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Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad Drives Some Women Crazy

Jan 26, 1:00PM by Ryan Smith Topics Daily Blotter
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) With one move, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow has stepped into America's most contentious legal debate.

Photo: Florida Gator's Tim Tebow in 2009.

The Florida Gators football star plans to appear in a Super Bowl commercial funded by a Christian values group that critics say will send an anti-abortion message.

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Man Robs Sandwich Shop With Threat of HIV

Jan 26, 12:30PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter
(AP)
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (CBS) He claimed to be a walking deadly weapon and walked away with cash, but was it a hoax?

Delaware State police say that an unidentified man entered a Rehoboth Beach area sandwich shop claiming to have "AIDS" and brandishing a hypodermic needle he said was filled with the HIV virus.

The employee said that the man threatened to stick him with the needle unless he handed over the cash from the register.

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Tonya Harding to Nancy Kerrigan: You Have My "Deepest Sympathy"

Jan 26, 11:10AM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter
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NEW YORK (CBS) As Nancy Kerrigan mourns her father's death and faces her brother's arrest, her former rival, Tonya Harding, offered her condolences to the Kerrigan family.

Photo: Tonya Harding, former American figure skating champion.

PICTURES: Nancy Kerrigan Family Tragedy

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Casey Anthony Pleads Guilty ...To Check Fraud

Jan 26, 11:10AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter
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ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS/AP) Well, it's one trial down, one to go for Casey Anthony, the mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, after she plead guilty to check fraud Monday.

Photo: Casey Anthony and her daughter Caylee.

PICTURES: Missing Caylee

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Lloyd R. Woodson Busted with Weapons Cache, Map of Military Base, Headdress, Say NJ Cops

Jan 26, 10:35AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
(Somerset County Prosecutor's Office)
BRANCHBURG, N.J. (CBS/AP) What exactly Lloyd R. Woodson intended to do with a cache of semi automatic rifles, a grenade launcher, night vision goggles and a map of a U.S. military base is not yet clear, say New Jersey police, but they arrested the 43-year-old on multiple weapons charges after he led them on a chase through the woods.

Photo: Lloyd R. Woodson.

Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest said Woodson was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a semiautomatic Bushmaster rifle concealed under his green, military-style jacket when, shortly before 4 a.m. Monday, officers encountered him at a Quick Chek store in Branchburg, N.J., about an hour west of New York City.

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Gary Coleman Released from Utah Jail; Domestic Violence Charge at Center of Arrest (Photos)

Jan 26, 8:21AM by Neil Katz Topics Daily Blotter
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SALT LAKE CITY (CBS/AP) Gary Coleman is out. The former child actor was released from a Utah jail Monday after being arrested over the weekend on a warrant relating to a domestic violence charge, police said.

Photo: Gary Coleman's mug shot from Utah County.

Santaquin Police Chief Dennis Howard said officers went to the "Diff'rent Strokes" star's home after a domestic disturbance call Sunday afternoon. Howard said they arrested Coleman, 41, on the warrant and booked him into the Utah County Jail.

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Mortgage Broker Neal Jacobson Kills Wife and Twins on Sons' Birthday, Say Florida Cops

Jan 26, 6:15AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter
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WELLINGTON, Fla. (CBS/AP) Neal Jacobson's friends and neighbors are struggling to understand what apparently drove the 49-year-old to murder his wife and 7-year-old twins during the early hours of Jan. 23, the same day the two boys were to celebrate their seventh birthday.

Photo: Eric and Joshua Jacobson.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies say that Jacobson crashed his SUV near his home in the gated community of Isles in Southern Florida, and when paramedics responded they found him covered with blood, and ammunition in the car, according to CBS affiliate WPEC.

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Lynn Geter Forced Son to Kill Hamster with Hammer Over Bad Grade, Say Georgia Cops

Jan 26, 6:00AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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WARM SPRINGS, Ga. (CBS/WGCL/AP) Georgia mom Lynn Geter forced her son to smash his pet hamster to death with a hammer when the boy presented her with a bad grade, according to police.

Photo: Lynn Geter's mug shot provided by the Meriwether County, Ga., Sheriff's Department.

The 38-year-old faces one charge each of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery.

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Nancy Kerrigan's Family Defends Mark Kerrigan in Father's Death

Jan 25, 6:10PM by Neil Katz Topics Daily Blotter
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Police may believe Nancy Kerrigan's brother, Mark Kerrigan, had something to do with his father, Daniel Kerrigan's death, but family members are rallying around the 45-year-old unemployed plumber.

Photo: Mark Kerrigan's mother, Brenda, left, sister Nancy, center, and father Daniel Kerrigan in 1994.

PICTURES: Nancy Kerrigan Family Tragedy

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Mark Kerrigan: I Didn't Attack My Dad Daniel Kerrigan

Jan 25, 5:30PM by Ryan Smith Topics Daily Blotter
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(AP)
WOBURN, Mass. (CBS/AP) Mark Kerrigan, Nancy Kerrigan's brother, pleaded not guilty Monday to assaulting their 70-year-old father, Daniel Kerrigan, who died over the weekend after a disturbance at the family's Massachusetts home.

Photo: Mark Kerrigan, 45, the brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, is led in handcuffs.

PICTURES: Nancy Kerrigan Family Tragedy

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