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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 16:29

Runaway Texas Boy Was Locked in Box: Police

Written by Joshua Cohan

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(GALVESTON, Texas) -- A 9-year-old Texas runaway discovered by police is now in foster care, and his parents are under investigation after he said they made him live in a 6-foot by 8-foot box in…

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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 16:30

Hospital Thwarts California Baby's Kidnapping

Written by Joshua Cohan

Hemera/Thinkstock(GARDEN GROVE, Calif.) -- A woman disguised in scrubs allegedly tried to steal a newborn girl from a California hospital before the baby's security bracelet sounded an alarm. Employees at Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center…

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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 16:30

Tucson Shooting Rampage: Jared Loughner Pleads Guilty

Written by Joshua Cohan

Pima County Sheriff's Department(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of carrying out the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., that left six people dead and 13 people injured, pleaded guilty…

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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 15:42

NYPD to Subpoena Twitter for 'Just Like in Aurora' Tweet

Written by Joshua Cohan

Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The New York Police Department has demanded that Twitter release the name of a user who threatened an attack "just like in Aurora" on the Broadway theater where Mike Tyson's one-man show is…

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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 14:38

Drug Smugglers Stuffed Cocaine into Empanadas

Written by Joshua Cohan

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement(NEW YORK) -- Packages of empanadas and chocolate bars looked legitimate, but prosecutors in New York say they came with a kick.Customs agents say they intercepted parcels of food sent from…

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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 09:30

Temple Gunman's Ex-Stepmom: 'I Wish I Had Some Answers'

Written by Jeanette Torres

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The ex-stepmother of the man who killed six people in a Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin Sunday said she doesn't know what happened to Wade Michael Page that made him turn…

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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 09:00

Jared Lee Loughner Expected to Change Plea to Guilty

Written by Jeanette Torres

Pima County Sheriff's Department(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- The man accused of going on a shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., last year is expected to change his plea to guilty in federal court Tuesday.Jared Lee Loughner is…

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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 08:30

Drew Peterson's 'Incriminating Letters' to Girlfriend Burned

Written by Jeanette Torres

Giovanni Rufino/NBC NewsWire(NEW YORK) -- Drew Peterson wrote "incriminating" jail-house love letters about the death of Kathleen Savio and the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, but those letters were destroyed in a 2010 house fire, the…

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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 06:14

Son of NY Man Accused of Faking His Death Arrested

Written by Jeanette Torres

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The son of a Massapequa, N.Y., man who was reported missing in waters off a Long Island beach and turned up five days later in South Carolina has been arrested.Jonathan Roth,…

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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 00:30

Wis. Temple Shooting Hero Cop Brian Murphy Shot 8 Times, Waved Off Aid

Written by Carmen Cox

Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office(OAK CREEK, Wis.) -- A police officer shot at least eight times in the neck and extremities outside the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis, waved off fellow officers attempting to rescue…

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