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Missing Baby Gabriel Johnson: Do Disturbing New Photos Show Baby's Last Day Alive?

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TEMPE, Ariz. (CBS/AP) Arizona police have released new photos showing missing 8-month old Gabriel Johnson seemingly lethargic and holding what appears to be a medicine bottle.

Photo: Gabriel Johnson seems to appear sluggish and holding a prescription medicine dispenser in a new photo released by police.

PICTURES: Baby Gabriel Johnson Missing

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Kmart Worker Greg Wainio Run Over for $400 in Compact Discs, Say Police

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WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS/AP) Greg Wainio, a Michigan father of two who was killed in a Kmart parking lot, died for nothing more than $400 worth of compact discs, according to county prosecutors.

Wainio, a 36-year-old Kmart "loss prevention specialist," died last Thursday in Waterford, Mich. after grabbing onto the vehicle of two alleged shoplifters after a parking lot confrontation, according to Michigan police.

Photo: Greg Wainio

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Kristen Parker, Surgery Tech Who Infected 36 Patients with Hepatitis C, Doesn't Expect Forgiveness

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DENVER (CBS/KCNC/AP) Kristen Parker, a Denver based surgery technician who infected three dozen people with hepatitis C and may have exposed thousands more while hiding her drug addiction from hospital officials, says she doesn't expect to be forgiven.

Photo: Kristen Parker.

"I can't ask for forgiveness," a tearful Parker, 27, told Assistant U.S. Attorney Jaime Pena in a Jan. 11 videotaped interview. "I don't expect anybody to forgive me for what I've done. You know, I'm human. I was a drug addict."

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Nicolas Cage Says He'll Pay $14 Million Debt to IRS; Finances in Ruin

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LOS ANGELES (CBS) Nicolas Cage says he plans to pay back all of the $14 million that he owes to the Internal Revenue Service.

The Oscar-winning actor said bad business management was to blame for defaulting on his income taxes and he filed a $20 million lawsuit in October 2009 against his former business manager, Samuel Levin, according to Reuters.

Cage alleged in court filings that he was led down a path of financial ruin. He claimed that Levin was negligent in not paying the taxes he owed and that Levin placed his money in speculative and risky real estate investments, according to the same report by Reuters.

The government recently placed a number of liens on Cage's finances including a nearly $6.3 million tax lien on his real-estate holdings for taxes owed from 2002-2004. An additional lien was filed for $6.7 million for a 2008 tax bill, according to People Magazine.

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Jeff Conaway, "Grease" Star with Drug Struggles, Rushed to Hospital With Brain Hemorrhage, Says Site

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NEW YORK (CBS) Jeff Conaway, an American actor best known for his role in the 1978 hit movie "Grease" and his recent struggles with substance abuse, was rushed to a California hospital today after falling down a staircase, suffering a fractured neck and a brain hemorrhage, reports Internet celebrity site TMZ.

Jeff Conaway and Vikki Lizzi at the TV Land Awards June 8, 2008 in Santa Monica, Calif.

Vikki Lizzi, Conaway's girlfriend, spoke to the blog, and confirmed that the actor, who was also known for his roles in "Taxi" and "Babylon 5," is currently in a Los Angeles emergency room and will undergo surgery.

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Book 'Em: Murder Behind the Badge

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NEW YORK (CBS) Most men and women who aspire to be police officers begin their careers with a noble dream of community service, upholding the law, and helping those in need.

Yet over time the rigors and emotional strain of dealing with society's worst element can wear on even the most idealistic officers like a sheet of sandpaper, until what used to be a compassionate human being is slowly rubbed away.

A few become corrupted and slip into criminal behavior, directly contradicting their oath to safeguard the public. Even worse, there are some who hide behind their badges to commit the most heinous crimes imaginable.

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Jackie Braxton, Porn Actress, Says Online Video Claiming to Have Infected 500 with HIV was Hoax

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DETROIT (CBS/AP) Jackie Braxton, a 23-year-old adult performer from Detroit who posted an online video claiming she infected more than 500 people with HIV, now says she made the whole thing up to raise AIDS awareness.

"I made the tape because I wanted to raise awareness about AIDS," she told the Detroit News.

On the video, Braxton, whose stage name is "Fame," said she contracted HIV in 1998 and has been "pretty upset" about having to "suffer." She also said she has set out to "destroy the world" because a cure for the virus that causes AIDS has not been found.

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Police: E. Pa. Burglar Cut Hair, Cooked Chicken

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EASTON, Pa. (AP) An eastern Pennsylvania man is charged with breaking into a house where he cut his hair and fried chicken before being discovered.

Jose N. DeGracia is charged with breaking into the home in Easton, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia. According to court documents, the homeowner returned home Sunday to discover him watching TV and cooking chicken.

Authorities say DeGracia threw a rock through a front door window to get inside and appeared to have cut his hair and taken a shower and rummaged through the house before being he was discovered.

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TCU Student Found Dead

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FORT WORTH, Texas (CBS/AP) UPDATE 3:17 PM: Police say the body of a female 20-year-old TCU student was discovered Monday night by her roommate at their off-campus residence.

Originally, the Associated Press reported that the Texas Christian University student's body was found partially bound with duct tape. Police are now refuting that report.

Sgt. Chad Mahaffey says the case does not appear to be a criminal assault, nor is it a homicide, but the investigation continues.

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Erin Moriarty: Matt Baker Lied to Me, But Did the Texas Preacher Kill His Wife?

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WACO, Texas (CBS) The fourth day of trial could turn out to be devastating for Matt Baker, the 38 year-old Texas preacher accused of killing his wife back in April, 2006.

Photo: Matt and Kari Baker.

Since I first began reporting on this case more than two years ago, Baker has insisted his wife committed suicide and denied the existence of a girlfriend.

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