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Sydnei Moran Dunn, 24, and Marquis Simon Colvin, 25, have been arrested in connection to the alcohol-poisoning death of their baby in Dallas, Ga. Paulding County Sheriff's Office Doctors find more than 4 times legal limit of alcohol for an adult in infant's system after death: Sheriff DALLAS, Ga. -- A Georgia mother and father have been arrested on murder charges in the death of their 4-week-old baby by alcohol poisoning, authorities said Tuesday. Sydnei Dunn, 24, and Marquis Colvin, 25, were arrested last Thursday - the day the child died - by the Paulding County Sheriff's Office in suburban Atlanta. Doctors said the amount of alcohol in the infant's system was more than four times the legal limit for an adult, according to a sheriff's statement. The sheriff's office said staff at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta had called authorities after the child was brought in unresponsive and the details that the parents gave "did not make sense." Initially...

Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly 30 A.D.  The holiday concludes the “Passion of Christ,” a series of events and holidays that begins with Lent—a 40-day period of fasting, prayer and sacrifice—and ends with Holy Week, which includes Holy Thursday (the celebration of Jesus’ Last Supper with his 12 Apostles, also known as “Maundy Thursday”), Good Friday (on which Jesus’ crucifixion is observed) and Easter Sunday. Although a holiday of high religious significance in the Christian faith, many traditions associated with Easter date back to pre-Christian, pagan times. Where does the term Easter come from? Anyone interested in the origin and meaning of the term Easter will find different explanations in the literature: Whether French (Pâques), Italian (Pasqua), Dutch (Pasen) or Danish (Paske...

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25th as a religious and cultural celebration. Christmas is a compound word originating from the term "Christ's Mass". It is derived from the Middle English “ Cristemasse” : Crīst (genitive Crīstes ) is from Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), a translation of Hebrew Māšîaḥ (מָשִׁיחַ), "Messiah", meaning "anointed", and mæsse is from Latin missa , the celebration of the Eucharist. [1] Christmas is now celebrated by people around the world, whether they are Christians or not. It's a time when family and friends come together and remember the good things they have. It is a fact that Jesus was not born on December 25th, but it is believed that the choice of that date for the celebration of the birth of Jesus was amde to Christianize a pagan festival in Rome. The festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti which means "the birthday of the Unconquered Sun...

A man has been charged with stabbing his sister to death inside a home in Evanston over the weekend. Andy Aphour, 26, was charged with first-degree murder in  the stabbing  that killed his sister, Karen Aphour, 30, on Saturday night. At 9:20 p.m. Saturday, Evanston police were called to the 100 block of Callan Avenue – just across Howard Street from the boundary between Evanston and Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. They found Karen Aphour at the scene with multiple stab wounds. She was rushed to AMITA Health St. Francis Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Witnesses told responding officers ahead of time that Andy Aphour was still in the home. He was arrested without incident. During the investigation, Andy Aphour admitted to stabbing his sister, police said. The stabbing was preceded by a quarrel about routine household chores, police said. Bond for Andy Aphour was set Monday at $300,000, and he was ordered to surrender his passport. His next court date is May 2 at the...