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PERUGIA, Italy - When Amanda Knox’s parents arrived in Italy last Friday to support their daughter in her final days on trial for the November 2007 murder of her former roommate, Meredith Kercher, they discovered they were being sued by both the victim’s family and Italian police.

The Kercher family is seeking $12 million in damages for their daughter’s murder, which they feel was carried out by Knox, her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, and another man, Rudy Hermann Guede, who has already been convicted.

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CALABASAS, Calif. - Three boys have been arrested for allegedly bullying red-haired students after a Facebook message inspired by "South Park" promoted "Kick a Ginger Day" at a Southern California middle school.

Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Monday that two 12-year-olds were arrested for suspicion of misdemeanor battery, and a 13-year-old was booked for misdemeanor cyber bullying.

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WASHINGTON - Long before America’s most successful party crashers, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, stormed the gates of a White House state dinner and managed to get a photo with President Obama, the couple seemed to have a penchant for taking memorable snapshots, especially with big name celebrities like Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas, Matt Damon and even "Dancing with the Stars" winner Donny Osmond.

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WASHINGTON - It seems like Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner, have finally gotten an invitation, although it's not to the White House. The reality show-seeking couple has been called to testify before Congress on Thursday to talk about their guest list-beating hijinks.

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NEW YORK - As Tiger Woods works to repair his scratched face and ruined car after a Nov. 29 car accident outside his Ilseworth, Fla. home, the golf great is also working to repair his image amidst tabloid-fueled rumors that the crash, now being investigated by police, occurred after his wife discovered an alleged affair with party promoter and Sept. 11 mourner Rachel Uchitel.

"Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible," Woods said in a statement released on his Web site.

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NEW YORK - Point taken from Serena Williams -- and a record $82,500 fine, too – for the tennis superstar's foul-mouthed tirade against a line judge during this summer's U.S. Open semifinals.

Williams got smashed with the largest fine ever levied for bad behavior during a tennis Grand Slam, according to the Associated Press, plus probation that means she could be suspended from the U.S. Open if she has another "major offense" at any Grand Slam event in the next two years.

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JUPITER, Fla. - "God packed a lot of sweetness into that little body," heartbroken father Jim Sitton said of his murdered 6-year-old daughter Makayla Sitton. "She's just our life. I don't know how we are ever going to recover."

While the Sitton family tries to make sense of a Thanksgiving massacre that left four people dead including the alleged shooter's pregnant sister, her twin sister, his 79-year-old aunt and his cousin little Makayla, police are now looking in two states for Paul Michael Merhige, the man they believe perpetrated this violence.

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CLEVELAND - More than a dozen steamy photos of all-star center fielder Grady Sizemore have made their way to Web sites across the Internet, but the Cleveland Indians star complains the shots were "stolen" from his girlfriend's e-mail and says that he is taking legal action.

Sizemore said that the nearly-nude pictures, including one where he is completely naked except for a tea cup covering his privates, were only meant for his girlfriend Playboy playmate Brittany Binger.

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SEATTLE - As police search for Maurice Clemmons, the man suspected of gunning down four police officers in a suburban coffee shop on Sunday, many search for reasons this man, convicted for burglary and facing a child rape charge, was out on the streets. Part of the answer is that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee pardoned him almost a decade ago.

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WASHINGTON - Should Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the spotlight-seeking Virginia couple who crashed the White House state dinner last week, be "brought to justice?"

Two US senators have now called for authorities to pursue criminal charges against the reality show-seeking pair.

"If it's a federal crime to lie to a federal agent, and these people didn't tell the truth about their invitation, then they should be in some way brought to justice here, again, as an example to others not to do it," said Republican Jon Kyl on "Fox News Sunday."

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