So ends a week that shames 'civilised' London. A gang of savage teenagers murders 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend, stabbing him repeatedly as he lies helpless on the ground. His last words are: 'I want my mum. I don't want to die'.

Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan are mourning the loss of a comrade, Capt. Jonathan Sutherland Snyder, who died after tumbling down a well during a nighttime patrol.

The candidates for Harris County district attorney showed differences in their approach to the death penalty Monday, with Democrat C.O. Bradford saying that the county and state "have sent far too many people to death row."

STABBED 37 times, gang-raped and left to die. The story, about a 23-year old girl who faked her death to escape three men who violently raped her, hacked her with knives and dumped her bloodied body into a river , hit a nerve with Dispatch readers this we

Ride at your own risk Bicycles are very different from cars, and therefore should be governed by a different code of regulations ( "Death Cycle," 10/8/08 ). Traffic lights a...