Car Wash

The following was submitted by Malden High School: The Malden High Class of 2013 is holding a car wash Saturday, May 28 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. The car wash will be held behind  Malden High School off of Ferry Street. Get your vehicle squeaky clean for just $5!

An explosion in a car wash in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least five people on Saturday, activists said, while another blast in the capital destroyed nine cars. Bomb attacks have grown more common in Syria's two largest cities as the uprising against President Bashar Assad grows increasingly militarized. Many in the opposition have taken up arms since protesters first took to the street in March 2011 and now regularly clash with government forces around the country.

MEXICO CITY — Gunmen killed 15 men at a car wash yesterday in a Mexican Pacific coast state where drug-gang violence has risen this year. It was the third massacre in Mexico in less than a week. The gunmen in three vehicles drove up to the car wash in the city of Tepic and opened fire without provocation, said Fernando Carvajal, public safety secretary of Nayarit state, where the city is located. Three people survived the attack with injuries. The motive was not immediately clear but investigators suspect it was the work of organized crime, Carvajal told reporters.

A 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself with a gun he found in a car as a family made a stop early Wednesday at a gas station in Washington state. Police Officer Naveed Benjamin says the man put his pistol under the seat and got out to pump gas while the boy's mother went inside the gas station in Tacoma. They left her son and the man's 4- or 5-year-old daughter in the car. Benjamin says the boy climbed out of his child seat, found the gun and accidentally shot himself.

Ever since "The Sopranos," cable TV has become the petri dish where viewers can watch moral quandary grow. Shows such as "Dexter," about a serial killer who kills serial killers, and "Rescue Me," about a heroic firefighter with post-9/11 trauma who happens to be a louse, make it hard for us to rush to easy judgment. Now, on "Breaking Bad," AMC's original-series follow-up to "Mad Men," we get a chemistry teacher with terminal lung cancer who wants to sell crystal meth to provide for his family before he dies.

LOUISIANA, Mo. — A man sought in the abduction of a 4-year-old Missouri girl has died after shooting himself as police officers arrived at his home, police said yesterday. The man died Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Charles, said Al Nothum, State Highway Patrol Sergeant. His name has not been released. It was a gruesome twist to the story of Alisa Maier, a little girl who was snatched from the front yard of her Louisiana, Mo., home about 8 p.m. Monday while her mother was inside cooking dinner.

PHILADELPHIA - Indianapolis star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his car wash this week. Lieutenant Frank Vanore said the investigation of Tuesday's shooting was continuing. Harrison has not been arrested or charged. "He was interviewed," Vanore said yesterday. "Why he was interviewed, that is all part of the investigation. No one is a suspect. " Vanore told WCAU-TV the shooting occurred near 25th and Thompson streets, near a car wash owned by Harrison and about a half-mile from a bar also owned by Harrison.

SARASOTA, Fla. -- An auto mechanic accused of killing a girl whose abduction was captured on a car-wash surveillance camera was indicted on a first-degree murder charge yesterday as prosecutors indicated for the first time they believe he raped the 11-year-old. The state attorney's office separately filed charges of kidnapping and capital sexual battery against Joseph P. Smith, 37, assistant state attorney Dennis Nales said. Prosecutors declined to release details of the charge.

A Burlington woman has filed a civil lawsuit against her uncle, alleging that he raped her repeatedly as a child and subjected her to sexual abuse from 10 other men, before her family coerced her into signing an agreement absolving him from responsibility. A lawyer for Rosanne Sliney, 48, wrote in a civil complaint filed this week in Middlesex Superior Court that Domenic A. Previte Jr., 70, of Waltham not only committed the abuse but confessed to it years later in a signed letter to his niece.

Tennessee Titans receiver Kenny Britt has pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge stemming from an arrest in New Jersey. Britt entered the plea in Hoboken Municipal Court to a charge of disturbing the peace and paid a $1,500 fine. Britt faced several charges in the June arrest at a car wash, where police said they suspected him of carrying a marijuana cigar. Police claimed Britt crushed the cigar and disposed of it. It was not found. The remaining charges were dismissed Tuesday.

A Burlington woman has filed a civil lawsuit against her uncle, alleging that he raped her repeatedly as a child and subjected her to sexual abuse from 10 other men, before her family coerced her into signing an agreement absolving him from responsibility. A lawyer for Rosanne Sliney, 48, wrote in a civil complaint filed this week in Middlesex Superior Court that Domenic A. Previte Jr., 70, of Waltham not only committed the abuse but confessed to it years later in a signed letter to his niece.

Tennessee Titans receiver Kenny Britt has pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge stemming from an arrest in New Jersey. Britt entered the plea in Hoboken Municipal Court to a charge of disturbing the peace and paid a $1,500 fine. Britt faced several charges in the June arrest at a car wash, where police said they suspected him of carrying a marijuana cigar. Police claimed Britt crushed the cigar and disposed of it. It was not found. The remaining charges were dismissed Tuesday.

A Chinese man who allegedly killed his wife and eight other people in a fit of jealous rage has been arrested. State media say 32-year-old fruit seller Qin Changcheng allegedly went on the rampage Monday in the northern city of Baotou. Those killed also included his uncle, aunt and the boss of a car wash where his wife formerly worked. Qin was tracked down and arrested by officers in the neighboring province of Hebei late Tuesday. The reports said he had argued with his wife over suspicions that she was cheating on him and that he also had multiple conflicts with...

The following was submitted by Malden High School: The Malden High Class of 2013 is holding a car wash Saturday, May 28 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. The car wash will be held behind  Malden High School off of Ferry Street. Get your vehicle squeaky clean for just $5!

MEXICO CITY — Gunmen killed 15 men at a car wash yesterday in a Mexican Pacific coast state where drug-gang violence has risen this year. It was the third massacre in Mexico in less than a week. The gunmen in three vehicles drove up to the car wash in the city of Tepic and opened fire without provocation, said Fernando Carvajal, public safety secretary of Nayarit state, where the city is located. Three people survived the attack with injuries. The motive was not immediately clear but investigators suspect it was the work of organized crime, Carvajal told...

LOUISIANA, Mo. — A man sought in the abduction of a 4-year-old Missouri girl has died after shooting himself as police officers arrived at his home, police said yesterday. The man died Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Charles, said Al Nothum, State Highway Patrol Sergeant. His name has not been released. It was a gruesome twist to the story of Alisa Maier, a little girl who was snatched from the front yard of her Louisiana, Mo., home about 8 p.m. Monday while her mother was inside cooking dinner.

A Chinese man who allegedly killed his wife and eight other people in a fit of jealous rage has been arrested. State media say 32-year-old fruit seller Qin Changcheng allegedly went on the rampage Monday in the northern city of Baotou. Those killed also included his uncle, aunt and the boss of a car wash where his wife formerly worked. Qin was tracked down and arrested by officers in the neighboring province of Hebei late Tuesday. The reports said he had argued with his wife over suspicions that she was cheating on him and that he also had multiple conflicts with relatives.

An explosion in a car wash in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least five people on Saturday, activists said, while another blast in the capital destroyed nine cars. Bomb attacks have grown more common in Syria's two largest cities as the uprising against President Bashar Assad grows increasingly militarized. Many in the opposition have taken up arms since protesters first took to the street in March 2011 and now regularly clash with government forces around the country.

PHILADELPHIA - Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his North Philadelphia car wash this week. Lieutenant Frank Vanore said the investigation of Tuesday's shooting was continuing. Harrison has not been arrested or charged. "He was interviewed," Vanore said yesterday. "Why he was interviewed, that is all part of the investigation. No one is a suspect. " Vanore told WCAU-TV the shooting occurred near 25th and Thompson streets, near a car wash owned by Harrison and about a half-mile from a bar also owned by Harrison.