There are the standard concerns when walking down the street: dog crap, jutting tree roots, people sleeping. But imagine stepping onto organs.

Earlier this year, I wrote to every American death row inmate scheduled for execution in the near future. I asked them about their personal history, their lives in prison, and their thoughts on America and its justice system. Today we hear from Abdul Awkal—a man who was scheduled to be executed by the state of Ohio last week, before receiving a last-minute reprieve.

Critics of New York's "stop-and-frisk" policy have suggested that it overwhelmingly targets men of color, but Mayor Bloomberg still think it's necessary to preventing crime.

A Montreal police official has confirmed that LA detectives are probing a potential link between the gruesome "Body Parts Murder" that took place in Montreal last month and the unsolved murder of Hervey Medellin — a gay flight attendant whose head, hands, and feet were found near the Hollywood sign in January.

A Massachusetts teenager, who fatally wounded a New Hampshire man after crashing into his car while texting, was convicted yesterday of motor vehicle homicide and sentenced to serve one year behind bars.

Police in Vancouver are looking into the possibility that a hand and foot mailed to two local schools are linked to the "body parts murder" that took place in Montreal last month.

Fugitive porn star Luka Rocco Magnotta has been captured in Berlin following a week-long manhunt.

A charred SUV with five bodies burned beyond recognition was found in Arizona's Vekol Valley. The deaths are thought to be a result of drug cartel violence, though investigators could not immediately determine the ethnicities or genders of the victims.

You know a news story is going to be good when it begins with, "It will be an explosive-free weekend for the northeast Georgia college student..."

It's been a little over a month since George Zimmerman got released from jail on an $150,000 bond. And just slightly less than that long since we learned he raised a lot of money on his website. Now the discrepancy between how much Zimmerman had, and how much he disclosed to the court, is being addressed.

As you probably read in some of those less reputable pornography news outlets, a Brooklyn high school teacher has been arrested and charged with rape for allegedly having sex with a 16 year-old student in her office, like a dozen freaking times. Why do we even bring up this tawdry mess, when we could be discussing the fiscal impacts of the latest unemployment report? Well, because of Hot Lesbian Teachers, of course.

Sophia Anderson is 21 years old. She lives in Brooklyn. She works as a waitress. That's right: hipster alert. Big time. And just like your average hipster, Sophia Anderson drove a red Mercedes-Benz CLK 320 into a house on Long Island last night.

Pedro Hernandez, the man who confessed to the 1979 murder of Etan Patz, may have taken credit for the crime long before now.

Early Saturday, a pregnant 22-year-old woman in Detroit was kidnapped, set on fire, and shot. Miraculously, she's expected to make a full recovery — and so is the fetus inside her.

You don't want to fuck with Justin Bieber.

Deputies in Spring Valley, California thought they'd found their suspect when they surrounded a house and ordered its inhabitants out. But the man they were looking for — an armed gunman who had robbed a medical marijuana delivery service — wasn't there. Instead, the deputies interrupted a family having dinner.

Amanda Bynes kept out of the news for a while — and given the kind of attention she's been getting recently, she probably wishes it had stayed that way.

OK, it's not quite The Da Vinci Code or even The Godfather: Part III, but a scandal rocking the Vatican is aways better than no scandal rocking the Vatican.

A few weeks ago, I sent letters to every American death row inmate scheduled for execution this year. I asked them about their own survival prospects, their day-to-day lives, and their thoughts on America, its media, and its justice system. Today, a death row inmate replies.

Pedro Hernandez, the man arrested and charged with the murder of Etan Patz, was taken to Bellevue Hospital this morning and placed on suicide watch. Hernandez, who has cancer, had been in police custody just over 24 hours when he told authorities he had gone off his anti-depressant medication and was thinking about killing himself. He was taken to Bellevue at 5:30am this morning.