Report: Priest removed for sex abuse works for TSA

Thomas Harkins, defrocked Catholic priest, working as a TSA supervisor at the Philadelphia International Airport

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(CBS) PHILADELPHIA  - A Catholic priest who was removed from the ministry over sex abuse allegations now holds a sensitive security post at Philadelphia International Airport, CBS Philly reports.

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Elizabeth Smart on missing children

(CBS) - Last week, CBS's Crimesider spoke exclusively with Elizabeth Smart, perhaps the nation's most well-known kidnap victim - and survivor. Smart was just 14 when she was snatched from her bed in the middle of the night and held for nine months before being found by police on a traffic stop.

"You never know when that break in the case might come," said Smart. "What if everyone gave up on me, where would I be? Would I be alive? I don't know."

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Etan Patz murder suspect gets mental evaluation

5/24: Etan Patz murder confession, convicted rapist exhonorated

Etan Patz(left); Pedro Hernandez, arrested Thursday, May 24, 2012, for the 1979 murder of the 6-year-old New York City boy

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK -  Pedro Hernandez, the man accused of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz in one of New York City's and the country's most notorious missing child cases, has been examined by psychologists.

Pictures: Man in custody in Etan Patz disappearance

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Portland Police: 3 kids abandoned in Ore. shed

The shed where Portland, Ore. police say three abandoned young children were found on Thursday, May 24, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland police are trying to solve the mystery of two young children and an infant who were found abandoned in a shed.

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Sierra LaMar murder suspect appears in court

Antolin Garcia-Torres appears in a Santa Clara County courtroom in San Jose, Calif., for his first court appearance Thursday, May 24, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) SAN JOSE, Calif. - Antolin Garcia-Torres, the man accused in the disappearance of  15-year-old California girl Sierra LaMar, made his first appearance in court Thursday but did not enter a plea.

Photos: Arrest made in case of missing Calif. teen

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New team looking into missing Fla. mom case

Michelle Parker vanishes same day she appears on "The People's Court"

Michelle Parker

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(CBS/WKMG) ORLANDO, Fla. - Police in Orlando say a team of 45 people are taking a "fresh approach" in the investigation of missing mother Michelle Parker. She is the woman who vanished after appearing on the television show "The People's Court" in November in 2011.

Pictures: Michelle Parker

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Etan Patz murder suspect to make court appearance

5/24: Etan Patz murder confession, convicted rapist exhonorated

Etan Patz(left); Pedro Hernandez, arrested Thursday, May 24, 2012, for the 1979 murder of the 6-year-old New York City boy

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - Pedro Hernandez, a New Jersey man who police say confessed to choking 6-year-old New York City boy Etan Patz to death in 1979, is expected to make his first court appearance Friday.

Pictures: Man in custody in Etan Patz disappearance

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Bovine Beer Bash: Cows crash suburban Boston party

Cows crash backyard party, drink beer in Boxford, Mass. on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

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(CBS) BOXFORD, Mass. - Boxford, Massachusetts is a quiet suburban town of about 8,000 people north of Boston - not exactly a one-horse town - maybe more of a "six cow town."

That's how many cattle crashed a backyard party Sunday night and started drinking the beer, police said, according to CBS Boston.

Cowabunga!

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NYPD make arrest in 1979 murder of Etan Patz, 6

5/24: Etan Patz murder confession, convicted rapist exhonorated

Etan Patz(left); Pedro Hernandez, arrested Thursday, May 24, 2012, for the 1979 murder of the 6-year-old New York City boy

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - A New Jersey man who confessed to choking 6-year-old New York City boy Etan Patz to death in 1979 was arrested on a murder charge on Thursday, police said, the first arrest in a case that helped give rise to the nation's missing-children movement.

Pictures: Man in custody in Etan Patz disappearance

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Ohio teen to be tried as adult in school shooting

TJ Lane

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(CBS/AP) CHARDON, Ohio - TJ Lane will be tried as an adult in the Ohio high school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday.

Pictures: 1 killed, 4 injured in Ohio high school shooting

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