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All 3 Missouri Jail Escapees Back In Custody

Missouri Jail Escape Update: Convicted Killer Carlos Sarmiento, 2 Others Escapees Back in Custody

Carlos Sarmiento (AP Photo/Daviess County Sheriff)

PATTONSBURG, Mo. (CBS/AP) Police say convicted murderer Carlos Sarmiento and two other inmates, who escaped from a northwest Missouri jail by crawling under a fence, are back in custody.

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Charlie Sheen Hospitalized, Returns to LA

Charlie Sheen Hospitalized: Returns to LA After Allegedly Trashing NYC Hotel Room

Charlie Sheen is seen in a Jan. 28, 2009, photo (AP)

NEW YORK (CBS/WCBS/AP) Actor Charlie Sheen was hospitalized Tuesday for a psychiatric evaluation after a woman told police that the "Two and a Half Men" star was throwing furniture and yelling in his room at the New York City Plaza Hotel.

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Mom of Murdered ASU Student Wants Alert System

Kyleigh Sousa Update: Mom of Murdered ASU Student Wants Alert System

Kyleigh Sousa (Personal Photo)

TEMPE, Ariz. (CBS/KPHO) Five months ago, ASU student Kyleigh Sousa was killed just a couple of blocks from the campus of Arizona State University, and the pain is still raw for Kyleigh's mother.

PICTURES: Kyleigh Sousa: A Life Cut Short

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Lawyer: "Hiccup Girl" May Use Tourette's Defense

"Hiccup Girl" Jennifer Mee May Use Tourette's Defense, Says Lawyer

Jennifer Mee (Personal Photo)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CBS/WFOR/AP) The lawyer for Jennifer Mee, the Florida teen who made headlines in 2007 with her uncontrollable hiccupping and is now accused of murder, said Tuesday his client's Tourette's Syndrome may have played a role in the fatal robbery.

PICTURES: Jennifer Mee

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Missing N.C. Girl's Mattress Found, Contains DNA

Zahra Clare Baker Update: Mattress Found in Missing N.C. Girl's Case, Contains DNA, Say Police

Zahra Claire Baker (CBS/AP)

HICKORY, N.C. (CBS/WBTV) Police have released two key pieces of information in the Zahra Clare Baker case late Tuesday afternoon - confirmation that the missing girl's stepmother started cooperating with police and that crews Tuesday found a mattress similar to Zahra's in a landfill.

PICTURES: Zahra Baker Missing

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Kansas Killer, Woman, Takes 9th Try at Parole

Future Neighbor Objects to Parole of Elderly Kan. Woman Who Arranged Stepson's Murder 28 Years Ago

Sueanne Hobson (Mugshot)

NEW YORK (CBS) An elderly Kansas woman is up for parole for the ninth time after spending 28 years in prison for arranging the murder of her 13-year-old stepson; still, a potential neighbor says it's not time for Sueanne Hobson to go home.

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Trial Begins in Fla. Case of Slain Adoptive Couple

Byrd and Melanie Billings with their Children (Pensacola News Journal)

PENSACOLA, Fla. (CBS/AP) The adult daughter of slain adoptive parents Byrd and Melanie Billings testified Tuesday about a frantic telephone call with a younger sibling who was unable to speak as their parents were being killed by armed intruders on July 9, 2009.

State Attorney Bill Eddins said in opening statements that the alleged mastermind of the Pensacola-area home invasion murders, 36-year-old Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr., mistakenly thought the couple kept millions at their home. Gonzalez faces a possible death sentence if convicted.

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Mother Gave Son BB Gun, Knife for School: Why?

Police: Mom Armed Bullied Son with BB Gun, Knife

Sylvia Mojica (CBS)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Hartford school officials say - contrary to earlier reports - a 12-year-old boy caught with a BB gun and a folding knife in his backpack was not bullied in school.

Initial reports said the boy's mother, Sylvia Mojica, told officials he needed the weapons because he was being bullied. But David Medina, a school system spokesman, says officials were told the boy was carrying the weapons on Friday because of an altercation in his neighborhood the night before.

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Cops: Two DUI's in One Night for Delivery Driver

Erbert and Gerbert's Sandwich Shop Website (erbertandgerberts.com)

WINONA, Minn. (CBS/AP) Police said a delivery driver for a Minnesota sandwich shop was cited for drinking and driving - twice in one night.

Police told the Winona Daily News the 19-year-old was drunk Saturday, when on a delivery for Erbert and Gerbert's Sandwich Shop, he parked in the middle of the street and turned off his lights, and a taxi nearly struck his car.

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