Cops: Crime writer tried to arrange hit on hubby

Gelber, whose novel "Temporary Amnesia" is published under the name Nance J. Mancuso, allegedly told an undercover sheriff's deputy that he should make the murder of her husband look like an accident

• Dec 19, 2011

NY woman burned alive in elevator, police say

A 73-year-old woman was killed Saturday when she was set on fire in her apartment building elevator by an employee, police say

• Dec 19, 2011

Hells Angels murder suspect spotted in Bay Area?

Police say Steve Ruiz was sighted in San Jose late Friday or Saturday

• Dec 19, 2011

Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds missing since Saturday

A search is underway in Waterville, Maine for a 20-month old toddler that has gone missing from her bedroom in her father's home, police say.

• Dec 19, 2011

Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds missing

A search is underway in Maine for a 20-month old toddler that has reportedly gone missing from her bedroom in her father's home, police say.

• Dec 19, 2011
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New Year's eve "opossum drop" opposed by PETA

Animal rights group presses N.C. officials to prohibit annual "lowering of the marsupial," calling it cruel

• Dec 19, 2011

Calif. teen is no Santa, gets stuck in chimney

Firefighters had to rescue 18-year-old curfew-breaker with ropes and a ladder truck

• Dec 19, 2011

Shannan Gilbert not a victim of LI serial killer?

In an exclusive interview by "48 Hours Mystery," Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer shoots down the idea that Shannan Gilbert was a victim of a serial killer, asserting she was not murdered at all

• Dec 17, 2011

Homicide ruling in death of Florida A&M drum major

Autopsy finds suspected hazing victim died of internal bleeding caused by blunt force trauma

• Dec 16, 2011

Judge: Penn State admins can be tried for lying

A judge says that prosecutors have probably cause to bring two former Penn State officials to trial for lying to the grand jury in the university's child sex-abuse scandal.

• Dec 16, 2011

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