STEPMOM PLEADS GUILTY IN ZAHRA BAKER MURDER!

THE WICKED stepmother of tragic Zahra Baker has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the dismemberment slaying of the 10-year-old deaf girl in 2010. The plea ends a sordid saga of a tragically, short miserable life. Elisa Baker, 43, could now face 18 years in a North Carolina prison for the murder, along with bigamy and obstruction of justice. Zahra had a prosthetic leg and a hearing aid as a result of bone cancer. The leg was found last Oct. 27. Some of her dismembered remains were later found. Her head, hands and parts of her

GEEK NEWS 2: KILLER COMIC KINGPIN'S BIG DREAMS

SHE WAS A devoted wife and yet in 1990 was mysteriously gunned down at the family's suburban Detroit comic shop. Now, Michael George, 51, is on trial for killing his Barbara, who was 32 at the time of her death. The case was cold for years until detectives made a breakthrough. His murder trial began yesterday and his wife was described as a faithful, lovely woman with no known enemies. Hubby was different: he wanted to be the McDonald's of the comic book world, a comic book impresario like Ray Kroc. He also kept a secret love den where he could carry on his sordid affairs behind Barbara's back. He wanted to be rid of his overweight wife and get

GEEK NEWS: DRAGONCON'S KRAMER CAUGHT WITH BOY

GARGANTUAN of Geek Edward Kramer who has longed claimed to be too ill to face the music for sexually molesting young boys bedazzled by his collection. Funny, how do you end up in a hotel room with a 14-year-old when you're that sick? The founder of DragonCon was charged with reckless endangerment of a child and apparently claimed he was the boy's guardian (fox in the henhouse, anyone?) His lawyer was "flabbergasted."

ROBERT LYONS KILLED MOM IN RAGE OVER AVRIL

BAD INFLUENCE

MOM DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

WE'RE NOT kidding. Really. Little Robert Lyons, 39 physically, 11 mentally, wanted to see fading pop punk princess Avril Lavigne SOOOOOO badly that he exploded in fury when his mom refused to call a friend arrange skybox tickets for him. So Lyons brutally beat and stabbed his mother to death in the suburban Chicago condo they shared. His murder trial opened Wednesday.

Linda Bolek, 61, died on March 14, 2008, after her son twice slammed a bottle of cognac into her head, then stabbed her nine times in the back ­­-- an attack so violent the knife blade snapped off in her body. The pair had a troubled, turbulent relationship and Lyons is bi-polar.

BONES IN THE DESERT: ARE THEY SUSAN POWELL'S?

COPS have made a shocking discovery in the deserts of Utah: unidentified human remains they fear are those of missing mom Susan Cox Powell. Her father told Fox News that cops told him the remains were in a shallow grave. West Valley City Sgt. Mike Powell (no relation) said: "It's a game of patience at this point. We need to slow down a little bit and identify what it is we found." FOR MORE CHECK OUT OUR SISTER SITE Cold Case USA

CRAZY WEATHERGIRL HEIDI JONES ADMITS RAPE LIE

MAD METEOROLOGIST

THE TV weather girl who sparked a huge manhunt by crying rape and then admitted she made it all up for attention has been sentenced to 350 hours of community service.
Crazy Heidi Jones, 38 who before her career plummeted forecast weather for WABC/Channel 7 and filled in on “Good Morning America, will do one hour for every hour of police time she wasted.
She will also serve three years probation.
The mad meteorologist told cops that a man had attacked her in Central Park last September and again outside her apartment in November.
But when a detective spoke to Jones again, she admitted she'd fabricated the assaults, the court the court complaint said.
She said:  "I made it up for attention. I have so much stress at work, with my personal life and with my family."

MUGSHOT MANIA! LUNCH IN JAIL? GRILL-ED CHEESE

MOM ALWAYS said a positive outlook can overcome a lot of things. Look at this dude, here. Sure, he's likely in a colossal amount of shit with the cops but that grill, that smile. That's confidence. It's called winning..

CASEY ANTHONY 'DRUGGED HER DAUGHTER' SAYS DAD

"CAYLEE WAS DRUGGED"

CASEY Anthony's dad  has sensationally claimed that he believes that his granddaughter Caylee died from a drug overdose. 
George Anthony, explained that he thought his daughter had given her the drugs because she wanted to party. 
Speaking on Dr Phil he said: "I believe that Casey or someone else that she was with, possibly gave too much to Caylee, she fell asleep and didn't wake up. That's what I feel."
He added that he thought it might have been Xanax.
Asked why she would have done that he told McGraw: "To go out and have a good time, to be with friends, to have this life that she didn't have with Caylee."

GUMBY GIVES UP BUT CLAIMS IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE

ROBBER?

REMEMBER when Gumby tried to rob the 7-ELEVEN, but failed because he couldn't get his gun out of his costume. Video footage here.    
Well anyway, he's now decided to surrender and he's even handed in his disguise. 
The bungling Gumby is actually Jacob Kiss, 19, and his pal, who didn't even bother to disguise himself is Jason Giramma, also 19. 
They were such bad thieves that when the costumed clown walked into the San Diego convenience store and demanded cash, the clerk thought it was a joke.
Ignoring the life sized Claymation character, he carried on cleaning up.   Annoyed at being shunned the furry green bandit told him: "You don't think this is a robbery? I have a gun."

MICHAELE SALAHI IN SEXCAPADES WITH JOURNEY MAN

UPDATE: OK, first chronic attention seeker Tareq Salahi said his bimbo wife Michaele had been kidnapped after going to the hairdresser. Not so, say our friends at TMZ. Seems Michaele has been playing hide the sausage with Journey guitarist Neil Schon. Apparently, the pair have been engaging in sexcapades for months. Tareq thinks she's being held against her will. BREATH EASY: MICHAELE SALAHI NOT KIDNAPPED, JUST BANGING JOURNEY GUITARIST
EARLIER:  HAS Michaele Salahi been kidnapped or is this just another of her bat-shit crazy attention-seeking schemes. According to her hubby Tareq

TEXAS DEATH MACHINE REVS UP FOR MACABRE FEAST

THE DEATH machine in Texas is ready to roll and got it's first taste last night. The Lone Star State is slated to execute four killers over the next two weeks. At 6:22 p.m. last night, Steven Michael Woods Jr., pictured left,  took the journey to oblivion and lashing out: "You're not about to witness an execution. You are about to witness a murder." He maintained his innocence til the end in the brutal slayings of Ronald Whitehead, 21, and Bethena Brosz, 19, in 2001. Co-defendant

BODY FOUND IN WOODS NOT LAUREN SPIERER: COPS

UPDATE: Police in Indiana say the body they found in a woods on Tuesday is not that of missing Indiana University co-ed Lauren Spierer. They did not say who it was or release the results of an autopsy on the corpse.
 EARLIER: COPS IN INDIANA are being tight-lipped on whether a body discovered in rural Jennings County could be that of missing co-ed Lauren Spierer. Emergency officials had to use ATVs and four-wheel drive vehicles to investigate, Jennings County Sheriff Steve Hoppock said in a news release. It appeared the body had been there for some time, he said.
State Police crime technicians were called to the scene, as was the Jennings County coroner’s office.

CASEY LAWYER DEFENDING ROBYN GARDNER SUSPECT

HEY, isn't that Jose Baez? You know, the shyster who got Party Mom Casey Anthony off the hook in the murder of her daughter Caylee? Yes! It is. Is he vacationing in the islands? No! He's down to rescue creepy old Gary V. Giordano from the hangman's noose in the disappearance and likely murder of Robyn Gardner.  CASEY LAWYER RIDES TO RESCUE

MAD MARY PURCELL PHONED IN 9/11 LOVE BOMB

PLANE CRAZY

PLANE

SHE'S clearly plane crazy.
Mad Mary Purcell was so worried about her mom and brother flying to New York on the eve of 9/11, she tried to ground their flight, by twice phoning in bomb threats.
The loony loser ex-con claimed there were explosives on the Southwest Airlines plane they were taking from Arizona, sparking a huge security response at Tuscon International Airport.

MUGSHOT MANIA! HALLOWEEN KICKS OFF EARLY

WORDS FAIL US. We don't even know what to say about this guy. Oh, we could but it's just a really brutal head. Winning.