Gay Ill. St. student says attack was hate crime

Eric Unger, a student at Illinois State University, had to have his jaw wired shut after he was beaten off campus on April 21, 2012.

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(CBS) DEERFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois State University student who was beaten over the weekend claims he was targeted because he's gay.

CBS Chicago reports that Eric Unger, who was beaten so badly his jaw had to be wired shut, was attacked early Saturday morning.

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Tears from suspect in Hudson family murder trial?

William Balfour is accused of killing three members of singer Jennifer Hudson's family

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(CBS/AP) CHICAGO - William Balfour, on trial for the murder of Jennifer Hudson's family, appeared to cry Wednesday in court when prosecutors displayed graphic photographs of the youngest victim, Hudson's 7-year-old nephew.
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Questions after baby's stabbing in gov't building

Police say a mother stabbed her infant daughter in the chest and neck at a social services building in East Baltimore.

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(CBS/WJZ/AP) BALTIMORE - A woman's alleged stabbing of her baby in a Baltimore city government building is raising questions of security.

According to CBS Baltimore, police say the mother was at a social services visit in East Baltimore Tuesday morning when she suddenly became irate, pulled out a long kitchen knife, and  stabbed her infant daughter in the neck and upper body.

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Murder one for janitor who killed Calif. principal

Sam LaCara (left) and John Luebbers (right)

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(CBS/AP) PLACERVILLE, Calif. - A Placerville school janitor who gunned down school principal Sam LaCara in 2011 has been convicted of first-degree murder with gun enhancements.
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Balt. cop suspended over search for own daughter

Baltimore Police Det. Daniel Nicholson IV

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(CBS) BALTIMORE - A police detective who allegedly went on an unauthorized search when his own teenage daughter went missing is being suspended for an apparent abuse of power, CBS Baltimore reports.

Baltimore police say they're sidelining Detective Daniel Nicholson IV, who is the subject of a criminal investigation for using his badge to search homes without permission.

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George Zimmerman fundraising website shut down

George Zimmerman, left, walks out of the intake building at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with a bondsman on Sunday, April 22, 2012, in Sanford, Florida.

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(CBS/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - The website George Zimmerman set up to help raise money for his legal defense in the Trayvon Martin shooting case has been taken down. 

Pictures: George Zimmerman charged with murder

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FBI looking for Calif. woman missing in Panama

Brian Brimager and Yvonne Baldelli

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(CBS) - Officials in Panama say they have a person of interest in the case of missing California woman Yvonne Baldelli, who vanished five months ago, "CBS This Morning" reports.

Pictures: Calif. woman vanishes in Panama

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Discovered bones ID'd as missing Nantucket woman

Trudie Hall

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(CBS/AP) BARNSTABLE, Mass. - Authorities have confirmed that human bones found in the woods of Falmouth last week belong to pregnant Nantucket woman Trudie Hall. She disappeared under suspicious circumstances nearly two years ago.

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Police: Heart patient, 5, abducted from hospital

Porter Stone

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(CBS/AP) ST. LOUIS - St. Louis police have issued arrest warrants for the father and paternal grandmother of 5-year-old Porter Stone, who they say was taken from a hospital where he was on a transplant waiting list.

Police Wednesday said the boy was found safe, and there are  warrants out for 33-year-old Jeffery Stone and his mother, Rhonda Marie Matthews, for kidnapping, interfering with custody and endangering the welfare of a child.

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2nd arrest made in murder of Marine's wife

Brittany Killgore

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(CBS/AP) SAN DIEGO - A Marine already in custody in the theft of an assault weapon was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder in the death of another Marine's wife, Brittany Killgore, police said.

Pictures: Body of Marine's wife found

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