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Search continues for missing Northwestern student

Harsha Maddula

/ Personal photo

(CBS/WBBM) EVANSTON, Ill. - Students at Northwestern University began their new school year Thursday as police continued to search for their classmate Harsha Maddula, who has been missing since Saturday.

PICTURES: Northwestern student missing

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Report: 83-year-old calls 911, gets shot by police

Delma Towler

/ WDBJ
(CBS/WDBJ/AP) ALTAVISTA, Va. - Virginia State Police are now investigating an incident  where a 83-year-old woman was allegedly shot and killed by Altavista officers responding to her 911 call Wednesday night.

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Inmate, 8 months pregnant, escapes from Ind. hospital

Bridgett Sims and Chris Gentry

/ Floyd County Jail

(CBS/WLKY) FLOYD COUNTY, Ind. - Authorities say they are searching for a 23-year-old pregnant woman who escaped police custody while being treated Sunday at a southern Indiana hospital.

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Univ. of Texas-Austin campus reopens after threats

People evacuating the campus of the University of Texas, Austin on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012

/ KEYE

(CBS/AP) AUSTIN, Texas - Students and faculty of the University of Texas at Austin are being allowed back into school buildings after a bomb threat this morning sent thousands of people streaming off campus as administrators warned students and faculty to "get as far away as possible."

According to the UT website, all university activities are expected to resume at 5 p.m. except for classes on the main campus, which are cancelled for the remainder of Friday.

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Thefts of hay piling up as drought boosts prices

Severe drought conditions across Colorado have led to a shortage of hay, and a spike in hay thefts.

/ CBS Denver
(CBS) A thief or thieves in northern Colorado last week hot wired heavy farm equipment to steal $5,000 worth of hay from a farm in Larimer County, the Denver Post reports.

Severe drought conditions across Colorado have led to a shortage of hay, and a spike in hay thefts.

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JFK airport workers arrested in liquor theft ring

Above are some of the more than 100,000 mini bottles of liquor, as well as duty-free items, that were allegedly pilfered from John F. Kennedy International Airport during the last five months by airport workers.

/ Queens County District Attorney's Office

(CBS/WCBS) NEW YORK - Eighteen airport workers were arrested for the theft of thousands of tiny liquor bottles, as well as duty free merchandise, from the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, officials announced Wednesday.

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Thefts of iPhone, other smartphones on the rise

Apple iPhone 5 CBS
(CBS) NEW YORK - Last month, a woman was walking to her home in Queens, N.Y., when police say two people approached her from behind, grabbed her around her neck and took her iPhone, CBS New York reports. They allegedly threw her to the ground and fled the scene.

The incident is by no means uncommon. As iPhone sales surge, so does the number of crimes related to the popular device - in New York City and beyond.

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Bizarre Calif. bank heist resembles 2000 robbery

Michelle Renee and her daughter, Breea.

Michelle Renee and her daughter, Breea.

/ Michelle Renee
(CBS/AP/KCBS) LOS ANGELES - A California bank heist last Wednesday in which a Bank of America manager says she was told to strap what she believed was a bomb to her midsection and forced to order employees to "take out all the money" from her branch bears a striking resemblance to another bank robbery over a decade ago - a resemblance authorities are investigating.

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Holmes' Iowa documents reveal interests, intellect

Source: Holmes letter warned of shooting

James Holmes' booking photo

(CBS) - Although James Holmes, the suspected gunman in the Colorado movie theater shooting rampage, was rejected from the University of Iowa, his application reveals new details about his academic ability, scientific interests, and past volunteer work.

Pictures: The Colorado massacre suspect

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Missing woman "finds herself" after intense search

Satellite image of Iceland

/ Wikimedia Commons

(CBS)  A woman who went missing in Iceland over the weekend was reportedly found safe and sound by...by herself.

According to the Reykjavik Grapevine, the not-so-missing woman - a tourist - even participated in the intense police search over the weekend, near Eldgja canyon in the country's southern volcanic region.

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