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Associated Press
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Aug 7, 08 10:34 AM CDT
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A gunman in Wisconsin who killed three teenage swimmers last week plotted to commit a shooting for the past 4 or 5 years, the AP reports, and finally implemented his plan after fearing police would charge him in an unrelated sexual assault. Scott Johnson had hidden an assault rifle and ammo box in the woods near a bridge separating Wisconsin and Michigan at least a year before, according to the criminal complaint against him.
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Fox News
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Aug 6, 08 6:06 PM CDT
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As a CSI team arrived at her Florida home, Cindy Anthony said missing granddaughter Caylee Anthony's life may be in danger, FOX News reports. She said she got the warning from the child's jailed mother, Casey, but provided no details. Meanwhile, detectives are investigating the possibility that Casey forged a baby sitter's name on an apartment's visitor log, penning a date that synced with the timing of Caylee's disappearance.
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Associated Press
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Aug 6, 08 5:30 PM CDT
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The CEO of a Los Angeles hospital was arrested today for defrauding Medicare by using the city’s homeless to fill empty beds, the AP reports. The FBI says Rudra Sabaratnam, of City of Angels hospital, recruited the homeless in a scheme to charge for unnecessary health services and keep the funds. The FBI also arrested the operator of a skid-row shelter.
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Boston Globe
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Aug 6, 08 2:43 PM CDT
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Los Angeles police have joined officials interrogating accused kidnapper Clark Rockefeller in Boston after declaring him a “person of interest” in the 1985 disappearance of a couple now believed dead. Remains believed to be John Sohus were discovered in 1994, and wife Linda is yet unaccounted-for; authorities think Rockefeller—likely an alias—may be the mysterious guest who vanished after they did, the Globe reports.
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Guardian (UK)
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Aug 6, 08 12:24 PM CDT
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Portuguese police files on the Madeline McCann investigation made public Monday include a report by an Amsterdam shop clerk of an encounter with a child who looked very much like her and who said she had been snatched by strangers "from my holiday." There was no indication whether police ever followed up on the sighting, reports the Guardian.
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Orlando Sentinel
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Aug 5, 08 5:29 PM CDT
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Florida prosecutors today charged the mother of missing 2-year-old Caylee Marie Anthony with child neglect and making a false statement to investigators, reports the Orlando Sentinel . But no further information surfaced about the tot's whereabouts. Casey Anthony, 22, faces up to five years in prison on the neglect charge, which is a felony. She has been jailed since July, claiming that a babysitter took off with the child.
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Florida Times-Union
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Aug 5, 08 3:19 PM CDT
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A Florida man became belligerent and dialed 911 when sandwich-makers at his local Subway forgot to add special sauce to his spicy Italian sandwich, the Times-Union reports. The 42-year-old construction worker rang police again when officers failed to arrive quickly enough. After failing to calm him down, police arrested the man for making false 911 calls.
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New York Daily News
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Aug 5, 08 2:19 PM CDT
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John Gotti Jr. was arrested today on murder conspiracy charges related to three decades-old killings, the New York Daily News reports. A lawyer dismissed the indictment brought in Florida against the son of the late Mafia boss. "I tend to think they don't have a lot of faith in this case," he says of federal prosecutors bringing charges that also include racketeering and trafficking.
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Boston Globe
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Aug 5, 08 1:35 PM CDT
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Fingerprints taken from kidnapper dad Clark Rockefeller reveal a connection to a decade-old California murder case, the Boston Globe reports. Prints taken after his arrest Saturday in Baltimore match those on a driver’s license application under another alias—which in turn is on a list of those wanted in connection with the California homicide.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Aug 5, 08 12:04 PM CDT
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Philly mayor Michael Nutter was visibly enraged today as he announced the suspension of seven city social workers who failed to prevent the starving death of a young girl, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Nutter was responding to a grand jury report that found the negligence of caseworkers abetted Danieal Kelly’s mother in neglecting the 14-year-old cerebral palsy patient as she wasted away to 42 pounds.
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The Columbus Dispatch
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Aug 5, 08 7:00 AM CDT
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A convicted killer and rapist on Ohio's death row is arguing in a lawsuit that he's too fat to be humanely executed. Lawyers for Richard Wade Cooey claim the 5'-7", 275-pound inmate is morbidly obese, and veins suitable for lethal injection would be difficult to find, reports the Columbus Post Dispatch.
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New York Times
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Aug 5, 08 6:23 AM CDT
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Pressure is mounting for the FBI to publicly explain why its 2001 anthrax investigation focused on scientist Bruce Ivins, reports the New York Times, as some question the bureau's methods. Ivins simply “looked the most susceptible to pressure,” insisted one scientist. Bureau officials say they will make details public as early as tomorrow.
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Los Angeles Times
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Aug 5, 08 3:14 AM CDT
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A man who almost died from exposure to his own ricin, one of the deadliest toxins known, has pleaded guilty to possession of the poison, reports the Los Angeles Times. The unemployed graphic designer, 57, was found suffering from poisoning in February, and investigators discovered he had been making the toxin in his room at a Las Vegas motel.
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San Jose Mercury News
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Aug 4, 08 4:43 PM CDT
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A university researcher says he fears for his family’s safety after a weekend firebomb attack, the San Jose Mercury News reports. David Feldheim, who does neuroscience research on mice at the University of California Santa Cruz, was slightly injured. He said he expects a continuining threat from animal-rights activists—one of whom called the incident a “necessary” act.