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Murder charges for man who surrendered twice

Adris McCullough, 36, was charged with first-degree murder after authorities say he shot four people, killing two, after an argument at a party on Saturday.

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(CBS/AP) DETROIT - First-degree murder charges have been filed against an ex-con who had to turn himself in twice before Detroit police would arrest him in connection with a double slaying.

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Mass. judge OKs sex change for inmate

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(CBS/AP) BOSTON - A federal judge has ordered the Massachusetts Department of Correction to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation for transgender inmate Michelle Kosilek, who is serving life in prison for murder.Continue »

Cows stolen from Mass. show up at Pa. auction

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(CBS/AP) DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Police say most of the 49 cows stolen from a Dartmouth farm have turned up at a cattle auction site in Pennsylvania.Continue »

Murder suspect tries twice to turn himself in

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(CBS/AP) DETROIT - A man suspected of fatally shooting two men and seriously wounding two others had to turn himself in twice before Detroit police would arrest him, authorities said.

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Cops: Texas man plotted wife's murder-for-hire

John Howard

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(CBS/AP) CARROLLTON, Texas - John Howard, a North Texas man, was arrested Monday for allegedly hiring someone to kill his wife in a shooting attack that caused her to lose one eye, according to a police affidavit.

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Prosecutors: Ga. murder case reveals terror plot

In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Peden, 25, left, and Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, 19, are led away in handcuffs after appearing before a magistrate judge at the Long County Sheriffs Office in Ludowici, Ga.

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(AP) LUDOWICI, Ga.- Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday.

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Mother, toddler dead in NJ decapitation-suicide

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(AP) CAMDEN, N.J. -- Police say a New Jersey woman apparently decapitated her 2-year-old child before stabbing herself to death after a domestic dispute.Continue »

NJ teen accused of arson awaits new court hearing

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(AP) WOODBURY, N.J. -- A New Jersey teenager charged with attempted murder and arson for allegedly setting a fire at her family's house remains held pending another court hearing.Continue »

Woman accused of Walmart assault faces trial

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(AP) BATAVIA, N.Y.  - Jury selection begins today in the trial of Jacquetta Simmons, a western New York woman who's accused of punching a 70-year-old Walmart greeter in the face on Christmas Eve.

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Man charged with killing two Missouri sisters

Clifford B. Miller

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A man who told investigators he was high on methamphetamine when he killed two sisters at a northwest Missouri home was charged Monday with two counts of first-degree murder.

PICTURES: Bodies identified in search for Mo. sisters

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