Harvard Hoax: Impostor Pleads Guilty, Owes $46K
Adam Wheeler (CBS)
Wheeler was sentenced to 10 years of probation, plus paying restitution to Harvard for the financial aid, scholarship money and academic awards he fraudulently received.
Continue »"Seinfeld Holiday" a Hit with Calif. Inmate
The cast of "Seinfeld" (CBS/AP)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CBS/AP) If, by chance, pop culture is the deity you worship, then perhaps you, too, observe the holiday of Festivus - just like one California prison inmate who used the "Seinfeld" tv-holiday as his reason for refusing to eat salami.
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Continue »$1.4M of Crystal Meth Seized at Ariz. Border
US Customs and Border Protection Patch (Wikipedia)
DOUGLAS, Arizona (CBS/AP) More that than 30 pounds of crystal meth with a street value of over $1.4 million was seized at the Arizona-Mexico border, according to border authorities.
Continue »NYC Drive-By Shooter Gets 384 Years to Life
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Matthew Coletta, convicted of a New York drive-by shooting spree that killed a father of three and injured 13 people with a gun police say he claimed came from the devil, was sentenced Thursday to 384 years to life in prison.
Continue »"Grim Sleeper" Photos: LAPD Deluged with Calls
Still released by LAPD in "Grim Sleeper" case
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) The Los Angeles Police Department has been deluged by phone calls since the release of 180 photos taken from the home of "Grim Sleeper" serial killer suspect Lonnie Franklin Jr.
PICTURES: "Grim Sleeper" Serial Killer Suspect's Private Photos
Continue »Missing Mich. Boys With "Organization," Says Dad
The three missing Skelton boys: Alexander, 7, Andrew, 9, and Tanner, 5. (Personal Photo)
ADRIAN, Mich. (CBS/AP) John Skelton, the Michigan father allegedly responsible for the disappearance of his three sons, said Thursday that he gave the boys to someone from an "organization" who visited his home on Thanksgiving, when the boys were last seen.
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Continue »Neo-Nazi Convicted of Murder, Gets Life in Prison
John Allen Ditullio Jr. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Brendan Fitterer)
"Grim Sleeper" Photos: LAPD Decision Agonizing
Still released by LAPD in "Grim Sleeper" case
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) Los Angeles Police Department detectives described the decision to release 180 photos taken from the home of "Grim Sleeper" suspect Lonnie Franklin Jr. as agonizing, according to a report.
PICTURES: "Grim Sleeper" Serial Killer Suspect's Private Photos
Continue »Police Still Searching for Missing NJ Woman
Shannon Gilbert (Personal Photo)
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (CBS/WCBS/AP) None of the remains found on a deserted beach highway in New York over the past week are that of a missing New Jersey prostitute whose disappearance led to the discovery of the bodies of four women, detectives said Thursday.
Continue »Rapper DMX Headed Back to Prison
DMX Mug Shot (AP Photo)
PHOENIX (CBS/AP) DMX, the rapper known for a string of gravel-voiced hits in the late 90s, has had his probation revoked and is heading to prison for one year according to the Maricopa County Superior Court.
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The court issued the ruling Thursday against the rapper whose real name is Earl Simmons. The court says Simmons admitted violating his probation.
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