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8-Year-Old Tricked into Posing Nude

Mar 26, 6:22AM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

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TUCSON, Ariz. (CBS/AP) A man guilty of producing child pornography faces 15 years in prison after manipulating a child into posing naked for him. Continue »
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Amanda Knox Prosecutor Also Guilty, But Free

Mar 26, 6:15AM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Amanda Knox, Sept. 26, 2008 (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

CHICAGO (CBS) In ancient Rome, Janus was the god of Gates and Doors -- endings and beginnings. Because the pagan deity was depicted with two faces, the Janus myth has given us the modern day diss, "two-faced." The old god hasn't been spotted in Italy lately. But there are times when Janus's double-dealing thumb seems firmly planted on the scales of Italian justice.Continue »

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Did Woman Toss Baby into Car to Thwart Repo Man?

Mar 26, 6:02AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

Crystal Gardner and her 1-year-old son. (KTVT/KTXA)

DALLAS (CBS/KTVT) Luke Ross, a Dallas-area repo man, has seen people go to extreme lengths to keep him from repossessing their vehicles, but few have gone as far as he says Krystal Gardner did.Continue »
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Fortuneteller Tricked Underage Girls into Having Sex, Say Prosecutors

Mar 25, 5:30PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

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TORRANCE, Calif. California jurors are deciding the fate of a fortuneteller who allegedly convinced two teenage girls that he could turn their bleak futures around if they had sex with him.

Cesar Duran is charged with nine counts, including forcible rape, lewd acts on a 14-year-old and unlawful intercourse with a minor.

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Natalee Holloway's Father Thinks Photo Isn't Her

Mar 25, 5:15PM by Barry Leibowitz Topics Daily Blotter

John Muldowney took this underwater photo in Aruba (AP Photo)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS/AP) The father of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teen who disappeared in Aruba in 2005, says he doesn't think an underwater photograph shows his daughter's remains. Dave Holloway says he's sure the picture, taken by a Pennsylvania couple on vacation last fall, is not Natalee, but rather, a natural formation.

Holloway told CBS affiliate WHTP,  "When I first looked at the picture, I too thought it was her. But the more I looked at it, I became convinced it was a rock formation."

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Pediatrician Pleads Not Guilty to 471 Counts of Abuse

Mar 25, 4:59PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

Earl Bradley (CBS)

GEORGETOWN, Del. (CBS/AP) Earl Bradley stood silently as his public defenders entered a plea of not guilty to 471 counts including charges of rape, sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful sexual contact, continuous sexual abuse of a child, assault, and reckless endangering.

The mothers of two of Bradley's 103 alleged victims sat sobbing in the court room, there among the more than 40 spectators that attended the hearing. Resident Judge T. Henley Graves increased Bradley's bail from $2.9 million cash to $4.71 million - $10,000 on each of the 471 counts detailed in February's grand jury indictment.

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Notorious Sweat Lodge Guru Still "Helping"

Mar 25, 4:25PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

James Arthur Ray - photo provided by James Ray International (JRI)

James Arthur Ray (James Ray International)

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (CBS/AP) Although the self-help guru James Arthur Ray is charged with manslaughter for the deaths of three people, he isn't ready to give up on helping people with his motivational messages.Continue »
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Louis Farrakhan Fears for Obama's Safety

Mar 25, 4:09PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
Barack Obama

President Barack Obama (AP, file)

CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM/AP) According to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, the "hateful climate" being created in the U.S. may encourage an attack on the country's first black president.Continue »
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No Natalee Holloway Remains Found in Ocean

Mar 25, 2:30PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

John Muldowney took this underwater photo in Aruba. (AP Photo)

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CBS/AP) Aruban police dove several times Sunday and Wednesday trying to locate the remains of missing teenager Natalee Holloway. The efforts were prompted by an underwater photograph taken by a couple on vacation in Aruba.

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Ex FBI Agent Examines Rodney Alcala Victim Search

Mar 25, 1:18PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Paul Lindsay, former FBI homicide investigator

RYE, N.H. (CBS) The recent release of 100 of serial killer Rodney Alcala's decades-old photos is raising hopes -- and fears -- for those thinking the pictures may hold the answer to a loved one's fate. The photo release by Huntington Beach, Calif. police has prompted at least hundreds of calls, and so far, nine women have been identified through the pictures - thankfully, all of them are alive.Continue »
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