"Balloon Boy" Family Says Sheriff Talks Too Much; Heene Lawyers Want Criminal Probe
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NEW YORK (CBS) The issue of what may happen to the three children of "balloon-boy" parents Richard and Mayumi Heene has taken a new legal turn.
PICTURES: The Bizarre "Balloon Boy" Incident
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Four Police Officers Suspended in Beating, Tasing of Unarmed Student Caught on Cell Phone Video
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) San Jose Jose, Calif. police say four officers present at the beating of an unarmed Vietnamese student have been placed on paid leave. The student, 20-year-old Phuong Ho, was struck repeatedly by police with batons and a Taser gun — and the whole event was caught on cell phone video.
The officers are being investigated on criminal charges in the Sept. 3 incident, a San Jose Police spokesman said.
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) San Jose Jose, Calif. police say four officers present at the beating of an unarmed Vietnamese student have been placed on paid leave. The student, 20-year-old Phuong Ho, was struck repeatedly by police with batons and a Taser gun — and the whole event was caught on cell phone video.
The officers are being investigated on criminal charges in the Sept. 3 incident, a San Jose Police spokesman said.
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More Than 1,000 Tips But No Leads in Somer Thompson Murder
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Over 1,000 tips have been submitted in the murder of Somer Thompson, but police still do not know how the Florida 7-year-old ended up in a Georgia landfill after vanishing on her walk home from school last week.
PICTURES: Somer Thompson Murdered
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Somber Sendoff for 7-Year-Old Somer Thompson, Florida Girl Who Vanished After School
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) A northern Florida community is preparing to say its goodbyes to 7-year-old Somer Thompson, whose body was found in a landfill in south Georgia two days after she vanished on her way home from school.
PICTURES: Somer Thompson Murdered
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Brooke Hundley MySpace Says She's "Hopeful" As Lover Steve Phillips is Fired
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) ESPN staffer Brooke Hundley remained "hopeful," according to her MySpace page, even as her former lover, baseball analyst Steve Phillips was fired by the network Sunday.
Phillips checked himself into "an inpatient treatment facility to address his personal issues," according to his representative, Steve Lefkowitz.
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Elizabeth Olten Murder: Teen Arrested for Killing 9-Year-Old
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) A teen suspect has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten of St. Martins, Mo., whose body was found in the woods near her home after she went missing last week.
PICTURES: Accused Teen Killer Alyssa Bustamante's Inner World
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Sweat Lodge Guru James Arthur Ray: From Poor Childhood to Self-Help Millionaire
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) James Arthur Ray was always seeking a connection between money and God, an Arizona paper reports in a profile of the self-help author and speaker who conducted a sweat lodge ceremony earlier this month which ended in three deaths and multiple hospitalizations.
Crimesider whether or not the money had been returned.
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Sweat-Lodge Deaths Won't Stop James Arthur Ray, No Mention of $9,000 Per Person Pricetag
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Despite the three deaths and numerous hospitalizations that took place after a Sedona, Ariz. retreat hosted by James Arthur Ray, the New Age guru wrote in his blog that he will continue to host seminars because "It's too important not to."
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Crimesider Exclusive: Mug Shot of Leah Ignagni, Steve McNair's Mistress
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NEW YORK (CBS) Crimesider has obtained Leah Ignagni's mug shot, which was taken by Nashville police after she was arrested for three drug charges on Aug. 24, 2009, according to affidavits on the Nashville Criminal Court Clerk Web site.
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: McNair's Other Lover Leah Ignagni
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: McNair's Lover Sahel Kazemi
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Michael Brewer, Boy Burned by Bullies, Getting Better
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Michael Brewer, the South Florida boy who was set on fire by a group of teens is showing improvement, according to doctors who are treating him for severe burns.
Brewer, 15, is being treated at a burn center jointly run by the University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida. The center director said Thursday the teen's wounds have not become infected, which is a common complication in severe burn cases.
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