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Alleged Facebook Feud Attacker Charged as Adult

Mar 30, 5:59PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Michael Jason Wilson (Mugshot)

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) An Orange County high school student has been charged as an adult after he allegedly stabbed a former classmate and injured two other teens. Authorities say the confrontation stemmed from a feud on Facebook.

Michael Jason Wilson is charged with three felony counts of aggravated assault.

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Expert: School Didn't Use Advice To Stop Bullies

Mar 30, 3:54PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Phoebe Prince (Personal Photo)

BOSTON (CBS/AP) School officials at South Hadley High School didn't follow all the anti-bullying advice they were given months before 15-year-old Phoebe Prince committed suicide, according to a consultant who offered the tips.

Barbara Coloroso said she consulted with parents and administrators months before the harassed freshman hanged herself in January.Continue »

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Serial Killer Alcala Sentenced to Death

Mar 30, 2:53PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Rodney Alcala (AP Photo, file)

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CBS/AP) Serial killer Rodney Alcala has been sentenced to death for killing four women and a girl in the 1970s.

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The sentence on Tuesday comes three weeks after a jury recommended death for the 66-year-old amateur photographer.Continue »

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Insider: Hutaree Not a Christian Militia

Mar 30, 1:32PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

Screen grab of Hutaree training exercise. (Hutaree.com)

DETROIT, Mich. (CBS/AP) The leader of the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia, Michael Lackomar, is distancing his organization from Hutaree, the Christian militia group that was the focus of multiple raids by the FBI Saturday, saying they are neither Christian nor a militia.

PICTURES: Hutaree Militia Raided by FBI

Despite multiple quotes from the bible on a website reportedly run by Hutaree, which the site says means "Christian warrior," Lackomar says he would not classify the group as Christian.

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Rove Gets Branded "War Criminal" At Book Signing

Mar 30, 1:12PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Caught on Tape
Karl Rove

Karl Rove (AP/Ron Edmonds)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CBS/KCAL) About 100 fans came out to hear Karl Rove at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills Monday night to discuss his book "Courage and Consequences: My Life As a Conservative In The Fight" - but the fight wasn't contained to the title of his book.

Anti-war protesters came out, too - some rushing the stage - to call Rove a "war criminal" and worse.Continue »
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Bullock & James Divorce Official, Says Radar

Mar 30, 1:02PM by Edecio Martinez, Kevin Hayes Topics Daily Blotter

Jesse James and Sandra Bullock (AP)

NEW YORK (CBS) Has Sandra Bullock finally had enough? Sources close to Jesse James and Sandra Bullock are reportedly saying that the Oscar winning actress "has made up her mind" and has decided to file for divorce.

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"She's had enough," one source told RadarOnline. "She's ending the marriage.Continue »
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Rip Torn Pleads "Not Guilty" in Bank Break-in

Mar 30, 12:47PM by Kevin Hayes Topics Daily Blotter

Rip Torn Leaving Earlier Court Appearance (AP Photo/Rep. American, Jim Shannon)

LITCHFIELD, Conn (CBS/AP) Rip Torn pleaded not guilty Tuesday to burglary and firearms charges related to his January arrest inside a Connecticut bank.

Connecticut state police say that the 79-year-old actor was so drunk on the night of Jan. 29, that he broke into the Litchfield Bancorp branch with a loaded gun, thinking it was his home in Salisbury, Conn. Salisbury is located about 25 miles away from Litchfield in the northwest corner of the state.

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Miami Heat Player Apologizes for Explicit Photo

Mar 30, 11:36AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Dorell Wright (AP)

MIAMI (CBS/AP/WFOR-TV) Dorell Wright, a forward for the Miami Heat, says he is "embarrassed" that explicit photos of himself have been posted on the Internet.

The photos were taken in a private video chat about a year ago, and appeared on websites and several Twitter posts.

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Grim Discovery of Two Bodies in Aja Johnson Case

Mar 30, 11:16AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

Aja Daniell Johnson (KOTV)

NORMAN, Okla. (CBS) Aja Johnson's family received the news they have been fearing since the 7-year-old disappeared with her stepfather Lester Hobbs - Oklahoma police say they have found two badly decomposed bodies they believe to be Aja and Hobbs.

The bodies were found Monday after police in Norman, Okla., about 20 miles south of Oklahoma City, received a 911 call from an anonymous source reporting an abandoned vehicle in some woods about 15 miles outside of Norman.

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Serial Killer To Be Sentenced for 5 Deaths

Mar 30, 9:36AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Rodney Alcala (AP Photo)

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CBS/AP) Serial killer Rodney Alcala will be formally sentenced Tuesday, three weeks after a jury recommended the death penalty for the 1970s strangling and beating deaths of four women and a 12-year-old girl.Continue »
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