Did a Calif. woman bite 2 children in bookstore?
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CNN reports that Polly Beltramo was arrested Thursday after fleeing the bookstore and being found in a nearby coffee shop.
Continue »Report: 3 dead in N.C. workplace shooting
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According to WXII-TV, Sheriff Dempsey Owens said a gunman entered the McBride Lumber Company early Friday morning and began shooting, killing three and injuring at least one more.
Continue »Man's $10,000 Nike Air Jordan collection stolen
A pair of Air Jordans
/ CBS ChicagoNBC affiliate WCNC-TV reports that burglary investigators with the Charlotte Police Department are working on the case. The collection of sought-after Nike sneakers is thought to be worth $10,000.
Continue »Sick girl who endured online taunts has died
Kathleen Edward
/ Facebook(CBS/AP) - WYANDOTTE, Mich. - A 9-year-old girl who endured cyber-bullying because of her diagnosis of Huntington's disease has died.
Pictures: The deadly cost of bullying
Kathleen Edward's plight made national news in 2010 when a former neighbor posted pictures on Facebook that pictured the then 7-year-old above a set of crossbones, and one with the little girl's mother, Laura Edward, who died of Huntington's disease in 2009, in the arms of the grim reaper.
Continue »Joran van der Sloot set to be sentenced today
Joran van der Sloot enters the courtroom at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012.
/ AP Photo/Karel Navarro(CBS/AP) - Joran van der Sloot faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced today for the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in Peru, reports CNN.
Pictures: Joran van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores
On Wednesday, Van der Sloot pleaded "anticipated conclusion of the process," admitting he strangled Flores in a Lima hotel room five years to the day after American student Natalee Holloway went missing in Aruba. Van der Sloot has long been a suspect in her disappearance.
Continue »"Rape diary" details in Calif. serial killer case
Joseph Naso
/ CBS/KCBS/Washoe County Sheriff's Office(CBS/AP) SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - An investigator has testified that a diary detailing sexual assaults on women was found along with posed photographs of two Northern California slaying victims in the home of suspected serial killer Joseph Naso.
Continue »Soccer player fatally shot after h.s. game in LA
Francisco Rodriguez, 17
/ CBS Los AngelesFrancisco Javier Rodriguez, Jr. was shot to death Wednesday night in front of his home. Investigators say the killing wasn't a random act.
Boy hid under bedsheets, called 911 on burglar
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Deputies caught a burglary suspect Wednesday after the teenager called authorities from his bed around 11 a.m. Lt. John McBride said the boy called 911, saying he heard someone break into the home in Valina.
Judge formally declares Natalee Holloway dead
Natalee Holloway
/ CBSJudge Alan King announced his decision at a hearing requested by David Holloway, Natalee's father. He told the judge in September he believed his daughter had died and he wanted to stop paying her medical insurance and use her college fund for her brother.
Pictures: Joran van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores
Continue »Calif. teacher arrested for alleged sex assaults
Marie Johnson, 40
/ CBS San FranciscoCBS San Francisco reports authorities received information Tuesday that Marie Johnson, a teacher at Granada High School, supposedly engaged in sexual relations with a minor.
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