Marissa Alexander, a Florida woman who had been sentenced to 20 years for firing a gun to scare off her allegedly abusive husband, has been released from prison as she awaits her new trial,attorney Bruce Zimet said
Scott Krissinger, a police officer in Cape May, New Jersey risked his own life to pull 61-year-old Gerald Ferill who sat trapped and unconscious in a burning truck out to safety
Shoppers throughout the U.S. took advantage of mega sales and discounts at all kinds of stores, as a record number of stores opened on Thanksgiving day. Black Friday, the day following the holiday is the biggest shopping day of the year in America.
The Italian Senate voted to expel former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from parliament, largely due to his tax fraud conviction. The 77-year-old Berlusconi could soon face arrest over other criminal cases after he lost his immunity from prosecution
