An Iowa lake vanishes as catastrophic flooding in the central U.S. has blown a dam in the Hawkeye State.
Heavy rainfall caused earthen portions of the dam to give way earlier this week, and quickly drained the 9 mile long body of water.
Houses bordering the former lake were worth up to $500,000 before the dam broke. Now, surveyors say they are worth about a quarter of that.
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Kevin Garfield Ricks, a former teacher from Virgina who has already plead guilty to sexually abusing a sixteen year old male student, is now facing additional charges. The ex-teacher child porn charges is the latest charge that Ricks is facing after being convicted of the sexual abuse charges. It appears that the images that were discovered on Ricks’ computer document abuse that spans decades, all of which involve under age boys. Ricks was arrested in February 2010 after he was accused of getting a student drunk and then preforming sexual acts on the boy.
Read more about the charges that Kevin Garfield Ricks is facing, and how long the ex-teacher could spend behind bars if convicted on these child porn charges.
The long awaited saggy pants ruling has been issued. The debate over whether there is a law in New York banning saggy pants has ended. Judge Ruben Franco has issued a ruling stating that there is no such ban on wearing saggy pants, even if the look is stupid. The Judge found that the look did not “offend offend public order and decency” and refused to enforce a ticket issued because of the look. The case is People v. Martinez.
You can read more about the Saggy pants ruling and see video commentary about the case below. You can also leave your comments about the ruling in our comment section.
During a raid of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, authorities found fields of marijuana, about $1.7 billion worth. Pot seized by them was removed and they also arrested almost 100 people! For all the information, with more photos and video, keep reading below.
These specific fields are thought to be associated with the Mexican drug cartels. This incident is just one of the many issues California is having with the drug, as some are trying to make it legal and the Mexican influence is growing in the U.S.
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After three years in trial for a texas man, death penalty was the decision of a jury for the murder and decapitation of his three young children. Judge Noe Gonzalez has sentenced more convicts to die than any other Judge in South Texas, but he said this case was the most disturbing he had ever presided over. Get the full story, photos, and video below.
The twisted killer was already sentenced to die in 2004, but the decision was overturned in 2007. The $1 Million dollar retrial would have been considered a failure by most local residents if the new verdict was not the same.
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A 500-Pound alligator found in a South Carolina pond has residents of Hilton Head resort island watching their steps more closely. The monster alligator was so big that it took three alligator wranglers to successfully pull the gator from the pond where it was found. The alligator was found in the lagoon on the Hilton Head island underneath a footbridge used by a number visitors to the island, and very near to the Holy Family Catholic Church there on the island. After the gator was trapped about 15 people tried to haul the monster from the lagoon and get it into a truck. Eventually they had to use the truck to get the gator from the water.
Read more about the 500-pound alligator and see a video of an even bigger gator killed by a young boy in Texas below.
