All Blog Posts from Crimesider

NEW YORK - Meghan McCain, the daughter of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, has taken to task fallen beauty queen Carrie Prejean and opponents of same-sex marriage, in the wake of news that the former Miss California USA has filmed a sex tape.

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SANFORD, N.C. - For one week, North Carolina held its breath, hoping that 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis would be found alive after her mother Antoinette Davis reported her missing Nov. 10.

But, seven days later, the reality that police say they are uncovering is far worse than anyone could have imagined.

Police believe Shaniya Davis' mother, Antoinette Davis, 25, sold her daughter into sexual slavery.

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NEW YORK - In an awkward and confrontational interview with Larry King, fallen beauty queen Carrie Prejean compared herself to conservative icons Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann and claims, like them, she is a victim of the liberal media.

"You have characterized yourself as being 'Palinized.' What do you mean," King asked on Wednesday night.

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NEW YORK - Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean made a short but dramatic appearance on Larry King Live Wednesday, in which she refused to answer an openly gay caller and threatened to walk off the show, after King demanded to know why she and Miss California pageant organizers recently settled dueling lawsuits.

"You sued the pageant after they fired you, they countersued, and then you accused them of a number of things including religious discrimination, clearly an issue important to you," King asked. "Why did you settle? You don't have to tell me the terms of the settlement, but why settle since you had a fight to carry on?"

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NEW YORK - Miss Congeniality was nowhere to be found when dethroned beauty queen Carrie Prejean turned up on "The View" and talked about... the sex tape. Yes, that sex tape.

"But Miss Prejean, you made the tape, you have [topless] photos of yourself, you didn't go along with the morals clause which is in the pageant's rules, and yet you say you're a victim — I don't totally buy it!"

Those were the doubting words of Joy Behar to Prejean on the daytime talkfest's Tuesday episode.

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NEW YORK - Dethroned beauty queen Carrie Prejean calls an X-rated sex video of herself "the biggest mistake of my life."

Prejean, the former Miss California USA, says she made the sex flick of herself alone when she was 17, for an ex-boyfriend.

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PORTLAND, Ore. - Sandra Bullock is embroiled in a custody battle between her husband and his porn star ex-wife.

The Hollywood actress is standing by her celebrity-mechanic husband Jesse James as he fights his second wife Janine Lindemulder's attempts to regain custody of their five-year-old daughter, Sunny.

James has had sole guardianship of the child since Lindemulder, a former adult film star, was jailed for tax evasion.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - As Morgan Harrington's family releases new photographs of the missing Virginia Tech student, police are hoping a timeline of when and where the 20-year-old was last seen will help jog the memory of anyone who can provide clues to her whereabouts.

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LOS ANGELES - Brian Lee Randone, the self-proclaimed preacher who was also a contestant on "The Sexiest Bachelor in America," will stand trial on charges that he tortured and murdered his girlfriend, ex-soft core movie actress and model Felicia Lee, aka Felicia Tang.

A Pasadena judge ruled Tuesday there's enough evidence to try 45-year-old Randone.

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ORANGE PARK, Fla. - Somer Thompson was only 7 years old when she was murdered and thrown away like she meant nothing. But as her mother vows justice for her little girl, a community vows to prove that Somer's memory will live in.

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