A jailed Italian mobster says he has evidence that America's sexiest study abroad killer, Amanda Knox, didn't kill roommate Meredith Kercher, after all. He says his brother did it, thereby defying The Godfather by siding against the family. [CNN, via]

Every time Lindsay Lohan drinks, it costs $10,000. English muffins can trigger false positives on alcohol monitors. Probation is the most complicated thing in the world. These are the things I've learned from the daily travails of the Lohans.

A new report called the Global Peace Index says that America is one big, violent place. So what exactly is taken into account when deciding which countries are the most peaceful, and where does America stand? Let's take a look.

After confessing to murdering a Peruvian woman, Joran van der Sloot has all but confessed to killing Natalee Holloway in Aruba five years ago: He says he knows where her body is, but will only tell the Aruban police. [CNN]

Last night, South Carolina Democrats chose Alvin Greene, an unemployed veteran who raised no money but was listed first on the ballot, as their Senate nominee. Well, okay. Huh? All we know is that he's facing a sexy felony charge.

Lindsay Lohan tweeted that reports of her alcohol-monitoring bracelet going off were "fucking disgusting." But they are "fucking true." A new bench warrant has been issued for Lilo's arrest, and her infraction cost her a cool $100,000 in bail.

Several sources report Lindsay Lohan's booze-sniffing SCRAM bracelet alerted authorities last night of either alcohol, tampering, or a missed curfew. Now her lawyers are reportedly at an emergency meeting with her judge at the Beverly Hills Courthouse. Updated.

The diversity-embracing New York Post posted a story this morning about the arrest of a suspect in connection with a Central Park sex attack last week. Already, the Post's peerless commenters have unearthed three separate deplorable angles.

Joran van der Sloot was a prime suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba. Now he's confessed to murdering 21 year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez in Peru. Probably a good sign he was also involved in the Holloway case. [CNN]

The last time anyone saw 7 year-old Kyron Horman, he was walking down the hall of his Portland, Oregon elementary school to a classroom 150 feet away. Four days later, nobody knows where he's gone, or why.

Suzanne Corona, a 41-year-old resident of Batavia, NY, has been charged with adultery for having sex in a kids' playground with her 29-year-old paramour. She's the 13th New Yorker in 40 years to be charged with the crime. [via]

They say money can't buy happiness, but Marissa Mayer sure has been trying. And now the Google VP's hedonism/masochism roller coaster has, we hear, earned her a police spanking after a birthday party went too wild.

Stephen Hill, the porn star who played Obama in Palin: Erection '08 and went on a sword-slashing rampage at his workplace, fell 50 feet to his death this morning after an eight-hour police standoff, with scores of photojournalists watching.

Gossip Girl pretty boy Chace Crawford was arrested last night in Plano, Texas for misdemeanor marijuana possession at a place called Ringo's Pub. (Sadly, not a gay bar.) He had "one unlit joint," according to TMZ. Here's his crabby mugshot.

Can you believe it's been 18 months since former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was busted for being a total crook? Today, Blago and his swooping mane finally get their trial. What do we have to look forward to?

A 19-year-old girl is working the media circuit claiming that Jon Benet murder suspect John Mark Karr had a sex change operation and now leads a sex cult dedicated to diddling five-year-old girls called "The Immaculates."

"The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that suspects must explicitly tell police they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations." You must speak your right to silence. Makes perfect sense, here on Mars. [AP via Wonkette. Related.]

MMA fighter Jarrod Wyatt has been charged with the most violent murder of the year after allegedly cutting an 18-inch hole in sparring partner Taylor Powell's chest, tearing his heart and tongue out, and ripping his face off while shrooming.

Novelist James Fogle, author of Drugstore Cowboy, which later became a movie starring Matt Dillon, was arrested this week for robbing a pharmacy near Seattle. He surrendered to police with two trash cans full of drugs in his hands.

As a PhD criminology student, Stephen Griffiths studied 19th-century murders with a special focus on Jack the Ripper. Now he's been arrested for murdering three prostitutes in Yorkshire, England—one of whom he killed with a crossbow.