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Mom of Pregnant Woman Who Died While EMT Workers Allegedly Took Coffee Break: They're "Inhuman"

Dec 23, 10:50AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) - Cynthia Rennix, the mother of Eutisha Revee Rennix, a pregnant New York restaurant worker who collapsed while EMT workers allegedly did nothing, called the EMT worker's actions "inhuman."

Eutisha Revee Rennix and her unborn child later died.

Cynthia Rennix told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she could never have imagined an EMT refusing to aid someone. She says they shouldn't have those jobs if they aren't willing to get involved.

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Rudy Hermann Guede Will Get Out of Jail Before Amanda Knox for Meredith Kercher's Murder

Dec 23, 9:45AM by Ryan Smith Topics Daily Blotter
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PERUGIA, Italy (CBS/AP) Rudy Hermann Guede, one of three people - including Amanda Knox - convicted of killing British student Meredith Kercher, had his sentence cut in half Tuesday by an Italian appeals court.

Photo: Meredith Kercher.

Guede will now only have to serve 16 years. That's far less time than American student Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, who were also convicted of the murder. They were given 26 and 25 years respectively, although their appeals have not yet been heard.

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Chris Henry Funeral (Pictures): Fiancee Loleini Tonga Says NFL Star Changed Her Life

Dec 23, 9:27AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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WESTWEGO, La. (CBS/AP) Chris Henry's fiancee Loleini Tonga wept as she spoke about the late Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tuesday, saying that while she often got credit for helping him stay clear of trouble, he changed her life as well.

Photo: Chris Henry's funeral Dec. 22, 2009.

PICTURES: Chris Henry Funeral

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Brazil Custody Case: Boy Ordered Returned to American Father David Goldman

Dec 23, 6:00AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) David Goldman, the U.S. man involved in a five-year battle for his son, Sean, is closer than ever to being reunited with the boy, and now waits to see if Brazilian relatives will comply with an order from Brazil's chief justice to give up custody.

Photo: David Goldman.

PICTURES: David Goldman Fights for Son

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Brittany Murphy Autopsy Report Details Leaked: Powerful Drugs Found, Coroner's Office Investigating

Dec 22, 2:23PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) Los Angeles coroner's officials are looking into how details of an investigator's report on Brittany Murphy's death were allegedly leaked to celebrity Web site TMZ.

Photo: Brittany Murphy Nov. 26, 2006 in London.

PICTURES: Brittany Murphy Dead at 32

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Police Find 1,000 Marijuana Plants at Fortune Cookie Factory

Dec 22, 2:00PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Oakland police are looking for the growers of at least 1,000 marijuana plants found after a small fire at a one-time Oakland fortune cookie factory.

Sgt. Rich Vierra says the pot plants, valued at about $500,000, were not burned during Monday's fire in the former Kar Mee Fortune Cookie Factory in Oakland's Chinatown district.

Police say the plants ranged in size from seedlings to 4 feet tall and were being grown in about 1,750 square feet of space.

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Brittany Murphy Death (Photos): Toxic Drug Combination Likely Killed Her, Expert Tells CBS

Dec 22, 1:46PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) - Actress Brittany Murphy may have died the same way that Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith, and Heath Ledger died - from a toxic combination of prescription drugs, which may or may not have been obtained legally, an expert pathologist told CBS News.

Photo: Brittany Murphy at Fashion Week, Feb. 5, 2008, in New York.

PICTURES: Brittany Murphy Dead at 32

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Pregnant Soldiers Could Face Court-Martial; Is it Unfair to Women?

Dec 22, 1:13PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) Having a baby while serving for the U.S. Army in northern Iraq is a military crime, according to a general's new policy.

Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo has added pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier under his command could be court-martialed.

The new policy, outlined last month by Cucolo and released Friday by the Army, would apply to both female soldiers who become pregnant on the battlefield and the male soldiers who impregnate them.

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Scott Roeder's Defense: I Killed Abortion Doctor George Tiller to Protect "Preborn Children"

Dec 22, 12:41PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter
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WICHITA, Kan. (CBS/AP) He had to kill so others could live. That's the argument defense attorneys are set to make Dec. 22 for Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion activist accused of shooting abortion doctor George Tiller.

Photo: Scott Roeder attends a preliminary hearing in Wichita, Kan. July 28, 2009.

This is an about face in strategy from their previous statement back in November when Roeder seemingly confessed to the Associated Press that he murdered the prominent and controversial abortion doctor "because of the necessity defense," saying that he was defending "preborn children."

At the time, public defender Steve Osburn said there was no such thing as the necessity defense and that it "does not seem to be the approach that is viable, nor is it the approach we intend to use."

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Brazil Custody Case: Ruling Expected Today for N.J. Dad David Goldman and Son Sean Goldman

Dec 22, 11:46AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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RIO DE JANEIRO (CBS/AP) An official at Brazil's Supreme Court says a ruling which could reunite New Jersey dad David Goldman with his young son, Sean, after a five-year custody battle could come Tuesday.
Photo: David Goldman talks to press in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009.

PICTURES: David Goldman Fights for Son

The official, who agreed to speak only if her name wasn't used, said Monday that the ruling by Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes was being delayed for a day past the original target date.

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