Teens face trials in deaths of homeless men (Detroit News)
PONTIAC -- Two 14-year-old Pontiac boys will stand trial on charges related to the deaths of homeless men in the summer.
Deaths on roads reach record low (BBC News)
The number of annual road deaths in the Thames Valley areas fall to their lowest level since records began.
Iraq still deadliest place for journalists despite big decline in deaths there during 2008 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists says Iraq remains the most lethal place for working media members despite a two-thirds decline in deaths there in 2008.
Lee County leads state in manatee deaths (The News-Press)
Florida's manatees had another tough year in 2008, and Lee County led the state in boat-related manatee deaths.
Quebec woman arraigned on murder charges in deaths of her three kids (Barrie Examiner)
SAGUENAY, Que. - A Quebec woman has been formally charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children. Cathy Gauthier-Lachance, 36, who [...]
Fewer Crashes, More Deaths During This New Year's Holiday (KSPR Springfield)
During this New Year’s holiday, the state Highway Patrol investigated fewer crashes, but more traffic deaths. More than twice as many people died on Missouri roads this year compared to last New Year's counting period.
Que. mom charged with murder in 3 deaths (Global TV Winnipeg)
SAGUENAY, Que. - A mother of three from Saguenay, Que., was charged with three counts of first-degree murder Monday in connection with the deaths of her children.
Florida Manatee Deaths (WCTV Tallahassee)
Manatee deaths up slightly from 2007
589 Wisconsin traffic deaths in '08, lowest number since 1944 (Wisconsin State Journal)
Perhaps because of high gas prices in the summer and bad weather in the winter, fewer people died on Wisconsin's highways last year than in any year since World War II. But not content to rest on that success, the state Department of Transportation announced Monday it is launching a $300,000 campaign to bring down the number of deaths even further. The campaign is being funded entirely with ...
Fewer deaths reported on Genesee County roads in 2008, but officials not ready to say it's due to safer driving (The Flint Journal)
GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan -- It appears that Genesee County roads were significantly less deadly in 2008, according to preliminary data from state and local agencies. But it remains to be seen whether the decrease in road deaths is a statistical...