University report concludes that controversial messages were sent from her laptop while it was in her possessionThe University of Illinois president's former chief of staff on Friday denied sending two controversial anonymous emails, even through a report issued just minutes earlier determined

Lisa Troyer resigned Friday amid an inquiry into messages sent to try to influence a contentious faculty decisionUniversity of Illinois President Michael Hogan's chief of staff resigned Friday amid an investigation into whether she sent anonymous emails posing as a faculty leader to try

By Kusal Perera “Sometimes, all you have is nonsense to deal with and your anger, with which to do so”. - Anonymous “Happy New Year” said everyone to everyone else, after the year had faded off with bursting fire crackers last night. If all wishes made in good faith for a better New Year in ...

A panel investigating allegations of violence is considering allowing secret testimony by guards to counteract a code of silence among jail deputies. But Sheriff Lee Baca has reservations.The special commission investigating allegations of abuse inside the Los Angeles County jails is discussing the possibility of allowing jail deputies to testify anonymously.

Tim, subject of a 2009 Tribune profile, is no longer on Illinois' sex offender registryAfter years of anxiety, Tim has finally gained the security of an anonymous future. The young man from Antioch committed a sex crime at age 14 and was put on a registry open only to police, but he worried

Meanwhile checks, including a $10,000 anonymous gift, flow to Alsip woman undergoing chemotherapyA Palos Hills man was charged Thursday with stealing a donation jar for a woman battling cancer after he was identified through surveillance video from a Crestwood convenience store.

Whether at the kettle or layaway counter, stealthy donations seem to be on the riseEvery year, it's popular to play Santa. Some people do so without anyone knowing.

Here are some notable cases of anonymous giving this holiday season:

Homes found for 4 of couple's 13 catsRon Gaeti was in tears after an anonymous donor paid part of his electric bill, avoiding a shut-off at the Park City mobile home he shares with his girlfriend and 13 cats.

on the hapless masses. Bob Cratchit and his beleaguered family live in a chilly tent in an anonymous Oc...

an anonymous call received to the National Child Protection Authority that illegal adoption of babies are ta...

Connecticut man who federal authorities say is linked to the hacking group anonymous has been charged wWith trying to shut down the website operated by KISS frontman Gene Simmons.

By Ranee Mohamed At a press conference held at the Bishop’s House of Colombo yesterday, Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith proclaimed that he will not be attending any functions of the state or state institutions till the authorities clear the name of the Missionaries of Charity and stop the unfounded allegations and harassment. ‘I ...

(Srilankamirror) - Questioning the arrest of an Indian nun over a baby farm allegation, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has decided to boycott all government functions in protest over the incident. The Colombo archbishop told the media that he has serious questions over the conduct of the National Child Protection Authority, police and the media regarding the charge against ‘Prem Nivasa’...

  The Sri Lankan army ordered extra-judicial killings and assassinations during the final days of the country’s civil war, according to allegations made by a former member of the army. The source made the statements in an affidavit, obtained by The International as a part of an investigative report on the civil war, published today. The allegations ...

Ex-Buffalo Grove trustee tried to get critic's identity divulged The name of an anonymous Web poster who ridiculed a former Buffalo Grove trustee's 15-year-old son does not have to be revealed, an appellate court has ruled in a case closely watched for its implications for Internet anonymity.

At least five hand bombs and a tiny stock of explosives was unearthed from a building at the Sri Jayewardene University earlier today, police said. The said the find was made during a police search of the faculty, following an anonymous tip-off. The explosives that were packed into plastic pipes

Sumana Premachandra the wife of the slain former parliamentarian and presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra lodged a complaint with the Cinnamon Garden police regarding anonymous calls she has being receiving...

By Imaad Majeed The government has taken extra measures to impose restrictions on the local media by blocking news websites alleged to have engaged in “character assassination” and “invasion of privacy”. Secretary for Ministry of Media and Information, W. B. Ganegala said, “the ministry will introduce a code of ethics and media guidelines.” Mudslinging and ...

The Rajapaksa brothers, Basil and Gotabhaya, have both shown a keen sense of likened thinking with regard to the conduct of the war in Sri Lanka. In a leaked US embassy cable Basil Rajapaksa is quoted as having told members of the US Senate Foreign Relations that, ‘I’m not saying we’re clean; we could not ...

A woman was in stable condition Friday after being shot in the head by a man fighting with her husband at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Baldwin Park, police said.

The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division is looking into questions about the handling of evidence at the Horry County Police Department.The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports ( http://bit.ly/vMmYfj) that the agency began its inquiry after the county council asked for an audit of the police department's evidence room.Investigators have met with county officials and employees since October, w...

A woman says Republican presidential contender Herman Cain reached under her skirt for her genitals and pushed her head toward his crotch in July 1997.Sharon Bialek told reporters Monday in New York that she met with Cain to ask about getting her old job back at the National Restaurant Association when the incident happened in Washington. At the time, Cain was chief of a restaurant trade group.Bia...

(Lanka-e-News -06.Nov.2011, 2.30PM) The President of the panel of judges of the High court , justice Ms. Deepali Wjesundara in the white flag case had received anonymous letters threatening her with death,...

The Koswatta Police  have arrested the father and a friend in connection with the kidnapping of the 15-year-old who was returning  to the Haldanduwana Catholic Church recently. The Police said the kidnappers who were arrested yesterday during the exchange for the boy turned out to be his parents. The Police  commenced investigations after Fr. Don Francis Laus had lodged a ...

Koswatta Police said it was still to make a breakthrough in the abduction of Manoj Priyankara,  a 15-year-old boy who went missing while returning to Hal-aduana Catholic Church after visiting his parents. The kidnappers had reportedly demanded a ransom of Rs. 500,000 from a priest of the church. Fr. Don Francis Laus had lodged a complaint at the Koswatta Police, stating that the 15-year-old w...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written an open letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa urging him to take whatever measures are necessary to protect Frederica Jansz, the editor of The Sunday Leader, and to ensure that those responsible for last week’s death threats against her are arrested. The threatening letter Jansz received on 27 October was ...

Foreign minister GL Peiris  on Sunday condemned the "preposterous" UN-commissioned report alleging war crimes and revealing he stopped Canada raising it at a Commonwealth meeting, AFP reported Foreign Minister Gamini Peiris also confirmed Sri Lanka will host the next Commonwealth leaders' meeting in 2013, saying that none of the 54-nation bloc raised the prospect of moving it during t...

Rarely does a one-term mayor of a small, largely anonymous suburb gain national acclaim. But Judith B. Petrucci was not your ordinary one-term mayor.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters): Google Inc is making another push to bring its Web savvy to television sets, hoping to tap into a vast new market despite consumers’ lukewarm reaction to one of its initial offerings. The Internet search engine unveiled a revamped version of its Google TV service and announced plans to create about one ...