Darwin Awards…

A Chronicle of Enterprising Demises
Honoring those who improve the species…by
accidentally removing themselves from it!

Cavemen Don’t Tell Tales

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?  Not me, not I…

Mt. Redoubt volcano in Alaska…

Mt. Redoubt volcano in Alaska still rumbling, but no eruption yet

9:23 AM, January 30, 2009

The latest report on volatile Mt. Redoubt’s status, from the Alaska Volcano Observatory website: “Unrest at Redoubt Volcano continues, though no eruption has yet occurred. Seismicity levels have risen within the last eight hours. Redoubt remains at Aviation Color Code ORANGE and Volcano Alert Level WATCH.”

Dad Throws Daughter Off Bridge

A 35-year-old man has been charged with murder after allegedly throwing his young daughter from a 190ft bridge into a river in Australia.

 Arthur Freeman has been charged with murder (Pic: John Hargest/ Herald Sun.au)

Parents ‘Happy’ After Death

Witness: Parents of ‘Baby Grace’ Seemed Happy at Picnic After Girl’s Beating Death

Baby Grace

GALVESTON, Texas —  A couple accused of beating to death the woman’s 2-year-old girl appeared playful and happy at a picnic less than two weeks after the toddler’s death, a witness testified Friday in the mother’s trial.

At Least 6 Deaths in Hoover Dam Tour Bus Crash

 

PHOENIX —  The Arizona Department of Public Safety said a tour bus overturned on a highway near the Hoover Dam, killing at least six passengers and injuring at least 16.

Drew Peterson’s Fiancee Moves Out

 

Christina Raines

The fiancée of ex-cop Drew Peterson, who is suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife and the death of his third, left him after her father gave her a “him or me” ultimatum.

 

Christina Raines, 24, packed up and moved out of Peterson’s Chicago-area house Friday with her two children after her father, Ernie Raines, forced the issue, according to “Drew Peterson Exposed” author Derek Armstrong.

The Crime Fight

The latest law-enforcement tools to battle a rising tide.

Over the last two decades, billions of dollars have been spent on new tools to fight crime in America. But the investment doesn’t seem to be making us safer. Clearance rates in homicide cases are sliding downwards; in some parts of the country, far more than half of those who murder make a clean getaway, according to FBI statistics.