Ambien (drug)

Woman who cut off husband's penis was vengeful, prosecutor says

2013-04-30 09:15:00

A Garden Grove woman found guilty Monday of torture and aggravated mayhem for cutting off her husband's penis was driven by vengeance, prosecutors said. Catherine Kieu, 50, also was convicted of a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a knife,...

Woman convicted of torture, mayhem for severing husband's penis

2013-04-29 14:57:00

A Garden Grove woman was found guilty Monday of torture and aggravated mayhem after allegations that she drugged her estranged husband, tied him to a bed, cut off his penis and threw it in a garbage disposal. Catherine Kieu, 50, also was convicted of...

Woman guilty of cutting of husband's penis faced life in prison

2013-04-29 18:22:00

A Garden Grove woman who was found guilty Monday of drugging her estranged husband, cutting off his penis and throwing it into a garbage disposal faces the possibility of life in prison. Orange County prosecutors said in a statement that Catherine Kieu,...

Woman who cut off husband's penis was 'doormat,' her attorney says

2013-04-26 12:54:00

A defense attorney on Thursday said a Garden Grove woman accused of lacing her husband's dinner with drugs, cutting off his penis and tossing it in a garbage disposal was "a doormat" to her manipulating husband. Catherine Kieu, 50, faces felony...

Woman accused of severing husband's penis was vengeful, D.A. says

2013-04-25 19:49:00

Prosecutors and defense attorney on Thursday offered differing portraits of the Garden Grove woman accused of lacing her husband's dinner with drugs, cutting off his penis and tossing it in a garbage disposal. Catherine Kieu, 50, faces felony charges of...

Woman faces life in prison for allegedly severing husband's penis

2013-04-18 06:57:00

A woman could be sentenced to life in prison for allegedly cutting off her husband’s penis and throwing it into the garbage disposal, Orange County prosecutors said. Catherine Kieu, 50, faces felony charges of torture and aggravated mayhem, with a...

Woman in severed penis case has mental issues, lawyer says

2013-04-17 17:39:00

A Garden Grove woman accused of lacing her husband's dinner with drugs, cutting off his penis and tossing it in a garbage disposal went on trial Wednesday in Orange County. Catherine Kieu, 50, faces felony charges of torture and aggravated mayhem,...

Trial starts for woman accused of severing husband's penis

2013-04-17 10:27:00

Opening statements were slated to begin Wednesday in the trial of a Garden Grove woman accused of lacing her husband's dinner with drugs, cutting off his penis and tossing it in a garbage disposal. Catherine Kieu, 50, faces felony charges of torture and...

In medicine, one dose doesn't fit all

2013-02-27 00:00:00

I Ioften use sleeping pills containing zolpidem (Ambien is the predominant brand-name version) to help reset my biological clock when I travel across time zones, or if I just have trouble getting to sleep. And I'm not alone. Doctors wrote about 40 million...

Jet lag: What the tired traveler needs to know

2013-02-03 08:00:00

Question: My wife and I travel to Israel at least twice a year to visit children and grandchildren. There is a 10-hour time difference between Los Angeles and Tel Aviv. Because of time constraints, we can stay only about seven days. Even though we take...

Chef who said he cooked dead wife’s body tries to fire lawyer

2012-09-20 14:23:11

Review: 'America, You Sexy Bitch' by Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black

2012-07-22 00:00:00

-------------------- America, You Sexy Bitch A Love Letter to Freedom Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black Da Capo Press: 309 pp., $26 -------------------- The 2008 presidential campaign had many unexpected consequences: It spawned the tea party...

Ambien bottle

2013-03-06 23:19:15

"Inception." Yet if Baldwin's appearance wasn't a shock ? the "30 Rock" star doesn't exactly lay low these days ? the product he held scored a laugh. In the nod to "Inception's" dream-inducing injections, Baldwin leaned back and sipped on a juice pouch labeled "Ambien.

2013-02-21 00:53:00

Tom Brokaw, the veteran NBC News correspondent, was discharged from a Charlotte, N.C., hospital where he was taken earlier Thursday after he reported feeling lightheaded. Brokaw, 72, said he'd mistakenly taken an Ambien on the same morning he was making an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe.

2012-09-07 12:32:02