Results tagged “childabuse”

More bizarre news keeps emerging in the story of Laurie Williamson, a Houston woman accused of keeping her children sick to get attention for herself. Prosecutors say Williamson, a former nurse, used her medical knowledge to convince doctors that her three kids suffered from a variety of ailments including Tourette syndrome, Crohn's disease and epilepsy — which led to unnecessary medications and surgeries for the children. Psychiatric experts say it looks like a classic case... more ›

A U.S. district judge refuses to dismiss insider trading charges against former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling ExpressJet shares dropped after Continental announced it will pull 25 percent of its business from the carrier in 2007 City officials are working to catch up on a $7.2 million backlog in evacuee rent payment Detectives recovered a knife and car believed to have been used in the murder of 12-year-old Teketria Buggs Some Galveston County inmates have filed... more ›

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