Houston, TX —A Houston millionaire has adopted his adult girlfriend and set up a trust for her in order to keep some of his money safe.  John Goodman is facing criminal and civil charges because of a DUI accident in Florida that killed a man.  Two years ago, Goodman ran a stop sign when he was drunk and crashed into Scott Patrick Wilson’s Hyundai Sonata.  The Hyundai was pushed into a canal and Wilson was killed.  Wilson had just graduated from college.  The Wilson family is suing Goodman.  Goodman is ...

Houston, TX –Three men have been arrested and charged with felony aggravated assault after beating up an employee of a Midtown bar. Grant Woodruff, Joseph Arcidiacono and Steven Weil were all charged with the crime.  The incident occurred at The Celtic Garden bar in the 2300 block of Louisiana on Dec.20. The three men entered the bar and an employee of the bar asked Arcidiacono for his ID to verify his age.  Arcidiacono refused and the employee asked him to leave.  Arcidiacono screamed at him and then struck him in the ...

Leoni Township, Mich.—  Ten people were injured when an Amtrak train hit a semitrailer that was stuck on the tracks in southern Michigan.  The train which was traveling from Pontiac, Michigan to Chicago had 68 passengers and 5 crew members.  After the train struck the semitrailer, the engine came to rest on its side and the first two train cars derailed.  Seven passengers, the driver of the truck, the train engineer and another crew member were injured in the accident.  None of the injuries was thought to be life-threatening.  All ...

Los Angeles, CA — An elementary school teacher who worked in Los Angeles for over 30 years has been arrested for allegedly molesting almost two dozen children.  Mark Berndt, 61, worked at Miramonte Elementary School in south Los Angeles.  A photo processing store gave police photos of students in bondage pictures.  The police launched an investigation after seeing the pictures.  Female students were shown blindfolded, with tape over their mouths, and with a blue plastic spoon with a clear, white liquid in front of their mouth.  Other children had live ...

Los Angeles, CA –A firefighter will receive almost $500,000 from the Los Angeles Fire Department over a harassment case.  Anthony Almeida was harassed by coworkers after they found out that he filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Catholic Church in 2006.  He was made fun of using explicit and offensive religious and sexual epithets. Also the LAFD did not put a stop to the harassment or address it.  In 2007 he filed a discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  On Tuesday the fire department settled ...

Salt Lake City, UT —A 19-year-old student suffered a seizure, fell from a chairlift and died at a Park City ski resort.  Asha Davenport, a University of Utah student, fell 30 feet from the lift at the Canyons Resort. The ski patrol arrived quickly, but her injuries were too severe. She was pronounced dead at the scene.  Asha was skiing there with friends on Sunday.  It is unknown if the safety bar was down at the time, but the lifts were working normally.  Deaths and injuries on chairlifts are rare.  ...

San Diego, CA — A 29-year-old woman was arrested Friday at her parents Rancho Penasquitos home.  She was involved in a traffic accident that resulted in the death of a young woman and the California Highway Patrol decided the crash was her fault. Jorene Nicolas, the suspected distracted driver, denies that she was texting at the time of the accident.  The crash occurred last April and killed Deanna Mauer of Orange County.  Nicolas claims to have a clean driving  and criminal record.  She is a respiratory therapist and has ...