Report: Cops Think Publicist Slay Was Planned
Ronni Chasen (AP Photo, file)
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) Police think the murder of Ronni Chasen, a high-powered Hollywood publicist who was gunned down Tuesday after attending the premiere of the new Cher film "Burlesque," was planned and that the shots may have been fired from another vehicle that pulled up next to her car, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
But the trade newspaper adds it's still not clear to investigators whether Chasen was targeted or if so, why.
Continue »MTV "Teen Mom" Charged with Domestic Violence
Amber Portwood (MTV)
INDIANAPOLIS (CBS/WISH) MTV "Teen Mom" Amber Portwood is facing felony charges for slapping, choking, pushing, threatening, kicking, and punching the father of her child during a show that aired on the cable station.
Continue »Wanda Barzee Testifies in Elizabeth Smart Case
Wanda Barzee, estranged wife of Brian David Mitchell (Jeffrey D. Allred, AP Photo/Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY (CBS/AP) Brian David Mitchell's estranged wife, Wanda Barzee, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping Elizabeth Smart in 2002, testified Thursday that her first two years of marriage to Mitchell were "hellish" until she learned to be submissive and obedient, and that the couple's life was dictated by "the Lord's will" as Mitchell interpreted it.
Continue »Reptiles Vanish, Cops Say Baltimore Brothers Did It
Gecko (AP Photo, file)
BALTIMORE (CBS/AP) Baltimore police say two brothers, 11 and 14, have been charged as juveniles with stealing about a dozen reptiles and a hissing cockroach from a city-run nature center.
Is it a case of nature vs. nurture?
Continue »Is Texas Teacher Pregnant with Student's Child?
Jennifer Lee Riojas (Personal Photo)
FORT WORTH, Texas (CBS/AP) Jennifer Riojas, a Fort Worth teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student, may be pregnant with the teen's child, according to one report.
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Police took Riojas into custody on Wednesday. The 25-year-old taught 9th grade science at Carter-Riverside High School before resigning last month.
Continue »Ohio Town Grieves After 3 Missing Are Found
Tina Herrmann, Stephanie Sprang and Kody Maynard (CBS/AP)
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (CBS/WBNS/AP) Hundreds of people from the tiny central Ohio town of Mount Vernon attended a vigil Thursday night after the news that the bodies of a missing mother, her 11-year-old son and a family friend had been found stuffed into garbage bags and hidden in a hollow tree.
FBI: Aruba Studying Holloway's Dental Records
A Collage of Photos of Natalee Holloway (CBS)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CBS/WIAT/AP) The dental records of missing American teen Natalee Holloway are being reviewed by Dutch authorities as they analyze a jawbone with a tooth in it that was found in Aruba last week, the FBI said Thursday.
PICTURES: Joran van der Sloot: Natalee Holloway and Peru
Continue »Thief in Priest's Clothing Robs Church, Say Cops
(AP Photo, file)
JACKSON, Mich. (CBS/AP) A 52-year-old Jackson man accused of donning a priest's robe to steal parishioner donations from a church has been arrested.
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Luis Jovel, Jr. (Personal Photo)
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"Mummy Bandit" Pleads Guilty to Pa. Bank Heists
"Mummy Bandit" Hiram Adams (FBI/KYW)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (CBS/KYW/AP) A Philadelphia man who became known as the "mummy bandit" for robbing banks while wound in gauze bandages to conceal his face, has pleaded guilty in federal court to five heists.
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Federal prosecutors say Hiram Adams, 45, is the culprit who is all wrapped up in the case.
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