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A visitor to Chicago’s Cook County Jail was trapped inside for about 30 hours over the July Fourth weekend. Local reports say he was visiting his son when he went into a room that wasn’t being used and the door closed and locked behind him.

The 5-year-old girl who was left inside of a truck parked in 90-degree heat for more than an hour on Tuesday told police she was being punished. Albuquerque officers arrested her parents, Angelica Lerma Montoya and Dulces Monge Perez, after witnesses reported a child locked inside a truck at the Home Depot near Eubank and Central.

Many pop stars’ vocals are altered and edited by sound engineers before they hit the airwaves, so it’s very rare to hear a raw recording from a singer — unless, of course, you’re a producer. It is unclear who leaked the track, but YouTube user “seekcover” posted Britney Spears’ song, “Alien,” without auto-tune last week. The leaked song from the …

A 911 dispatcher fields a call, only to realize it was coming from her own home. The dispatcher was able to keep calm and helped save her son’s life. Maverick was in the bedroom playing as his father moved furniture into the living room.

A Georgia prostitute at the center of the investigation into a Google executive’s death may also be tied to another violent act against a man she dated in the metro Atlanta area. At a California court, 26-year-old Alix Tichelman appeared in a red jumpsuit Wednesday facing drug and manslaughter charges. Police, who call Tichelman a “high-end call girl,” said she …

The clothing company J. Crew said its new size “000” was sparked by customer demand, specifically in Asia. The New York Daily News reported that the retailer denied that “XXXS” clothes are vanity sizes.

Amanda Bynes has reportedly started looking for a place to call her own, specifically, a dope apartment in DTLA! After last year’s mental breakdown and psychiatric treatment, the Hairspray actress has been living in her parents’ Los Angeles home — under monitored supervision.

An 11-year-old North Carolina boy retaliated against his grandfather, fatally shooting the 84-year-old after the grandfather shot the boy’s father, The Daily Dispatch reports.

Actress Katie Holmes is showing off her sexy side by going topless for a new magazine photoshoot. The Batman Begins star, who is known for her more conservative fashion sense, is featured posing seductively on the cover of Glamour, wearing a pair of jeans and a denim shirt, which is unbuttoned down to her breasts.

Thomas Brodie-Sangster has starred in a second video for The Luka State. The Game of Thrones star recently featured in the band’s video for their single ’30 Minute Break’. He has continued his collaboration with the Cheshire band by appearing in their latest video ‘Rain’.

Another tech bites the dust. Samsung announced last week that it would end its plasma TV business because of “change in market demands.” This follows Panasonic’s announcement last year that it also would cease plasma production. LG, the last major producer of plasma televisions, is also slated to stop. The last shipments of plasma TVs in the U.S. will happen …