An Austrian court judge sentenced Josef Fritzl to life in prison Thursday, for allowing the child he fathered with his enslaved daughter to die without receiving any medical attention or aid, the New York Times reports.

Six high-risk Canadian prisoners, four of whom were facing murder charges, escaped from a maximum security prison in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan last month. How?

Do you remember that Iraqi guy who threw his shoes at President Bush? Remember how he was lauded as a national hero? Well, now he’s going to prison.

President-elect O bama plans to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay as early as his first week in office, to show his disapproval of Bush’s approach to the war on terror and effectively “change” American politics, say two officials close to the transition, according to CNN.