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Paula Sladewski Update: Boyfriend of Murdered Playboy Model Seeks Her Killer

Feb 9, 9:00AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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MIAMI (WFOR/CBS) Kevin Klym waited in line to get into Club Space in downtown Miami early Sunday morning, but unlike the partiers around him, he and the private investigator he hired had a very different goal.

Photo: Paula Sladewski and Kevin Klym.

PICTURES: Playboy Model Paula Sladewski
PICTURES: Paula Sladewski & Lover

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Facebook Fugitive Chris Crego Gives Police Plenty of Help, Current Status: "Arrested"

Feb 9, 6:30AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter
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LOCKPORT, N.Y. (CBS) It seems pretty basic: if you're running from the law, don't keep updating your Facebook status. Apparently Chris Crego didn't get the message.

Photo: Chris Crego.

Crego was arrested for assault in the fall of 2009 stemming from a bar fight in Lockport, NY, a little north of Buffalo. Crego pled guilty, but didn't show for sentencing. Police issued a warrant for his arrest but he'd already left the state.

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James Arthur Ray Employees Rat Out Self-Help Guru, Get Immunity from Sweat Lodge Deaths

Feb 9, 6:00AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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PRESCOTT, Ariz. (CBS/AP) Megan and Josh Fredrickson, who worked for self-help guru James Arthur Ray, told police they had no reason to be alarmed when participants in a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony began vomiting and passing out, because Ray told them such responses were to be expected, according to documents released Friday.

Photo: James Arthur Ray.

PICTURES: Sweat Lodge Deaths

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Abscam Scandal Lingers as Jack Murtha, Dead Congressman, is Remembered

Feb 8, 6:04PM by Neil Katz Topics Daily Blotter
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS/AP) As family and friends mourn the death of Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill, some political watchdogs are recalling a darker episode in the Congressman's storied past – the Abscam scandal, in which the Pennsylvania lawmaker was caught in an awkward videotaped exchange that suggested he might eventually offer political concessions for cash.

In the 1970s and 80s, the FBI ran a wide sting operation to catch federal lawmakers who the government believed could be bought. The scheme, called Abscam, tried to catch government officials accepting bribes in return for political favors to a non-existent sheik.

Murtha was videotaped turning down a $50,000 bribe while holding out the possibility that he might take money in the future, according to the Associated Press.

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Charlie Sheen Charged With Assault On Wife Brooke Mueller; But Couple Hugs, Leaves Court Together

Feb 8, 5:47PM by Ryan Smith Topics Daily Blotter
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ASPEN, Colo. (CBS/AP) Actor Charlie Sheen was formally charged with assault today stemming from his arrest Christmas Day after a heated argument with his wife Brooke Mueller. The 44-year-old actor was also charged in an Aspen, Colo. court with felony menacing and misdemeanor criminal mischief.

Photo: Actor Charlie Sheen.

Still, the couple hugged after the proceeding and left the court together, after the judge modified a protective order in the case.

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Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller Enter Aspen Court, Will Judge Let Them Leave Together?

Feb 8, 4:35PM by Neil Katz Topics Daily Blotter
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ASPEN, Colo. (CBS/AP) Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife arrived separately Monday at a courthouse in Aspen, where a judge will decide if the two can leave together.

Sheen, who is facing domestic violence allegations, entered the back of the course house wearing sunglasses and a dark coat. His wife, Brooke Mueller, entered from a side door. Each was accompanied by four people.

Sheen, the star of TV's "Two and a Half Men" was arrested Christmas Day at his Aspen home. His wife had called 911 and later told police that Sheen held her down on the bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.

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John Edwards Sex Tape: Judge Orders Security to Take Video from Former Aide Andrew Young

Feb 8, 3:20PM by Ryan Smith Topics Daily Blotter
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RALEIGH, N.C. (CBS/AP) John Edwards' sex tape — you know, the one that the two-time presidential candidate purportedly made with mistress Rielle Hunter — will now be retrieved with the help of a security officer, a judge's order declared Monday, increasing the court's control of the disputed sordid video.

Photo: John Edwards and Rielle Hunter in a Dec. 27, 2006 photo from the National Enquirer.

Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones said that the Orange County, N.C. sheriff has appointed a security firm to help recover the alleged x-rated video and other items.

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Gigi Jordan, Socialite Who Allegedly Killed Son, Thought Devil Cult Was Abusing Him, Say Cops

Feb 8, 3:15PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Gigi Jordan, a 49-year-old socialite, who police say murdered her 8-year-old son and attempted to take her own life in a posh New York hotel, wrote a series of disturbing letters claiming her son was sexually abused by a devil worshipping cult, according to a Wyoming detective who investigated the case.

Photo: Members of the Medical Examiner's Office remove a body from the Peninsula Hotel Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 in New York.

On Friday, Jordan's young boy, Jude Michael Mirra, was found dead from a drug overdose at the Peninsula Hotel in New York. Jordan was slumped on the floor nearby. She has since been charged with his death.

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Pregnant Mom Dorothy Dixon Beaten, Boiled, Used as Target Practice While Captors Collected Her Money

Feb 8, 2:10PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (CBS/AP)
Illinois police say Michelle Riley and her cohorts subjected Dorothy Dixon, a mentally disabled woman who was five months pregnant, to unspeakable horrors including beatings, burnings and using her for target practice, while keeping her as a human slave and pocketing her disability checks until she died.

Photo: Murder victim Dorothy Dixon.

Riley was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison, which was the maximum allowed in a deal reached between defense and prosecutors. Riley's attorney argued for a 30-year sentence, saying she did not act alone.

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Saints Parade: Three Shot in French Quarter Hours Before Saints Go Marching

Feb 8, 12:45PM by Neil Katz Topics Daily Blotter
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NEW ORLEANS (CBS/AP) Less than 48 hours before the Saints go marching from the city's convention center to the Superdome, three people were shot in the historic French Quarter during the post Super Bowl celebration.

Police say the victims, a man and two women, are all local residents. Their names were not released.

The shooting occurred at approximately 12 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Iberville and Bourbon Streets.

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