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America's First Legal Gigolo Leaves Brothel

Mar 29, 11:16AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

"Markus" (Ian Daly)

LAS VEGAS (CBS/AP) I guess the gigolo business ain't what it used to be.

After working two months at the Shady Lady Ranch, "Markus," America's first legal male prostitute, has left the rural Nevada brothel.

His arrival generated plenty of media attention, but fewer than 10 paying customers.Continue »
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Man Tries Mouth-to-Mouth on Opossum, Say Cops

Mar 29, 10:09AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
Opossum (AP Photo, file)

Opossum (AP Photo, file)

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (CBS/AP) When police found Donald Wolfe, he was giving mouth-to-mouth "resuscitation" to a long-dead opossum along a major highway, according to officials.

Trooper Jamie Levier says several witnesses saw the 55-year-old Brookville, Pa. man kneeling before the roadkill and gesturing as though he were conducting a seance, while another saw the mouth-to-mouth attempt.

Levier says Wolfe was "extremely intoxicated" and "did have his mouth in the area of the animal's mouth...I guess."Continue »
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Somer's Mom Feeling "A Little Bit Better"

Mar 29, 9:35AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
Diena Thompson, center, attends a candle-light vigil for her daughter Somer Thompson, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Orange Park, Fla.

Diena Thompson (AP/Phil Coale)

ORANGE PARK, Fla. (CBS/AP) Diena Thompson, the mother of 7-year-old Somer Thompson who vanished while walking home from school in north Florida, says charges filed in her daughter's murder have brought some relief.

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Diena Thompson told NBC's "Today Show" her family is doing "a little bit better" after detectives charged 24-year-old Jarred Mitchell Harrell with premeditated murder Friday.Continue »
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Parents Taught 3-Year-Old to Smoke Weed, Say Police

Mar 29, 6:03AM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

Thomas Way and Kristian Augeri (WFSB)

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (CBS/AP) Two young parents from Connecticut were arrested for allegedly filming their 3-year-old son smoking weed.

Middletown police say they found the video on Feb. 2 on a digital camera while searching the home of 23-year-old Kristian Augeri and 22-year-old Thomas Way.

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Hare Krishna $oliciting Banned at LAX

Mar 26, 4:56PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

(AP)

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) LAX has won its latest battle against a group well-known to travelers at the nation's third busiest airport - Hare Krishnas.

The religious organization, famously lampooned in the 1980 comedy "Airplane," sued the city of Los Angeles in federal court after the city council passed a law that prohibited the receiving of donations at the city-owned airport.

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Serial Killer Defiant as Death Sentence Looms

Mar 26, 3:24PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Rodney Alcala (AP Photo)

LOS ANGELES (CBS) Being sentenced to death for committing murder has become old hat for 66-year-old convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala. Earlier this month, and for the third time in three decades, an Orange County jury convicted and sentenced Alcala to die for the kidnapping and rape of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe in 1979.Continue »
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Tea Party Getting Violent?

Mar 26, 2:16PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

(CBS)

WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) Political pundits knew health care reform was going to upset critics and the "tea party" contingent, but they probably didn't expect things to get violent.

The Democratic leadership in Congress is decrying recent "acts of violence" against 10 House Democrats and one Republican, including one report of a cut gas line at the house of the brother of one member of Congress.

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Racist Wal-Mart Announcement Had Happened Before

Mar 26, 1:14PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

Wal-Mart (Walmart.com)

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS/AP) The teen who allegedly made the "Attention, Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now" announcement has been charged in a similar incident that occurred at the same store just after Christmas.

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Cal State Prof Accused of Sex with Infant

Mar 26, 12:56PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Kenneth Kyle (San Francisco District Attorney)

BALLWIN, Mo. (CBS/AP) Charges of rape, sodomy and promoting child pornography have been filed against California State University professor Kenneth Kyle and a suburban St. Louis woman.

Officials say the 13-month-old victim is the woman's daughter.Continue »
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Jesse James vs. Paparazzi

Mar 26, 12:41PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Jesse James (AP/CBS)

NEW YORK (CBS) Police made a quick visit to Jesse James' West Coast Choppers store in Long Beach, Calif. following a report that a paparazzi's car was vandalized by James, according to TMZ.

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When law enforcement arrived at the scene, both James and the paparazzi made citizen's arrests on each other, reports the celebrity gossip site.Continue »
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