Times Square Shooting: Police Kill Scam Artist Who Opened Fire
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) A scam artist opened fire on police in busy Times Square on Thursday afternoon and was shot and killed by an officer near the famed Marriott Marquis hotel, police said.
Photo: A bullet hole in a shattered souvenir shop window in the garage of the Marriot Marquis Hotel in Times Square.
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Michael Lane, British Motivational Speaker, Arrested in Las Vegas for Ginger Candela's Murder
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Photo: Michael Lane in a mug shot.
Las Vegas police said Tuesday that they tracked the British citizen, who also goes by the name "Chae Saville," to a motel in Ventura, Calif., and arrested him Thursday, December 3.
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What the Duck! Joshua Linhares Intentionally Runs Over Mother Duck, Jury Runs Over Linhares
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But Massachusetts resident Joshua Linhares probably doesn't watch much nature channel. Police say he deliberately drove at the animals, killing the mother duck and narrowly missing her 12 ducklings in a Dartmouth mall parking lot last June.
It took jurors in New Bedford District court all of 15 minutes to decide how they felt about it. They convicted Linhares of animal cruelty.
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Allison Musacchio, Cindy Mauro, and Alini Brito Caught Up in High School Teacher Sex Investigations
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Photo: Alini Brito, left, and Cindy Mauro in undated photos
On Thursday, Crimesider asked Marge Feinberg, a spokesperson for the New York City Department of Education, to confirm the investigations of all three teachers.
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Grave Offers No Protection for Wrong-Way Crash Mom Diane Schuler, Victims Sue Estate
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Photo: Diane Schuler, husband Daniel Schuler and children, Erin, 2, who was killed in the crash, and Brian, 5, who survived.
The lawsuit by the family of victims Michael and Guy Bastardi targets the estate of Diane Schuler, the 36-year-old Long Island mother who was blamed for the July 26 crash. It will be filed Thursday in White Plains, Michael Bastardi Jr., son and brother of the victims, said Wednesday night.
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Jason Michael Hamilton's Rifle Jammed After 2 Shots in Northern Virginia College Shooting, Say Cops
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Hamilton, 20, fired two shots at mathematics professor Tatyana Kravchuk, but was unable to continue after his gun jammed, Prince William County police Maj. Ray Colgan said. The professor was able to duck behind a desk and was not hit. No one was injured.
"Probably what prevented a further tragedy was that the gun jammed," Colgan said.
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Tahaya Buchanan, Wanted Fugitive, Worked for Homeland Security for 2 Years While on the Run
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Buchanan was sought on a 2007 indictment on charges of staging the theft of her Range Rover in order to collect the insurance. She pleaded guilty to one charge of insurance fraud on Monday and faces three months probation.
Paul Loriquet of the Essex County Prosecutor's Office told The Newark Star-Ledger that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Atlanta was unaware of the 39-year-old's status even after Buchanan was arrested in July during a traffic stop in which police noticed the warrant.
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Ashanti Stalker Sent Lewd Messages to Singer's Mom, Say Cops
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Photo: Singer Ashanti.
Devar Hurd could go to trial in Manhattan next week on stalking and aggravated harassment charges.
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Alyssa Bustamante Pleads Not Guilty to Killing 9-Year-Old Neighbor Elizabeth Olten
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Photo: Alyssa Bustamante.
PICTURES: Accused Teen Killer Alyssa Bustamante's Inner World
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John Allen Ditullio Murder Trial: State Must Pay to Hide Neo-Nazi's Swastika Tattoos
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John Allen Ditullio Jr. sits in court in New Port Richey, Fla. Dec. 4, 2009
Ditullio is apparently a walking billboard for the neo-Nazi movement: a large 6-inch swastika tattooed under his right ear, barbed wire inked down the right side of his face, and an extreme and very personal vulgarity scrawled on one side of his neck.
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