Heather Chavez’s debut begins with an explosive beginning that quickly spirals into a tense family drama that revolves on myriad believable turns. “No Bad Deed” lives up to its name as veterinarian ...

This book cover image released by Harper Collins shows “No Bad Deed” by Heather Chavez. (Harper Collins) “No Bad Deed,” William Morrow, by Heather Chavez Heather Chavez’s debut begins with an ...

Doing a good deed can lead some people to more kind acts while spurring others to backslide. But how people respond depends on their moral outlook, according to a new study. People who believe the ...

Argh! The Bush administration has done it again. It has nominated to a high position yet another key player in the War on Terror whose actions are described, in a ...

A former local cop will spend six months in prison for illegally transferring the deed of a dead woman’s home to herself, a judge ruled on Wednesday. A jury earlier this year convicted disgraced ...

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Richard Thomas embezzled nearly $20,000,000 from his employer. The employer then kept Thomas’s profit sharing account of about $21,000 as an offset against the embezzled amount. Of course, this ...

Carver Sweet — though they can’t locate him. That night, Cassie’s husband, Sam, disappears, leaving their 6-year-old daughter Audrey on the street while they were trick or treating. Cassie admits that ...