infant granddaughter’s drowning during alleged swimming lesson

September 24th, 2009 2 plead guilty to training 12-year-old dominatrixKANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man and a woman accused of training the woman's 12-year-old daughter as a sexual dominatrix in Missouri and prostituting her online are going to prison.

September 23rd, 2009 Irish son of former EU lawmaker drowns in GeorgiaATLANTA — A former member of the European Parliament has flown to the United States after her son drowned while attending college in north Georgia. Kevin Sinnott, 22, of Ireland drowned while swimming in a lake at a golf course beside the campus of Southern Catholic College, where he was a student, the head of the Dawson County Emergency Service said Wednesday.

September 19th, 2009 PANAJI - Twenty tourists, including three medical students from Maharashtra's Ahmednagar town and a family from Delhi, were saved by lifeguards from drowning off the popular Baga beach along the north Goa coast Saturday. The tourists, three of whom were allegedly drunk, were caught in the dangerous riptide which swept them off their feet and dragged them farther into the sea.

September 13th, 2009 Grizzly bear gets swim lessons in Montana poolHELENA, Mont. — A 7-year-old learning how to swim is nothing new unless it's an 800-pound grizzly bear taking the plunge.

September 7th, 2009 NOIDA - A two-day-old infant girl was found abandoned in a forested area here Monday, police said. "The infant was discovered by a woman named Radha, who was passing through the forested Morna area near Sector 35," a police officer said.

August 18th, 2009 HOUSTON — A jury has sentenced a Texas mother convicted of mutilating her infant by cutting off his genitals to 99 years in prison. Jurors deliberated for about two hours on Monday before sentencing 28-year-old Katherine Nadal.

August 12th, 2009 Woman says she was repeatedly bitten by ottersDRUMMOND, Wis. — An Austrian woman on vacation in Wisconsin is getting rabies shots after she said she was bitten by otters while swimming in a lake.

July 28th, 2009 The world is getting sick ? a Texas woman beheaded her newborn 25 days old baby and ate body peaces. Otty Sanchez, 33, was charged with capital murder and remained in hospital.

July 27th, 2009 Texas police: Mother says devil made her kill sonDALLAS — Police said they found a 3 1/2-week-old infant stabbed and decapitated in a Texas home on Sunday and his mother screaming that she killed her son after the devil told her to do it. Otty Sanchez, 33, of San Antonio, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds to her chest and stomach, said San Antonio police spokesman Joe Rios.

July 27th, 2009 Woman accused of beheading infant held on $1M bailSAN ANTONIO — A Texas woman accused of decapitating her 3½-week-old son has been charged with capital murder and is being held on $1 million bail. Otty Sanchez has not appeared in court or been arraigned on the charges.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US police have concluded that the death of Rajeev Motwani, India-born Stanford professor and the mentor and adviser of founders of top internet firms like Google and PayPal, was a case of accidental drowning. Police concluded their investigations into the case after the autopsy report released by the San Mateo county coroner's office revealed that Motwani's blood alcohol level was 0.26 when he died as against the US permissible driving level of 0.08.

July 1st, 2009 Montreal woman gets 15 years in son's Vt. drowningNORTH HERO, Vt.

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.