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Dwight Clark Update: Body Found in Wash. Bay

Dwight Clark Update: Body Found, May be That of Missing Wash. Student

Dwight Carter (Personal Photo)

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (CBS/AP) A body has been found in a log pond on the Bellingham, Washington waterfront, but officials have not yet said whether it is the body of missing Western Washington University student Dwight Carter.

PICTURES: Dwight Clark Missing

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Ohio Gets Six Months For Posing As Teenage Boy

Patricia Dye, Ohio Woman Who Dressed Like Teenage Boy to "Get Girl," Sentenced to Six Months

Patricia Dye (WKRC)

CINCINNATI (CBS/AP) Patricia Dye, the 31-year-old Ohio woman who pretended to be a teenage boy in order to have sex with a 16-year-old girl, pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to six months in jail.

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Valerie Hamilton Update: Suspect Appears in N.C. Court

Valerie Hamilton Update: Suspect Michael Harvey Makes First N.C. Court Appearance

Valerie Hamilton (Personal Photo)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CBS/WBTV) After spending two weeks in a New York jail, the convicted sex offender accused of killing Valerie Hamilton appeared in a Charlotte courtroom Wednesday afternoon.

PICTURES: Valerie Hamilton Murdered

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Father Gets Life for Daughter's Torture, Murder

Clarence Butterfield (KCBS)

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CBS/AP) Clarence Butterfield, who was convicted of torturing and killing his 21-year-old daughter, Rebekah, and keeping her nude body in a small freezer in his RV for two years, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole.Continue »

Texas Gov. Makes Call to Mexican President

Falcon Lake Update: Texas Gov. Calls On U.S., Mexican Presidents To Find Missing American Tourist

David Michael Hartley, right, believed shot by Mexican pirates on Falcon Lake. (Personal Photo)

AUSTIN, Texas (CBS/AP) Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon need to have a meeting geared toward helping in the search of David Hartley, the American tourist who was reportedly shot to death near the U.S.-Mexican border last week.

PICTURES: Tiffany and David Hartley

"How many more American citizens have to die?" Perry told The Associated Press.

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Megachurch Flock Stands by Besieged Pastor

Bishop Eddie Long Scandal: Megachurch Flock Stands by Besieged Pastor

Bishop Eddie Long (CBS/The Early Show)

LITHONIA, Ga. (CBS/WGCL/AP) Despite the allegations that he lured four young men into sexual relationships and the pictures leaked on the internet, many of Bishop Eddie Long's followers remain unwavering in their support for him as he pledges to fight the accusations like David fighting Goliath.

PICTURES: Bishop Eddie Long

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Rutgers Students May Face More Charges

Tyler Clementi Suicide: Additional Charges Possible for Rutgers Students

From Left to Right: Molly Wei, Tyler Clementi, Dharun Ravi (CBS/Personal Photo)

NEW YORK (CBS/WCBS) New Jersey prosecutors are contemplating whether to  file more charges against the two Rutgers University freshmen accused of broadcasting on the Internet video of fellow freshman Tyler Clementi having sex with another man.

PICTURES: Tyler Clementi

After the online broadcast, Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge to his death.

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Missing Grandmother Found Murdered in Vermont

Pat O'Hagan Missing Update: Missing Person's Case Turns into Murder Mystery

Pat O'Hagan (Personal Photo)

WATERBURY, Vt. (CBS/AP) Ever since 78-year-old Pat O'Hagan was reported missing in September her family and friends insisted that she didn't disappear intentionally or wander away in a state of confusion.

Unfortunately, they were right.

On Sunday two hunters found remains that would later be identified as O'Hagan's, in a wooded area in Wheelock, Vt., about 50 miles north of Montpelier, and on Tuesday police told reporters they are investigating the case as a homicide.

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Mother Tried to Drug Daughter, Get Her Pregnant

Penn. Mother Pleads Guilty to Drugging, Attempting to Impregnate Teen Daughter

CBS

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (CBS/AP) A 34-year-old western Pennsylvania woman who police say couldn't have another child took a disturbing approach to the problem: she conspired to drug her 13-year-old daughter, so her boyfriend could try to impregnate her.

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Cops: Abducted Girl Saved by Good Samaritan

Abducted Girl Saved by Good Samaritan

Abduction Suspect Gregorio Gonzalez (AP/Fresno Police)

FRESNO, Calif. (CBS/AP) An 8-year-old girl who was abducted while playing outside a home escaped from her captor Tuesday morning after a driver recognized the suspect's vehicle and cut it off, police said.

When the driver saw the girl's head in the window, he cut the truck off and she bolted.

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