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Brenda Lee dances merrily to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with her holiday classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” The song rewrites multiple records as it tops the chart for the first time – 65 years after its release. Lee, meanwhile, adds her third No. 1 – and her first since 1960.

On May 4, 2004, David Reimer drove to a supermarket car park and, still sitting in the car, pulled out a shotgun and killed himself. At 38, he ended a life that had been so full of pain and anguish that some who knew him were only surprised he had battled on for so long. From when he was only a few months old until into his teenage years, David had been subjected to a perverse, cruel and disastrously misguided experiment by a celebrated sex psychologist who was determined to show the world that he could transform a boy into...

Broward’s elections supervisor accidentally mixed more than a dozen rejected ballots with nearly 200 valid ones, a circumstance that is unlikely to help Brenda Snipes push back against Republican allegations of incompetence. The mistake — for which no one had a solution Friday night — was discovered after Snipes agreed to present 205 provisional ballots to the Broward County canvassing board for inspection. She had initially intended to handle the ballots administratively, but agreed to present them to the canvassing board after Republican attorneys objected.

As upset teachers across Kentucky Tuesday tried to flex their political muscle, Rockcastle County High School math teacher R. Travis Brenda narrowly defeated House Majority Floor Leader Jonathan Shell of Garrard County in one of the most-watched races for the state House, according to unofficial results. Brenda tried in the Republican primary election for the 71st House District seat to capitalize on teacher anger against legislators who backed a controversial pension bill in this year's law-making session. It was Brenda's first bid for public office. ... Brenda, 43, was not a member of the Kentucky Education Association, which tends to...

Nothing reported for a link. She had cancer and was 55 years old. Very sad.

Full title - "'You deserve to rot in hell for what you have done to me': Daughter's twitter outburst about mom who has resurfaced after being missing for ELEVEN years" The teenage daughter of a woman who secretly left her family 11 years ago says she's angry and doesn't want to have a relationship with her. Morgan Heist said Thursday that she's still trying to sort out why Brenda Heist would have decided to abandon her and her brother in Pennsylvania in 2002 and hitchhike with strangers to Florida. Morgan Heist is now a 19-year-old freshman at a community college...

Pavatt's daughter testifies at hearing 2002-06-13By Diana Baldwin The Oklahoman The daughter of murder defendant James Pavatt testified Wednesday she thought she was helping her father flee to Argentina so he could avoid being tried in the death of his girlfriend's husband. Janna Larson, Pavatt's 26-year-old daughter, said her father told her he and his co-defendant, Brenda Andrew, believed they were going to be arrested in the death of her husband, Rob Andrew, after his funeral Nov. 26. Pavatt denied to her that he killed Rob Andrew, she said. Larson testified she was concerned Nov. 21, the morning after...

San Diego Superior Court Brenda Van Dam Preliminary Hearing Transcript JUDGE: Please tell us your name.A: Brenda Van Dam.JUDGE: Would you spell the first and last name. A: BRENDA Van Dam: B-r-e-n-d-a V-a-n D-a-m. JUDGE: Thank you very much. Prosecution begin. Dusek questions.Q: Mrs. Van Dam are you married?A: Yes. Q: Who are you married to? A: Damon Van Dam. Q: When did you get married? A: March 11th 1989. Q: So you've been married how many years? A: 13 years. Q: Just had an anniversary? A: Yes. Q: Where do you live? A: Sabre Springs. Q: What's the...