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The Charger Bulletin

The Student News Source of the University of New Haven

The Charger Bulletin

The Student News Source of the University of New Haven

The Charger Bulletin

PA Boy Receives Adult Trial for Murder

Vanessa Estime April 7, 2010

Last year, then eleven years old, Jordan Brown was blamed for the deaths of his father’s pregnant fiancée and an unborn fetus while she was lying in bed. Now, the twelve year old will be tried in an...

Lawyer: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty

Liz De La Torre November 12, 2009

From The Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting that their 6-year-old son had floated away aboard a helium balloon have agreed to plead...

FAA investigators may be focusing on balloon call

Liz De La Torre October 23, 2009

From The Associated Press DENVER – The parents who reported last week that their 6-year-old son may have been on board a giant, runaway balloon could potentially be in more trouble with the Federal...

Balloon boy charges may not come until next week

Liz De La Torre October 19, 2009

From The Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Investigators pored over e-mails, phone records and financial documents from the home of Richard Heene on Monday as they weighed felony charges and...

Morning after: Balloon boy gets sick twice on TV

Liz De La Torre October 16, 2009

From The Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The father of a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in a helium balloon that floated away said Friday accusations that the ordeal was a publicity stunt...

Boy said to have floated off in balloon found safe

Liz De La Torre October 15, 2009

From The Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A 6-year-old boy was found hiding in a cardboard box in his family's garage attic Thursday after being feared aboard a homemade helium balloon that...

Boy, 3, attacked by lynx at Okla. zoo exhibit

Maideline Sanchez September 29, 2009

From the Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. – A Norman, Okla., zoo has put up a new, solid fence in front of an exhibit after a 3-year-old boy was clawed by a 45-pound European lynx. Little River Zoo...

Okla. teen claims he was held in closet for years

Liz De La Torre September 28, 2009

From The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY – A woman was arrested after her 14-year-son told authorities he escaped from a home where he'd been kept for 4 1/2 years, spending most of his time locked...

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