A video of a U. S. Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff has spread throughout the Internet, inciting rage among thousands of views. The video showed a grinning Marine holding a black-and-white puppy by the scruff of the neck. "Cute puppy, huh?" a Marine is heard saying, followed by a reply from a second Marine; "oh, so cute little puppy. " The Marine holding the puppy then pulls his hand back and hurls the dog off a rocky ravine; the puppy can be heard yelping all the way down until it hits the ground.

A housewife was convicted of attempted murder after she tried to kill her husband by mixing antifreeze into their wedding anniversary dinner. The court of Stafford Crown found Kate Knight, 28, guilty of attempted murder after she laced her husband's curry and red wine with antifreeze back in 2005. Lee's ingestion of the tainted food and drink caused him to suffer from brain damage, and irreversible kidney failure.

The Air Force has reversed its earlier statement denying that any military aircraft flew over Texas on the evening of Jan. 8. The denial led people to believe that the planes, with their glowing lights, were alien spaceships or so-called unidentified flying objects (UFOs). CNN on Wednesday reported that the Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs issued a statement saying their initial report denying activity was a mistake.

A book with a lock of John Lennon's hair will be put up for auction on Wednesday, and experts predict that it could go for as much as $6,200. The book "A Spaniard in the Works" was the same one Lennon gave to Betty Glasgow, the official Beatles hairdresser, with the lock of hair purposely inserted inside. Inside the book can be found the inscription, "To Betty, Lots of Love and Hair, John Lennon. "

A new bill in the Massachusetts state legislature could subject parents who spank their children to criminal abuse charges. If enacted, the law would become the first in the country outlawing the practice. Massachusetts nurse Kathleen Wolf drafted the bill, which includes exceptions for "minor physical contact" and "the reasonable use of force. "