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NYPD Releases Over 200 New Rodney Alcala Photos

Unidentified woman allegedly photographed by Rodney Alcala (NYPD)

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) In a sudden about face from their stance Tuesday, the New York Police Department has decided to release over 200 photographs believed to have been shot by convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala.

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5-year-Old Dead Allegedly at the Hand of Ex-Beauty Queen

Christopher Rosillo and Guadalupe Quintero (Multnomah County Sheriffs Department)

GRESHAM, Ore. (CBS/AP) Oregon police are calling it the worst case of child abuse they've seen in 20 years.

They say 5-year-old Oleander Labier suffered for years before finally dying in an Oregon emergency room, allegedly at the hands of her father, Christopher Rosillo, and his live-in girlfriend, former pageant queen Guadalupe Quintero.

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Cameron Douglas' Pre-Sentencing Statement

Cameron Douglas (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello File)

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) - In the days leading up to a federal judge sentencing Cameron Douglas for dealing methamphetamine, a cavalcade of celebrities including his father, Michael Douglas, and granddad, Kirk Douglas, wrote letters pleading for leniency.

However, at his Tuesday sentencing, the spotlight was on Cameron, who finally spoke out and gave one last heart-felt plea to the judge in hopes of reducing his sentence.

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Ohio Mom Tiffany Tehan Vanishes After Shopping

Tiffany Tehan (Personal Photo)

XENIA, Ohio (CBS/AP) Police searching for missing mother Tiffany Tehan, who vanished Saturday, are also on the lookout for a man spotted escorting her into a convenience store.Continue »

Missing Toddler Mysteriously Appears in NY Church

Nathaniel Fons (WCBS)

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Three-year-old Nathaniel Fons, who was missing in Florida, was mysteriously dropped off at a landmark New York City church Tuesday night with a bizarre note in his pocket.

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420 Day: Is America Ready to Legalize Weed?

Americans are spacing out on 420 Day.

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) 420, 4:20 or 4/20, is a number used by many to denote smoking marijuana and pot smokers from Denver to Durango are gathering today, April 20, to say "Happy 420" and call for the drug's legalization.Continue »

Video Shows iPad Thieves Who Ripped Off Finger

A surveillance image of the suspect (Denver Police Dept.)

DENVER (CBS/KCNC) Denver police have released surveillance video of a brazen thief that ripped off the victim's finger while ripping off his brand new iPad.

"I saw just a bone, all the skin and tendons and everything were off," Bill Jordan told CBS affiliate KCNC.

On Monday, Jordan picked up Apple's latest gadgetContinue »

Prosecutor-Judge Affair Won't Reverse Conviction

Charles Dean Hood (KTVT)

HOUSTON (CBS/AP) An admitted extramarital affair between the prosecutor and presiding judge in the 1990 capital murder trial of Charles Dean Hood does not merit overturning his conviction, the United States Supreme Court ruled Monday.Continue »

Family of Vanderbilt Grad Mourns Shooting Death

Kyser Miree (Personal Photo)

NEW YORK (CBS) Kyser Miree, a recent graduate of Vanderbilt University, had moved to Mobile, Ala. for a job with Chevron Corp., on the cusp of a promising future.

No one could imagine the life he worked so hard to build was about to be cut short by what police believe was a homicide.Continue »

Transgendered Killer Gets Mammogram on Tax Money

Robert Kosilek, left, Michelle Kosilek, right (CBS/AP)

BOSTON (CBS/AP) - The transgender inmate formerly known as Robert Kosilek has made yet another unconventional request from behind bars...for a mammogram. Continue »

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