Crime — In the judicial jumble that is the , it is challenging to separate fact from fantasy. I mean, how can it be that when we talk about all the head-licking, body-waxing and Jesus Juice-ing, we are not making this stuff up! The accuser's mother finally asking the question today we have all asked ourselves at one time or another, "Who could possibly believe this?" "Law and Order" ain't got nothin' on day 515 of the Jackson investigation. Today's testimony was billed as a verbal tug-of-war between Jackson's lawyer and the accuser's mother. And it did not disappoint. The accuser's mother took the stand for a third straight day in her toughest day of testimony yet: Cross-examination time. Plus, there’s late word tonight of a surprise subpeona in the case. You can expect to see Larry King on the stand…. A three-year-old . The killer may have been a garbage man, Christopher McCowen, with a really long rap sheet. He is being held in the stabbing death of fashion writer Christa Worthington. She was found dead in her home, in January of 2002. Her then-two-year-old daughter was found clinging to the body in a pool of blood. Thanks to DNA test, police think they found the right man….Near Tampa Florida, the . Hundreds of volunteers were back out looking for the 13-year-old girl today, now missing for nearly a week.
Paris hotel fire — It now has the distinction of being the deadliest fire in Paris in three decades. It took three hours to subdue the blaze that broke out as most were in bed, 2 a.m. local time. At the Paris Opera Hotel, 75 of the 76 beds were full last night and panic spread as quickly as the flames. At least .
Violence at ballparks — Last night at this same point in the Countdown, we told you about an altercation between two kids at a Pony League baseball game that turned deadly. A thirteen-year-old boy who just pitched his first losing game of the season was being teased by his friend's older brother. The younger boy took out a baseball bat and clubbed the older boy to death. The thirteen-year old was in Juvenile court today, where his lawyer asked for more time to prepare his defense. The , and an arraignment has been set for May2. The parents of Jeremy Rourke, the fifteen-year-old who was killed that night, issued a statement the next day, asking the community not to demonize his 13-year old attacker…The timing is lamentable. Last night, a , between Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield, and a Boston Red Sox fan. The Yankees' Gary Sheffield was fielding a ball along the low right field fence, when a Red Sox fan swung out and connected with Sheffield's mouth. The outfielder picked up the ball, but stopped to turn around and shove the guy who'd hit him, before throwing it back to the infield. During the spat another fan's beer went flying, soaking the Yank. Afterwards Sheffield said that he almost snapped, but as the incident was unfolding, thought of Ron Artest's infamous NBA brawl with fans back in November, and held his composure. He said that was what kept him from jumping over the railing and going after the fan in the stands.
Wolphins and whales — Under the heavenly skies of Hawaii's pacific paradise and in the warm protected waters of Honolulu's Sea Life Park, a wolphin was born. Say what? The birth of a last December has just recently been made public. The as-yet unnamed calf is not the only wolphin in captivity. Her mother, Kekaimalu is also a wolphin. Her parents were a 2,000 pound "false killer whale" and a 400 pound bottlenose dolphin. Meanwhile, back in Kansas, or rather, the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border a and has been struggling to get out of the Delaware River. Even worse, it's about 1,200 miles from its home in the waters east of Canada. But it's not going hungry. The whale feeds on shad and herring in a stretch of river between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, near Trenton.
Mile High Club — The year is 1916. Daredevil pilot Lawrence Sperry gives a flying lesson to a New York socialite. But the lesson soon turns to four-play, followed by in-flight intimacy. Sperry loses control of the plane and it plunges into the great South Bay! Long Island duck hunters rush to their rescue and find the couple alive — but naked…. And so aviation lore has it that Lawrence Sperry — who eventually invented the autopilot — was also the founder the Mile High Club. Over the years, passengers have joined that club by achieving peak flight at thousands of feet in the air. After that non-maiden voyage, there's an option for those less daring. The .
