An Alabama evangelist who authorities say terrorized his family while preaching at revivals has been sentenced to life plus 51 years in prison after being convicted of killing his wife and storing her body in a home freezer.
Circuit Judge John Lockett imposed the sentence Thursday on Anthony Hopkins.
Assistant District Attorney Ashley Rich called Hopkins "evil of …
Oldies music was playing at the Lincoln Park bar and a circle ofco-workers danced.
But Lacey Hindman said she had no idea David Prange was about tograb her by the forearms and flip her into the air, jitterbug-style.
The small-framed 22-year-old said she was surprised as the stocky-built Prange tossed her airborne and she crashed headfirst into thewood floor at Stanley's Kitchen and Tap.
Hindman suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries in theApril 2006 incident and is now suing Prange -- whose wife, Kate, isa well-known fashion designer who owns the Shop Girl store whereHindman worked.
Hindman, of Chicago, wants unspecified damages for …
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities have sighted the wreckage of a small plane believed to have taken off from Los Angeles, California with four people on board.
The wreckage has been found in the mountains of Baja California near its apparent destination, the resort of Cabo San Lucas.
City civil defense director Francisco Cota Marquez says rescuers have …
Cardew, Cornelius, English composer of extreme avant-garde tendencies; b. Winchcombe, Gloucester, May 7, 1936; d. in a road accident in London, Dec. 13, 1981. He studied composition with Ferguson at the Royal Academy of Music in London (1953–57); in 1957 he went to Cologne and worked at the electronic studio there as an assistant to Stockhausen (1958–60). Returning to England, he organized concerts of experimental music. From 1963 to 1965 he had private lessons with Petrassi in Rome. In 1967 he was appointed to the faculty of the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1969, together with Michael Parsons and Howard Skempton, he organized the Scratch Orch., a …
Cirque du Soleil to benefit Multi-Cultural Dance Center
Dance Drama! - Homer Bryant's Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center takes the magic of dance to new heights at Corteo, the latest world-class dance production by the internationally acclaimed ballet troupe, Cirque du Soleil, on July 28, 8 p.m., under the Grand Chapiteau tent in United Center's parking lot K. Proceeds of "Summer Solstice: Shaping the Future of Dance," a fund-raiser, will benefit scholarship programs for CMCDC students.
CMCDC and Cirque du Soleil celebrate Cirque's highly anticipated return to Chicago after a three-year absence. Benefit tickets are $100 each; and business and corporate sponsorship packages …
HARTFORD, Conn. - The man accused in the disappearance of a teenager found locked in a storage room in his home pleaded not guilty to several charges Tuesday, and his attorney said he was told additional charges were being filed.
Adam Gault entered his pleas to charges of second-degree unlawful restraint, second-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree custodial interference, interfering with a police officer, risk of injury to a minor and three counts of second-degree forgery.
Gault also was advised that he is being charged with "sexual assault of some nature," said his lawyer, Gerald Klein. The lawyer said he did not yet know the exact charges.
There was no …
The Pentagon chief is praising Pacific Rim nations as a model for anti-piracy crackdowns off the Horn of Africa.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates cited piracy on Monday as just one of the security issues facing the Asian region.
But he says partnered efforts by Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore to combat piracy off the Malacca Strait have been …
