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Cops: Teen threatens to shoot up school on Facebook

AP Photo/Adrian Wyld
(CBS) PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. - A 17-year-old is behind bars after making threats on Facebook that he was going to shoot up his high school.
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Denver woman's jury duty lies exposed, reports say

Susan Cole

/ CBS Denver

(CBS) DENVER - Denver woman Susan Cole is getting her 15 minutes of fame after bragging on the radio about how she dodged jury duty.

She is also now charged with a crime.

Cole, 57, was charged after calling a Denver radio talk show last October and revealing how she pretended to be mentally unstable to avoid her civic obligation.

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Recovered body positively ID'd as Sherry Arnold

Sherry Arnold

/ AP/Sidney Montana Police Department

(CBS/AP) BILLINGS, Mont. - Authorities have identified a body found in North Dakota as missing Montana teacher Sherry Arnold, who was kidnapped in January.

The identification was made Thursday after the body of 43-year-old Arnold was taken to the Montana State Crime Lab in Missoula.

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Murder trial begins in Fla. tourist killings

James Cooper, 25 and James Kouzaris, 24

/ WTSP
(CBS/AP) SARASOTA, Fla. - Florida teen Shawn Tyson, accused of killing two British tourists, told a friend he saw the victims walking in his neighborhood and intended to rob them - but the men said they didn't have any money and the teen shot them instead, prosecutors said Thursday in court.
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Body of Sherry Arnold, missing woman, believed found

Sherry Arnold, 43

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(CBS/AP) BILLINGS, Mont. - Authorities said Wednesday they believe a body found outside of Williston, North Dakota is that of a missing Montana teacher allegedly kidnapped during her morning run more than two months ago.

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Dharun Ravi: "I'm very sorry about Tyler"

Dharun Ravi, Tyler Clementi's former roommate

Dharun Ravi

/ Pool,AP Photo/Mark R. Sullivan, File

(CBS/AP) PLAINSBORO, N.J. - Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student convicted last week of invasion of privacy and a hate crime for spying on his gay roommate, said in an interview that he was insensitive but not biased.

Pictures: Tyler Clementi
Pictures: Rutgers Spycam Trial

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"No confidence" vote for chief in Fla. teen killing

Sanford, Fla. Police Chief Bill Lee

Sanford, Fla. Police Chief Bill Lee

/ Sanford Police Department

(CBS/AP) SANFORD - Sanford city commissioners have voted "no confidence" in their police chief over the handling of the fatal shooting of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer.

Photos: Trayvon Martin

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BC student taped roommate having sex, say cops

Jaryd Rudolph

/ CBS Boston
BOSTON (CBS) -  Boston college football player Jaryd Rudolph is now facing charges after he allegedly used his cell phone to record audio of his roommate having sex with a female student.Continue »

"Million Hoodie March" in NYC for Trayvon Martin

Protesters during the "Million hoodie march" held in New York City, March 21, 2012.

/ CBS New York

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - A march took place Wednesday evening in Manhattan calling for justice in the case of Trayvon Martin. He was an unarmed black teenager who was shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain in Florida last month.

Photos: Trayvon Martin

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Cops: Man used pineapple to knock wife unconscious

Police say a pineapple - although not this one - is the used to assault a 34-year-old Ann Arbor woman.

/ Wikipedia
(CBS) ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A 34-year-old Ann Arbor woman was knocked unconscious during an argument with her husband when he hit her in the head with a pineapple, police say. 
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