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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Police say they found blood on the kitchen floor of Raymond Clark III, the Yale lab tech who is charged with killing Yale graduate student Annie Le days before her wedding, and they also witnessed him trying to cover up evidence in the lab where her body was later found, according to search warrant affidavits released Wednesday.

The affidavits, released by the New Haven police, describe in detail how investigators said they found blood "in plain view" on the kitchen floor near the entrance to his apartment. Authorities took plastic door panels and carpeting with "blood-like stains" from the Taurus in which Clark was riding in the hours after Le's disappearance.

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PALMVIEW, Texas - President Barack Obama's approval rating may be hovering in the 50 percent range, but that doesn't mean America's Commander-in-Chief isn’t catching on with new constituents.

There is now a line of Ecstasy pills made in the image of the 44th president of the United States, according to Texas police who have snatched a batch off the streets.

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HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. - Jamar Pinkney Sr., the 37-year-old Michigan father who allegedly shot and killed his teenage son because the boy told him he molested a 3-year-old girl, will pursue an insanity defense, his lawyer said Tuesday.

On the same day, a judge in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park ruled that Pinkney Sr. will stand trial on first-degree murder, assault and firearm charges.

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LOS ANGELES - Documentary filmmaker Keya Morgan has uncovered a never-before-seen home movie clip of the late Marilyn Monroe, which according to the person who shot it, shows the siren smoking pot.

It's difficult to confirm the claim from watching the film in which Monroe appears to be smoking a cigarette in the conventional way.

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NEW YORK - Despite avoiding criminal charges after running over a fire hydrant and kissing a tree with his SUV, Tiger Woods has not been able to stop the flow of rumors about his alleged extra-marital affairs, which now allegedly include nightclub promoter Rachel Uchitel, Los Angeles cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs, and Las Vegas club manager Kalika Moquin.

Now, as Uchitel firmly denies any involvement with Woods, Grubbs proudly promotes what she claims are sexy texts from the king of swing, and Moquin coyly refuses comment, Woods has issued a statement in which he says he has let his family down and regrets "transgressions."

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WASHINGTON - During their state dinner escapades, White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi posed for photos with the "Who's Who" of American politics.

Among the "lucky" beneficiaries of the Salahis shutterbug-fever was Vice President Joe Biden.

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RICHMOND, Calif. - Prosecutors say at least six young men, some not even old enough to drive, raped and beat a 15-year-old girl outside Richmond High School in California while others watched, laughed, and took cell phone pictures.

Now, the six defendants, ranging in age from 15 to 21, have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. They entered their pleas to rape and other charges Tuesday morning in Contra Costa County Superior Court.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Paul Michael Merhige sat through three hours of Thanksgiving Day dinner and sing-a-longs around the piano, plotting the moment he would fatally shoot four relatives, his cousin-in-law said Tuesday.

After opening fire, Merhige was heard saying he had waited 20 years to kill them, according to the host of the dinner that turned deadly.

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MIAMI – He was a Florida town manager, she was a porn star, and two of them together were a match made in heaven.

Until word got around and Scott Janke was fired from his post because of his marriage to Anabela Mota Janke, also known in the adult film world by the stage name Jazella Moore.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The police officer in a small Arkansas town who fired a Taser gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl has been fired for violating department policy.

Officer Dustin Bradshaw was not terminated for using the stun gun itself, but for failing to use the camera attached to it, according to officials.

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