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Oscar Pistorius Breaks Down In Court — Officially Charged with Murder of Reeva Steenkamp

Chris Illuminati — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:44:17 +0000

Olympic star Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears as he stood before magistrate Desmond Nair. Pistorius is being charged with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.

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School Shooting at Lone Star College in North Houston [UPDATE]

Andree Valentine — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:24:02 +0000

Update 10:00 p.m. (CT)

Four people were injured today - three of them were from gunfire, one woman from medical issues (supposedly suffered a heart attack).
Both suspects are being detained and questioned about the altercation, no arrests have been made yet. Names have not been released.
The campus is scheduled to re-open Wednesday.
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Man Tries to Sneak Into Epcot Center by Impersonating Federal Agent

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:50:07 +0000

Seventy-four year old Emerito Pujol wanted to to explore Disney's Epcot Center, but he didn't want to pay the hefty $99.79 admission fee. So he devised what he surely thought was an innovative plan to get inside the theme park's gates for free.

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Shooting Massacre Leaves Seven Dead at Sikh Temple in Wisconsin

Chuck Armstrong — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:03:44 +0000

A shooting at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee left seven dead on Sunday, including the gunman. According to police reports, a gunman arrived outside the temple at around 10 AM and shot and killed two people. Afterward, the shooter walked inside the temple and fatally shot four others.

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Dentist Faces Jail Time For Pulling Out All of Ex's Teeth

Mithun Divakaran — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:38 +0000

While breaking up with someone can be a nasty affair, not many lose this many teeth in the process. Unfortunately for Marek Olszewski, it was a foolish mistake to trust his dentist ex-girlfriend that cost him all 32 of his teeth.

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Lufkin Dental Workers Accused of Stealing Gold With Teeth Attached

Jen Austin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:29:09 +0000

Two former employees at Palmer Dental, Heather Terry and Mary Dorsey, have been arrested for selling dental gold. The Lufkin Daily News reports, sometimes that gold was still attached to bloody teeth.

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Woman, 73, Forced to Rob Bank After She and Husband Taken Hostage

Kathy Landin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:22:00 +0000

In Fayetteville, Arkansas, a woman was allegedly forced to rob a bank with what she thought was an ankle bomb, after having been held captive in her home with her husband.

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Woman Makes Santa's Naughty List for Falsely Claiming She Had Cancer [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:48:18 +0000

If anyone is going to get a lumps of coal in his or her stocking this year, it’s Martha Nicholas. The Virginian woman was arrested Wednesday for bilking kind-hearted people out of money by falsely claiming she had cancer. Nicholas, 42, duped even her husband and children along the way, claimed she was a four-time cancer patient and participated in multiple cancer fundraisers

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What the…? Millionaire Couple Busted for Receiving Welfare Benefits

Shauna Wright — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:23:20 +0000

Investigators and authorities have learned that a Seattle couple lived in a million-dollar home and traveled the world, all while collecting more than $135,000 in welfare benefits.

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Fox Cancels 'America's Most Wanted'

Andree Valentine — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:18:42 +0000

'America's Most Wanted' is officially no longer wanted on Fox, as the network announced Monday that it is canceling the long-running program after 23 years on the air.

The reason: The show was no longer profitable, according to Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly.

"It's been an important show for us historically," he said. "We haven't made money on the show in quite a while. It wasn't particularly viable. We wanted to keep the franchise alive. John is having conversations about ways to keep the series alive."

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