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2 Murder Suspects On The Run After Arkansas Jail Break

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012

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May 28 (Reuters) - Authorities in southwestern Arkansas have launched a manhunt for two murder suspects who escaped from jail before dawn on Monday ...

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Missing Missouri College Student Remembered On Her 24th Birthday

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.23.2012

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Wednesday is a somber day for the family of a Missouri college student who has been missing for more than five months. It is Phoenix Coldon's 24th ...

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GUILTY: Michigan Serial Stabber Convicted Of Murder

Posted 05.22.2012

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By ED WHITE, the ASSOCIATED PRESS FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally stabbing five men and wounding nine others in and around a Michi...

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Doctors Support Treatment, Not Additional Prison Time for Cameron Douglas and Others Who Relapse Behind Bars

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.22.2012

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Last year Mr. Douglas relapsed on drugs while serving his prison sentence. He was caught with very small amounts of opioids for personal use, including a single dose of a medication used to treat heroin dependence that he had obtained without a prescription.

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California Woman Pleads 'No Contest' To Sex With Biological Son

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.21.2012

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A northern California woman has pleaded no contest to having sex with her teenage son after the two reconnected on Facebook. Mistie Atkinson, 32, o...

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Mother Shot Children 18 Times, Examiner Says

Posted 05.21.2012

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A Florida mother shot her four children 18 times before taking her own life, according to the Brevard County medical examiner's findings. In the ea...

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Police, Family Search For 22-Year-Old Louisiana College Student Who Disappeared While Bicycling

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.21.2012

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Authorities in Louisiana are searching for a college student who disappeared while bicycling Saturday. Michaela "Mickey" Shunick, a 22-year-old sen...

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Pregnancy Nightmare: Mom Recalls Night Cop Kicked Her In The Stomach (EXCLUSIVE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Steven Hoffer | Posted 05.18.2012

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All Raven Dozier could think about was why her baby wasn't moving. "Is my baby OK?" she recalls asking at that terrifying moment five months ago. ...

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WATCH: Naked Woman's Impromptu Shopping Spree Attracts The Eyes Of The Law

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.18.2012

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A nude woman who calmly walked into two New York businesses this week shocked employees and attracted the gaze of more than one startled shopper. T...

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Mississippi Highway Killer May Be Dressed As Cop, Ready To Strike Again

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.17.2012

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The person who shot two people to death along Mississippi highways possibly while dressed as a police officer is likely a meticulous and organized kil...

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Mom Gets 9 Years In Teen With Cerebral Palsy's Malnutrition Death

AP | LISA CORNWELL | Posted 05.17.2012

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CINCINNATI — The mother of a 14-year-old girl who had cerebral palsy and weighed 28 pounds when she died last year was sentenced Thursday to nin...

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SENTENCED: Birthday Cookout Shooter Gets 135 Years In Jail

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

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INDIANAPOLIS -- A man convicted of murder in a shooting at an Indianapolis birthday cookout has been sentenced to 135 years in prison. A Marion Count...

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Toilet-Free Jail Cell For Man Accused Of Swallowing Diamond

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.16.2012

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Police in Canada say they have had no luck retrieving a $20,000 diamond that was allegedly ingested last week by a well-known jewel thief. "He has ...

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Baby Found In Road Leads Massachusetts Police To Gruesome Crime Scene

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.15.2012

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A baby found in a car seat in the middle of a Massachusetts street recently led police to a grisly crime scene. The events leading up to the shocki...

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Accused Killer Who Dumped 16-Year-Old's Body In Plastic Barrel Heads To Court

AP | Posted 05.15.2012

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FORT SMITH, Ark. -- An Arkansas man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl he met online is slated to go on trial this summer after authorities found h...

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12-Year-Old Boy Found Safe (UPDATED)

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.16.2012

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UPDATE: Linnie Cain has been found safe. The boy was located on property belonging to a relative, according to the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office. ...

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Kansas Police Puzzled By Yelekal Alemu's Disappearance

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.15.2012

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Police in Kansas are searching for Yelekal "Kal" Alemu, a 23-year-old University of Kansas alumnus who has been missing since last week. Alemu, of ...

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Missing Mom Case Puzzles Police

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.14.2012

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Concern is growing for a 22-year-old mother of one who has been missing for five weeks in Virginia. Heather Hodges was last seen on April 9 by her ...

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'The Dating Game Killer' To Face More Murder Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.12.2012

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Rodney Alcala can be extradited to New York to face charges in two killings, California's highest court has ruled. The decision was handed down on ...

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California Authorities Resume Search For Missing Teen

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.11.2012

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Authorities in Santa Clara County, Calif., have resumed the search for missing teenager Sierra LaMar, who vanished eight weeks ago today. Investiga...

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ADAM MAYES DEAD: Police Find Alleged Kidnapper And Missing Girls

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.11.2012

Adam Mayes, the Mississippi fugitive accused of kidnapping and double-homicide, died Thursday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The two young...

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Florida Woman Accused Of Beating Ex-Boyfriend With Sledgehammer

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.10.2012

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A Florida woman has been accused in the brutal sledgehammer assault of her ex-boyfriend. Angela Rhodes, 52, beat her ex-boyfriend, 48-year-old Thom...

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$40,000 Stash Of Cocaine Found In 82-Year-Old Woman's Car

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.10.2012

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An Idaho mechanic made an unexpected discovery while working on an elderly woman's car last week when he found a pound of cocaine hidden under the hoo...

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Alleged Kidnapper Thought Victims Were His Daughters, Mother-In-Law Says

AP | ADRIAN SAINZ and HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.11.2012

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GUNTOWN, Miss. — As a SWAT team closed in, a fugitive accused of killing a Tennessee mother and daughter before disappearing for nearly two week...

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Expert: Once Peru Gets Rid Of Joran van der Sloot, The U.S. Wants To Try Him For Murder

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.10.2012

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A Peruvian court will soon issue a decision on whether to allow convicted killer Joran van der Sloot to be extradited to the United States on charges ...

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