Recent Blotter Items
Questions about accuser surround sex slave case
Oct 23, 2010 11:10 AM
The allegations in the indictment were shocking: A young woman had been held captive for years as the sex slave of a Missouri couple. She had been locked in a cage and subjected to electrical shocks. Parts of her body had been nailed to wooden planks.
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Judge: Suspect in Smart case can get fair trial
Oct 22, 2010 5:10 AM
The street preacher charged with kidnapping Elizabeth Smart can get a fair trial in Utah, a federal judge decided.
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Ft. Hood suspect faces military hearing
Oct 11, 2010 1:10 AM
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people and wounding 32 in a shooting spree at an Army post, faces a public military hearing that will determine if he should be court-martialed.
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8 blocks of military-grade C4 found at Manhattan cemetery
Oct 11, 2010 1:10 AM
Nine bricks of military grade explosives were found Monday at a New York City cemetery, the police deputy commissioner of public information, Paul Browne, told CNN.
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Polanski victim 'relieved' he wasn't extradited to U.S.
Oct 8, 2010 12:10 PM
Samantha Geimer, who was 13 when director Roman Polanski had unlawful sex with her in 1977, said she is "very relieved" that the filmmaker was not extradited from Switzerland.
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'CHiPs' star charged in stock scheme
Oct 8, 2010 2:10 AM
One of the actors in the 1970s hit television show "CHiPs" is accused of being part of a stock fraud scheme, authorities said Thursday.
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Nicaraguan president urges swift inquiry into diplomat's death
Sep 26, 2010 2:09 AM
Nicaragua's president is calling on U.S. authorities to investigate the death of a Nicaraguan diplomat as quickly as possible so his body can be returned home.
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California set to resume executions
Sep 25, 2010 12:09 PM
Condemned rapist-murderer Albert Brown gets to choose his manner of death in what could be the state's first execution in its new death chamber.
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Embattled pastor cancels interview
Sep 23, 2010 2:09 AM
Atlanta-based megachurch pastor Eddie Long, accused of coercing young men into sexual relationships, will not be interviewed on a radio show planned for Thursday.
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Jurors watch Anna Nicole Smith's bath as trial nears end
Sep 23, 2010 1:09 AM
The trial of Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern and two doctors for allegedly conspiring to feed her drug addiction nears an end with prosecutors expected to rest their case Thursday.
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Police: Naked woman arrested after stealing cab
Sep 16, 2010 2:09 AM
A naked woman took a Louisiana cab driver on a bizarre trip this week, police said.
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DA to release 'Craigslist killer' file
Sep 16, 2010 1:09 AM
Prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, say they plan to release their files on accused "Craigslist killer" Phillip Markoff, who killed himself in jail in August, after formally dropping the murder case against him on Thursday.
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Chief booed; L.A. streets remain tense
Sep 9, 2010 3:09 AM
Los Angeles' police chief was booed at a community meeting and protests over an officer-involved fatal shooting continued for the third night.
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Schwarzenegger signs 'Chelsea's Law'
Sep 9, 2010 3:09 AM
Anyone convicted of a violent sex offense against a child in California faces life in prison without parole under "Chelsea's Law."
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Doc died in boyfriend's chimney, police say
Sep 1, 2010 11:09 AM
The decomposed body of a California doctor was found lodged in her boyfriend's chimney, several days after she had apparently attempted to get inside his home, police said.
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