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Aspiring Dancer Confirmed Dead After 16 Months

Apr 27, 6:15AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Laura Garza (Personal Photo)

NEW YORK (CBS) Laura Garza walked out of a Manhattan nightclub sixteen months ago with a registered sex offender, and hadn't been seen since.

PICTURES: Laura Garza Found Dead

On Monday, authorities confirmed that remains found last week in a Pennsylvania field are those of the missing 25-year-old aspiring dancer from McAllen, Texas.Continue »
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Former Colleague Kills Yale Doctor at Home

Apr 26, 5:41PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Police move the body of Dr. Vajinder Toor at the crime scene in Branford, Conn. (AP/Jessica Hill)

BRANFORD, Conn. (CBS/AP) The man charged with killing Yale University doctor Vajinder Toor outside his Connecticut home Monday had a workplace confrontation with the victim several years ago, a hospital employee told the Associated Press.

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Snooki Polizzi Bar Fight? Can You Believe It?

Apr 26, 5:07PM by Caroline Black Topics Daily Blotter

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MIAMI (CBS) "Snooki" strikes again...so to speak.

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of MTV "Jersey Shore" fame was involved in a bar fight over the weekend, and this time she was the one who threw the first punch -- actually, first slap, as well as some food and alcohol, reports RadarOnline.com.Continue »

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Man Dies on NYC Street, Pedestrians Keep Moving

Apr 26, 4:20PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Caught on Tape

Homeless man is seen on the bottom right of this grab taken from surveillance video. (New York Post/WCBS)

NEW YORK (CBS/WCBS) A homeless man who was stabbed when he rushed to help a woman being attacked on a New York City street died on the sidewalk, as pedestrians strolled by, apparently unaware or unconcerned that he needed help.

A surveillance video obtained by The New York Post shows Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax lying face down for more than an hour on a Jamaica, Queens sidewalk.

Several people turned their heads, and a few gawked before moving on.Continue »
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White Supremacist Lawyer Found Dead in Home

Apr 26, 1:25PM by Caroline Black Topics Daily Blotter

Richard Barrett and Vincent McGee (AP Photos)

PEARL, Miss. (CBS/AP) White supremacist lawyer and leader of the Nationalist Movement, Richard Barrett, was allegedly stabbed and beaten to death by a black neighbor who did yard work for him. Continue »
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Melody Ross Murder: Two Teens Arrested for Witness Intimidation

Apr 26, 1:22PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

Melody Ross (Personal Photo)

LONG BEACH, Calif. (CBS/AP) The shooting death of 16-year-old high school honor student Melody Ross after a homecoming football game last October was tragedy enough. Now two teenage girls have been arrested on suspicion of intimidating witnesses in the case.

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Boy Scouts Must Pay $18.5M in Sex Abuse Case

Apr 26, 1:04PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

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PORTLAND, Ore. (CBS/AP) An Oregon jury has awarded a man $18.5 million in punitive damages in his sex abuse against the Boy Scouts of America -- and it may be just the first of many financial hits the Scouts will take in a series of upcoming sex abuse lawsuits.

A jury on Friday ordered the Scouts to make the payment to Kerry Lewis, the victim of sex abuse by a former assistant Scoutmaster in Portland in the early 1980s.Continue »
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Jesse James' Mistress Apologizes to Sandra Bullock

Apr 26, 12:53PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

Melissa Smith (Star)

NEW YORK (CBS) Sandra Bullock reportedly received an apology from one of Jesse James' alleged mistresses, Melissa Smith, which reads in part, "I never meant you any harm."

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Father Allegedly Kills Daughter's Lesbian Lover

Apr 26, 12:08PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

Jerry Lee Seger (Polk County Sheriffs Office)

LAKELAND, Fla. (CBS/AP) Jerry Lee Seger, an enraged father who allegedly blamed 24-year-old Courtney Bright for leading his daughter down what he felt was the wrong path - including a three-year lesbian affair - strangled Bright to death and left her body in an abandoned house, say police.

Authorities say that Seger admitted to a friend that he hated Bright and blamed her for his daughter's arrest. In the days before the murder, Seger's daughter Ashley Dunn had been arrested for dealing in stolen property.

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No Thongs for Swimmers at N.C. Beach

Apr 26, 11:31AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

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KURE BEACH, N.C. (CBS/AP) Swimmers at Kure Beach won't be singing Sisqo's "The Thong Song" any time soon.

The North Carolina town called "Mayberry with a beach" by its mayor has banned swimmers from wearing revealing swimwear, thus making the donning of thongs illegal.Continue »
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