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School security guard allegedly pushes girl down stairs

(CBS/WBBM) CHICAGO--Chicago public school officials and local authorities are conducting an investigation after they say they received a video, taken on someone's cell phone, of a school security guard pushing a girl down a set of stairs, reports CBS Chicago.

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Atty.: New Trayvon Martin texts, photos are "red herrings"

Slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin.

(CBS/AP) New evidence including text messages and photos of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin are "irrelevant red herrings" and "a desperate and pathetic attempt by the defense to pollute and sway the jury pool," an attorney for Martin's family reportedly said in a statement, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

PICTURES: George Zimmerman faces murder charge

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Cops: Man sets dog on fire, arrested for animal cruelty

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(CBS/WJTV) LUCEDALE, Miss.--Authorities said 20-year-old Brandon Pierce of Mississippi was arrested on a charge of animal cruelty after he set his 5-year-old Chihuahua mix, Socks, aflame, reported CBS affiliate WJTV. Continue »

Students safe after armed man reported at Colo. school

Students at Thornton High School in Thornton, Colo. evacuated Friday, May 24, 2013 after reports a student saw someone with a gun. No gunman was found.

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(AP) THORNTON, Colo. - All students at a Denver-area high school are safe after a report that a man with a rifle was seen near campus, police said Friday.Continue »

Cops: N.Y. girl leaves suicide note claiming she was bullied

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(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - New York City police say a 12-year-old girl who was found hanged left a suicide note that spoke of being bullied online, reports CBS New York.Continue »

Cops launch child porn investigation at Calif. elem. school

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A child porn investigation has reportedly been launched at a California elementary school.

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(CBS/CBS Sacramento) NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif.--Authorities are investigating allegations of child pornography at a Northern California elementary school after officials say they discovered students passing around a photo of a naked sixth-grade girl this week, according to CBS Sacramento. Continue »

Jury foreman: Jodi Arias "not a good witness"

Jodi Arias reacts after she was found of guilty of first-degree murder in the gruesome killing her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander.

Jodi Arias reacts May 8 after she was found of guilty of first-degree murder in the 2008 killing her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in his suburban Phoenix home.

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(CBS/AP) - William Zervakos, the foreman of the jury that on Thursday said they couldn't decide whether convicted killer Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death, has said that Arias' 18 days on the witness stand during her murder trial didn't do her any good.

READ: Jodi Arias: A timeline of a sensational murder case
PICTURES: Jodi Arias pleads with jurors for life sentence

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N.H. woman get 40 years in prison for child porn

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(CBS/AP) CONCORD, N.H. - A woman convicted of sexually exploiting her 14-year-old daughter to produce child pornography was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison.
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Swim coach Richard Curl gets 7 years for sex abuse

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(CBS/AP) ROCKVILLE, Md. - Richard J. Curl, a once-prominent Washington, DC area swimming coach who trained thousands of children, was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.Continue »

Kaitlyn Hunt rejects plea deal in underage sex case

Kaitlyn Hunt in an undated personal photo.

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(CBS/AP) SEBASTIAN, Fla. - Kaitlyn Hunt, an 18-year-old Florida high school student charged over a same-sex relationship with an underage classmate, refused to accept a plea deal Friday, CBS affiliate WPEC reports.

PICTURES: Fla. teen charged over underage same-sex relationship

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