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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:56

Wisconsin Spa Shooting Suspect Wanted to Leave the State

Written by Jeanette Torres

Brookfield Police Department(BROOKFIELD, Wis.) -- Radcliffe Haughton had pleaded for help to leave the state before he allegedly opened fire at a Wisconsin spa on Sunday, shooting seven women and killing three, including his estranged…

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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:56

North Carolina Man Says Church Kept Him Imprisoned for Being Gay

Written by Jeanette Torres

WLOS-TV/ABC News(SPINDALE, N.C.) -- A North Carolina church that has previously faced allegations of harassment and child abuse is the subject of a new investigation launched after a 22-year-old man claims he was held against…

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Monday, 22 October 2012 23:57

93-Year-Old Bedridden War Veteran Casts Vote

Written by Carmen Cox

Comstock/Thinkstock(HONOLULU) -- Nothing in the world was going to stop 93-year-old Frank Tanabe from voting in this year’s election. With the help of his daughter Barbara, the bedridden World War II vet filled out his…

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Monday, 22 October 2012 22:57

Murdered Barista Whitney Heichel Was Raped, Shot Several Times

Written by Carmen Cox

Clint Heichel(GRESHAM, Ore.) -- The young Oregon barista Whitney Heichel. who vanished on her way to her job at a Starbucks, was sexually assaulted before she was shot "multiple" times, according to charges filed Monday…

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Monday, 22 October 2012 22:07

Girl in Halloween Costume Mistaken for Skunk Shot by Cousin

Written by Carmen Cox

Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa.) -- An 8-year-old girl in New Sewickley Township, Pa., dressed for Halloween in a black costume and a black hat with a white feather was shot over the weekend by her…

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Monday, 22 October 2012 20:21

Hazing Death Plea Gets Leniency, But Not from Victim's Mom

Written by Carmen Cox

Champion Family Photo(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- The first of a dozen defendants charged in the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion appears to have gotten off easy with the judge Monday, but…

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Monday, 22 October 2012 19:44

Douglas Kennedy Fights Child-Endangerment Charges in New York Court

Written by Carmen Cox

Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The son of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy began his defense Monday against charges that he endangered his newborn son and harassed the baby's nurses at a New York hospital earlier this…

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Monday, 22 October 2012 14:45

Molotov Bomber Sought After Calif. Man Set Ablaze

Written by Joshua Cohan

Long Beach Police Dept. (LOS ANGELES) -- Police in Long Beach, Calif., are searching for a suspect who threw a flaming Molotov cocktail at a man outside a convenience store Friday night, seriously injuring him…

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Monday, 22 October 2012 12:51

Whitney Heichel: Murdered Barista's Husband Asks Why

Written by Joshua Cohan

Clint Heichel(GRESHAM, Ore.) -- The husband of murdered Oregon barista Whitney Heichel said that he had "bet on forever" with his wife of less than two years and has now been left wondering why anyone…

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Monday, 22 October 2012 12:37

Former US Contractor Says He Abused Drugs to Cope in Afghanistan

Written by Joshua Cohan

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- An American security contractor in Afghanistan, who was caught on video so stoned that he couldn't speak, told ABC News that the "nightmare" environment in which he felt trapped drove him to…

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