DNA Links "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez to 1984 Killing of 9-Year-Old Mei Leung
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) Police say a DNA test has now made infamous serial killer Richard "Night Stalker" Ramirez a suspect in the 1984 killing of a nine-year old girl in San Francisco.
For 25 years, the unsolved murder of 9-year-old Mei Leung haunted San Francisco police homicide inspector Holly Pera, a novice patrol officer at the time who now helps solve the department's cold cases.
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Stabbed UConn Player Jasper Howard Named Unborn Child the Night Before He Was Killed
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Murdered UConn football star Jasper Howard will never get to meet his baby girl, but the 20-year-old got to name her the night before he was stabbed to death outside a campus dance party.
PICTURES: Slain UConn Player Jasper Howard
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Sweat Lodge Hero? Victim May Have Saved Woman Before Dying, Says Participant Beverley Bunn
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) He may have been a hero, but he didn't live to know it.
PICTURES: Sweat Lodge Deaths
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Brewed Awakening: Man Busted for Drinking Coffee Naked in His Own House
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SPRINGFIELD, Va. (CBS/AP) - All Eric Williamson wanted was a cup of coffee to start his day.
With his roommates already out of the house, the twenty-nine-year-old Virgina man decided to help himself to some joe while in the buff.
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Lil' Wayne Going to Jail? Rapper Dwayne Carter Pleads Guilty to Weapons Possession
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Dwayne "Lil' Wayne" Carter is one of rap's most popular artists and one of pop's biggest acts.
But the law trembles before no man, not even the four-time Grammy winner who created last year's best-selling album and is currently No. 1 on the pop charts.
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Alex von Furstenberg, Reggie Miller Trade Restraining Orders over Ali Kay Sexting
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NEW YORK (CBS) Reggie Miller is six-foot-seven, but that has not stopped the NBA legend from "fearing for his safety" in the presence of wealthy New York business scion Alex von Furstenberg.
The ex-Indiana Pacer has taken out a restraining order against the millionaire.
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Wesson Family Massacre: Children Tell Story of Murder and Sexual Abuse
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LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) It is the worst mass murder case ever seen in Fresno, an agricultural town in the heart of California's Central Valley.
On March 12, 2004, officers were summoned to Marcus Wesson's rundown home after his two nieces, who had escaped from the home, went back to try to get their children.
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Elizabeth Olten Missing; 9-Year-Old Disappears in Cole County, Missouri
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Cole County Sheriff's deputies are still searching for Elizabeth Olten, a 9-year-old girl who was reported missing late Wednesday night after she didn't return home from a friend's house.
PICTURES: Accused Teen Killer Alyssa Bustamante's Inner World
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Megan Williams Says Tale of Racially Motivated Gang Rape Was All Made Up Or Was It?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBS/AP) Megan Williams told West Virginia authorities in 2007 that seven white people had raped and tortured her over several days in a racially motivated attack, and minority rights groups rallied to her support.
Now more than two years later, Williams says it was all a lie designed to exact revenge against her boyfriend, who was one of the accused attackers. All but one went to jail.
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Welcome Home? Roman Polanski May Be Back on American Soil After 31 Years
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GENEVA (CBS/AP) Roman Polanski has not set foot in the United States in over 31 years.
PICTURES: Polanski, A Life in Pictures
The 76-year-old filmmaker fled the country after being prosecuted in California for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and has never returned.
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