Ex-Husband Charged In Missing Ind. Woman's Death
Nina Keown (Personal Photo)
SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (CBS/WLKY) Murder charges were filed in the Scott County Circuit Court Wednesday against Robert Petty in the death of his ex-wife Nina Keown.
Keown was reported missing in early August. Her remains were recovered in Clark County, in southeastern Indiana on Aug. 27.
Continue »Rutgers Student Had Sought Room Change
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBS/AP) It appears that Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi tried to get school officials to change his dorm room before he leaped to his death from the George Washington Bridge.
The 18-year-old violinist from Ridgewood, N.J. killed himself after, police say, he learned that his roommate had secretly streamed video on the Internet of him in a sexual encounter with another man.
Drunk Man Drives Drunk Woman To Police Station
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CLAWSON, Mich. (CBS/AP) Maybe this wasn't the best possible choice of a designated driver.
Police in Clawson, Mich. said a 40-year-old man who drove an intoxicated woman to the police station is now facing drunk-driving charges himself.
Donald Chamberlain drove his 35-year-old neighbor to the station Monday so she could answer questions about an assault involving her husband the previous day.
Continue »Inmate's Escape Try Leaves Him Nearly Naked
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PHOENIX (CBS/AP) A Phoenix jail inmate was left wearing nothing but pink socks after scaling five fences in an escape attempt before he was captured.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Clayton Thornburg suffered cuts on some parts of his body since some of the Durango Jail's fences are 15 feet high, and topped with razor wire.
Continue »Toke Me Elmo? Dad Stashes Pot in Son's Elmo Pack
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. (CBS/AP) It's not quite as big a deal as the recent "Katy Perry Sesame Street Scandal."
Nevertheless, a western Pennsylvania father will spend six months to two years in jail for hiding his marijuana in his son's ELMO BACKPACK - which the kindergartner unknowingly took to school with the drugs still in it.
Continue »Did Brother Hit Sister with Wrench at Wedding?
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (CBS/AP) A 31-year-old Montana man accused of hitting his pregnant sister in the mouth with a wrench during her wedding reception has pleaded not guilty.
David Sicotte, of Three Forks (and One Wrench?), appeared in District Court on Wednesday on charges of felony assault with a weapon, and disorderly conduct.
Continue »Amy Bishop Won't Face Charges in 1993 Bomb Case
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BOSTON (CBS/AP) Amy Bishop, a former biology professor at the University of Alabama, already faces murder charges in two states - for the shooting rampage that killed three colleagues in February, and for the 1986 shooting death of her brother, Seth. However, she won't be facing charges for a 1993 mail bomb incident in Boston, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
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Continue »Missing Disabled Girl's Body Found in Fla?
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (CBS/AP) Florida Panhandle authorities believe the human remains discovered in a storage unit Friday are those of an 11-year-old disabled girl who may have been missing since at least 2007.
Continue »Cops: Mother Used 12Yr. Old Son in Cancer Scam
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Authorities say Carol Lynn Schnuphase, 47, even drugged her son and shaved his head so he appeared to have cancer, then accepted thousands of dollars in donations for his treatment.
Continue »Amanda Knox Appears in Court in Slander Case
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PERUGIA, Italy (CBS) Arguments in the slander trial against Amanda Knox, the American exchange student convicted of murdering her British roommate in Perugia, Italy, have been scheduled for Nov. 8 by an Italian judge.
The slander case is based on statements Knox made about her Nov. 2007 interrogation as a possible witness after the discovery of the body of her housemate, Briton Meredith Kercher.
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