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Calif. Couple Plead Guilty to Girl's Kidnap, Rape

PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- A convicted sex offender and his wife pleaded guilty Thursday to kidnapping and raping a Northern California girl when she was 11 and holding her captive for nearly two decades. The pleas came as part of a surprise deal with prosecutors that will spare victim Jaycee Dugard and her two daughters born...

Army Opens Prison of Suspected WikiLeaks Private for Media Review

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- Army officials are opening the doors to the military prison in Kansas where they are holding an Army private suspected of illegally passing U.S. government secrets to the WikiLeaks website. Pfc. Bradley Manning was moved last week from the Marine brig in Quantico, Va., to the Joint Regional...

Body of Missing Maine Woman Found in NH Pond

CONWAY, N.H. -- The body of a missing Maine woman whose car was abandoned at a ski area with her toddler unharmed inside was recovered Wednesday from a nearby pond. Divers retrieved the body of Krista Dittmeyer about a quarter-mile from where her car was found idling early Saturday in the parking lot of Cranmore Mountain...

NY Suspect Recaptured After Bolting in Handcuffs

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A robbery suspect who escaped from a Buffalo police station by slipping out a back door while handcuffed to a chair has been apprehended after he was spotted riding a bike with the cuffs still on. Police tell Buffalo media outlets that 58-year-old John Caesar (SEE'-zur) of Buffalo was taken into custody...

Cold Case Cops Solve 1978 LA Slaying

LOS ANGELES -- For three decades the unsolved homicide case of Robert Rathbun sat on a shelf in an archives room, awaiting justice with about 9,000 others. The laid-off engineer was stabbed to death with a butcher knife from his own kitchen by two burglars who then plunged a knife in the back of his 18-year-old son,...

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Kyle Lagow Bank Of America Lawsuit: Whistleblower Receives $14.5 Million In Mortgage Case

A former home appraiser will receive $14.5 million as part of a whistleblower lawsuit that accused subprime lender Countrywide Financial of inflating appraisals on government-insured loans, his attorneys said Tuesday.

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Properly Addressing Sexual Assault in the Military

Last year, an Army sergeant was raped by one of her comrades while she was serving in Afghanistan.

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Jordan Flaherty: Arson Attack on Women's Health Organization in New Orleans

Women With a Vision (WWAV), a New Orleans advocacy and service organization that provides health care and other support for poor women of color, was the victim of a break-in and arson late Thursday night.

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No Plea Deal For Tigers' Young?

Prosecutors are not offering a plea deal to Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young, who's accused of making anti-Semitic remarks during a fight outside a New York hotel.

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Rutgers SpyCam Convict Apologizes For 'Stupid And Childish Choices'

A former Rutgers University student criticized by a judge for refusing to apologize for using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man days before the roommate killed himself apologized on Tuesday and said he has accepted responsibility for what he did.

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05/30/12 Calif. man gets prison in parental kidnap case Source: Broadcast Newsroom LOS ANGELES (AP) ' A 16-year-old boy whose father abducted him and his brother and took them on a two-year, international odyssey with their uncle and cousin pleaded Tuesday with a federal judge for his father's freedom.
05/30/12 Woman wanted on robbery, beating charges surrenders Source: The Frederick News-Post - Frederick MD A woman wanted on charges related to a violent April home invasion turned herself in to Frederick police Monday.
05/30/12 Pharmacy robbery 'out of character' Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia A judge has found a man acted out of character when he held up a Brisbane pharmacy armed with a knife last year.
05/30/12 Gang members burn man with hot knife in torture case,... Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Three reputed Pico Rivera gang members have been arrested in a kidnapping and torture case in which a victim was burned with a hot knife and had his fingers smashed with a gun, authorities said Tuesday night.
05/30/12 Grieving husband labelled 'suspect' by police, trial... Source: Irish Independent THE husband of murdered honeymooner Michaela Mc-Areavey was described as a suspect in police logs in the hours after she was found dead, a court in Mauritius has heard.