Picture It: Enjoying a Cold One


Updated 01/24/11 6:34 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Pictures of Alpeniglu Hotel, Austrian Ice Hotel

Guests enjoy warm conversation and a really cold beer at the Alpeniglu Hotel's ice bar in Brixen im Thale, Austria. The hotel, built solely out of snow and ice, includes a bar, restaurant, sleeping accommodations, and a wedding chapel! We love Winter weddings, but this might be taking it too far. Check out more pics, including some of the "honeymoon suite" below. View 5 Photos › Photo Read more

Josef Fritzl Pleads Guilty After Seeing His Daughter's Testimony


Updated 03/18/09 3:09 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 10 comments

Josef Fritzl Pleads Guilty After Seeing His Daughter's Testimony

Josef Fritzl changed his mind and decided to plead guilty to all charges today after watching his daughter's video testimony in court. The powerful interview was played yesterday, and the verdict and sentencing will happen tomorrow. While pleading guilty to the death of his newborn son, Fritzl said: I was hoping the little one would survive, but I should have done something. I don't know why I Read more

Josef Fritzl Can't Hide From His Crimes


Updated 03/18/09 3:53 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 22 comments

Josef Fritzl Can't Hide From His Crimes

Josef Fritzl kept his daughter from seeing the light of day for 24 years, and now he's trying to prevent us from seeing his face in court. Fritzl's lawyer says his client uses the blue ring binder to cover his face because he is simply embarrassed. Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter and three of the seven children he fathered with her, has plead guilty to incest and partially to rape. He's Read more

Ring Returner Sues Bianca Jagger For Reward!


Updated 02/24/09 1:23 PM · Posted by LibertySugar · 32 comments

Ring Returner Sues Bianca Jagger For Reward!

Former Mrs. Mick Jagger has been brought into court after a man found her $250,000 platinum ring in Austria. Reinhard Ringler (appropriate name) is suing human rights activist Bianca Jagger for his $12,000 reward. Under Austrian law Ringler is due five percent of the value of the returned object. Jagger argues that he took too long to return the ring — she got it back in eight days. Jagger Read more

Austrian Dad Charged With Murder, Rape, Slavery


Updated 11/17/08 2:06 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 54 comments

Austrian Dad Charged With Murder, Rape, Slavery

Josef Fritzl, the man who imprisoned and abused his daughter for 24 years and later blamed Hitler, has been charged with murdering one of the children he fathered with his daughter. Fritzl, 73, was found to be responsible for the death of a newborn in 1996 after he neglected to seek medical help when he knew the baby might die. Fritzl previously told police that the baby, one of twins, was born Read more

Front Page: Key al-Qaeda Leader Killed, Bush, Paulson Promise Improvements, Austrian Incest Dad Fit For Trial


Updated 10/15/08 2:00 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 6 comments

Front Page: Key al-Qaeda Leader Killed, Bush, Paulson Promise Improvements, Austrian Incest Dad Fit For Trial

Key al-Qaeda Leader Killed: The US military has announced that the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been killed. The militant leader Abu Qaswarah had ties to senior al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was killed in a raid on Oct. 5 in Mosul, a city described as the military as one of the group's last strongholds. Bush, Paulson Promise Improvements: President Bush and Read more

Behind The Seams: Model.Live Launch Party


Updated 09/05/08 11:00 AM · Posted by FabSugar · 0 comments

Vogue.TV and IMG Host Launch of Model.Live Sponsored by Express

Remember Madeline, Austria, and Cato from Vogue's new modeling reality show, Model.Live? The online show is now four episodes in, but last night at the Bowery Hotel in NYC, Vogue.TV and IMG hosted a celebration for the launch. Of course, the models and now-reality-starlets showed up looking gorgeous in different variations of LBDs. Cato (right) is my favorite; who's yours? Actress Becki Newton Read more

Front Page: Austria Cellar Daughter Awake, China Drains Quake Lake, TV Crew Abducted


Updated 06/10/08 2:00 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 11 comments

Top News Stories 2008-06-10 07:00:24

Austria Cellar Daughter Awake: Kerstin Fritzl, the 19-year-old woman, and the oldest daughter kept in the cellar in Austria, has regained consciousness. Her illness in April tipped Austria's authorities to the incest scandal. Kerstin is the oldest of seven children fathered by Josef Fritzl, her grandfather, during the 24 years he kept his daughter Elisabeth in his cellar, captive while raping Read more

Are Human Rights For Non-Humans Too?


Updated 05/23/08 9:20 PM · Posted by LibertySugar · 23 comments

Are Human Rights For Non-Humans Too?

Paula Stibbe, an Englishwoman living in Austria, wants to adopt Matthew — a 26-year-old chimpanzee — when his habitat sanctuary closes. The problem? Austrian law says only humans are allowed guardians. Not satisfied with Austria's Supreme Court's rejection of their request to give the chimp legal standing, Matthew's advocates are appealing to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, Read more