Acid Attack Victim to Face Suspects at Trial
Ofelia Garcia, left; Maria Olvera-Garcia, right (Official Mug Shots)
CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) It's been two years since 50-year-old Esperanza Medina has shown her face. Next week in an Illinois courtroom, she will stare into the eyes of the two women who allegedly recruited three teens to throw battery acid in her face, revealing the red and white scars left behind when the liquid seared through her skin.
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Phillip Garrido, top right, Nancy Garrido, lower right, and Jaycee Dugard. (CBS/AP)
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2 S.C. Teachers Charged with Corrupting Students
Audrey Grabarkiewicz, left, and Sarah Lindsay (CBS/WSPA)
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (CBS/AP) Audrey Grabarkiewicz and Sarah Lindsay, two South Carolina teachers who worked with pre-school children, have been arrested and accused of corrupting teens at several parties that included drugs, alcohol and sex.
PICTURES: Teachers Charged in Sex Party Case
Continue »New Pictures Circulate in Pastor Sex Scandal
Bishop Eddie Long (CBS/The Early Show)
ATLANTA (CBS/AP) New pictures have surfaced of Bishop Eddie Long, prominent pastor of a 25,000-member megachurch outside Atlanta, as a third man has come forward accusing the anti-gay advocate of coercing him into sex.
Continue »Body of Missing 911 Dispatcher Theresa Parker Found
Theresa Parker (CBS)
LAFAYETTE, Ga. (CBS/AP) Teresa Parker's family and friends will finally be able to put the Georgia 911 dispatcher to rest after her skeletal remains were found scattered along the Chattanooga River, investigators said Wednesday - a sad and final ending that they have feared since Teresa mysteriously vanished in 2007.
Student to Face Attempted Murder in School Shoot
Socastee High School (Socastee High School Web site)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (CBS/AP) Police have questioned a second student at Socastee High School in South Carolina where pipe bombs were discovered and disarmed after a freshman allegedly shot at an on-campus officer Tuesday.
The freshman allegedly confronted school resource officer Erik Karney, reports Horry County Police spokesman Sgt. Robert Kegler. Continue »
Fla. Mom Arrested for Encouraging Teen Catfight
April Newcomb (Manatee County Sheriff's Dept./The Bradenton Herald)
PALMETTO, Fla. (CBS) The mother of a 16-year-old Palmetto High School student has been arrested and charged with child abuse for encouraging her daughter to fight another student.
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office arrested 39-year-old April Newcomb Wednesday after she failed to report or stop a fight between two teens, one of whom was her daughter.
Continue »Lyfe Jennings Says Goodbye To Fans Via Twitter
Chester "Lyfe" Jennings (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
MARIETTA, Ga. (CBS/WGCL) Platinum-selling artist Chester "Lyfe" Jennings is headed back to the slammer to serve 3 years after pleading guilty to charges stemming from an incident with his ex-girlfriend two years ago.
The "Must Be Nice" singer was arrested in Smyrna, Ga. Oct. 19, 2008 after an apparent altercation with former girlfriend and the mother of his children, Joy Bounds. Continue »
Parents Fail Background Checks to Help at School
Jessica Gianfrocco (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Wendy Cross wants to chaperone field trips and join other parents in supervising activities at her children's school in Grand Rapids, Mich. But because of some bad checks she wrote a decade ago, that's out of the question.
Cross, 36, is barred under a school district policy that requires would-be volunteers to undergo criminal background checks and disqualifies anyone with a felony record.
Continue »Teresa Lewis Requests Last Meal Before Execution
Teresa Lewis (AP Photo)
Despite pleas to Governor Bob McDonnell to reverse his decision to reject her appeal, the state of Virginia is moving forward with its first execution of a woman in nearly a century.
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