Osama bin Laden is obsessed with singer Whitney Houston, even though her music is "evil," claims a Sudanese poet and novelist. The writer, Kola Boof, says bin Laden told her he had a "paramount desire" for Houston, wanted to possess her, and talked about having her husband, Bobby Brown, killed.

The 37-year-old writer's autobiography, Diary of a Lost Girl, is excerpted in the magazine Harpers' Bazaar.

Turner, ME (AHN)- For the past 15 years, residents across Androscoggin County, Maine have reported seeing and hearing a mysterious animal with chilling monstrous cries and eyes that glow in the night. The animal has been blamed for attacking and killing a Doberman pinscher and a Rottweiler the past couple of years.

Residents are now wondering if an animal found dead over the weekend may be the mysterious creature that has mauled dogs, frightened residents and been the subject of local legend for half a generation.

A rare hybrid mutant was found dead in Maine along Route 4 evidently hit by a car while trailing a cat. The weird-looking creature is speculated to be the mysterious animal that has been the stuff of local legend and scared residents for almost half a generation.

The animal was charcoal gray, around 40 and 50 pounds with a bushy tail, a short snout, short ears and curled fangs over its lips.

A seven-year-old boy was offered as human sacrifice on the advice of a self-style god's messanger in Southern Indian district of Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu state some days before, local police informed on Sunday.

According to a report carried by PTI, the police officials said the accused man Rajavel and his wife Vasanthi of Kuppam village unable to marry off their half dozen sons and had been consulting with a self-style God's messanger, Kathiresan, for the solution of their problem.

California housewife Susan Polk was found guilty of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of her wealthy psychologist husband.

The defendant acted as her own lawyer throughout the dramatic 14-week trial.