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Prosecutors release evidence list

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:23:34 EDT

Prosecutors released a summary of evidence Tuesday in the case against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin.

Judge: Zimmerman can keep money

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:26:54 EDT

George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of wrongly killing Trayvon Martin, will not immediately have to turn over the $204,000 in donations to his website, a Florida judge said Friday.

Martin lawyer: Revoke bond

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:51:21 EDT

The attorney for Trayvon Martin's family says $204,000 of donations is cause to put George Zimmerman back in jail.

Attorney asks to postpone trial

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:27:23 EDT

An attorney for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged last year with more than 50 counts involving sexual acts with minors, has asked for his client's June 5 trial be delayed in a motion filed Wednesday.

AG: Date of alleged sex assault shifts

Wed, 09 May 2012 11:04:16 EDT

Prosecutors say the alleged sexual assault of a boy observed by a former Penn State graduate assistant, a key witness in the child sex abuse case against Jerry Sandusky, took place about a year earlier than what was originally alleged, causing defense lawyers for two former Penn State officials to argue that one of the charges should now be dropped.

Sandusky team: More accusers?

Wed, 09 May 2012 11:05:57 EDT

New court documents filed by attorneys for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal, suggest that there are at least 17 accusers, a far higher number of alleged victims than the 10 detailed in the charges.

A 33-year long roller-coaster ride

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:00:41 EDT

Last week's search of a New York basement was just the latest in a long series of ups and down in the 33-year-search for missing child Etan Patz.

Search for Etan Patz clues ends

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:00:12 EDT

The search of a New York City basement for possible clues in the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz more than three decades ago has ended, with no human remains found, a source briefed on the investigation told CNN Monday.

Case that 'awakened America'

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:58:33 EDT

More than 30 years ago, 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished from a Manhattan street on his way to a school bus stop. His parents never saw him again. The Patz case was the first of several high-profile cases that catapulted concern about missing children to the forefront of national consciousness.

Parents charged in death of 6-year-old

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:26:39 EDT

Emaciated and with "too many scars to count," a 6-year-old boy is dead and his biological parents are being charged.

Who killed socialite Viola Dratch?

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:46:49 EDT

CNN's Tom Foreman looks at the strange details surrounding the death of an elderly D.C.-area socialite.

Timeline: Girl, 6, vanishes from bed

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:13:26 EDT

Cops and FBI searching for Isabel Celis after her parents say they woke to discover her missing from her own bed.

Teen asks for justice on Facebook

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:22:49 EDT

A teen demands justice for her sister at the suspect's bond hearing. CNN's John Zarrella reports.

Denied 'stand your ground' defense

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:31:46 EDT

A Florida mom faces 20 years in prison because a judge rejected her "stand your ground" defense.

Police: Baby was motive for murder

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:58:20 EDT

Local officials discuss the arrest of a 30-year-old woman accused of killing a woman and stealing her newborn baby.

Police: Florida mother kills 4 kids, herself

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:13:05 EDT

Tanya Thomas sent a friend a text at 3 a.m. asking that she be cremated with her children. At 4:50 a.m. a neighbor heard shots and a knock at the door. Three of Thomas' kids were outside. Mom called asking them to come home. Minutes later they were all dead.

Sole survivor of shooting dies

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:24:34 EDT

The sole survivor of a shooting last month at a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant near Cleveland died Tuesday, her family said.

Strauss-Kahn countersues maid

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:24:43 EDT

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is filing a countersuit for at least $1 million against the Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault.

Mobster's body exhumed

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:24:58 EDT

The body of a mobster buried among cardinals and bishops on a Vatican property has been exhumed in an investigation into a teenage girl's disappearance.

FAMU band suspension remains

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:36:05 EDT

Florida A&M University's Board of Trustees meets Monday to discuss the future of the college's popular marching band in the aftermath of the hazing-related death of a member.

Sex offenders' moms share burden

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:16:27 EDT

Christine Smith will never forget the moment she watched her 21-year-old son being led out of a Florida courtroom in handcuffs.

Leahy urges: Keep health care law

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:50:23 EDT

A leading senator is urging the Supreme Court to "do the right thing" and uphold the constitutionality of the sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats.

Official: Cartel violence 'irrational'

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:02:50 EDT

The 49 decapitated bodies authorities found on a roadside in northern Mexico over the weekend were likely the result of a fierce feud between rival drug cartels, a top Mexican official said Monday.

NYPD defends stop-and-frisk policy

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:44:23 EDT

New York police on Sunday touted the impact of their much-criticized "stop, question and frisk" policy, saying it has helped get guns off the street and coincided with a falling murder rate.

March spotlights search for missing

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:57:54 EDT

Delia Garcia traveled hundreds of miles to spend Mother's Day marching in Mexico's capital. Holding signs with pictures of their missing sons and daughters, they said they came with the hope of being heard.

Killer at Churchill Downs?

Fri, 11 May 2012 02:15:24 EDT

Wilson Perez believes his father's killer is one of the hundreds of stable workers who live and care for horses in an area known as the "backside" of the Churchill Downs horse racing grounds.

'Daddy, help! They're killing me!'

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:12:28 EDT

Ruben Navarrette:The cops accused of beating a homeless, mentally ill man to death need to be treated the same as any alleged killers.

U.S. suing Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Fri, 11 May 2012 02:17:34 EDT

The U.S. Justice Department plans to file a civil lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio over civil rights violations.

Obama's most courageous move

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:29:03 EDT

Charles Kaiser: President Obama has obliterated the doubts of millions of his gay supporters with a truly tranformational move to support equal marriage rights.

Obama supports same sex marriage

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:29:59 EDT

President Barack Obama's announcement that he now supports same-sex marriage came sooner than planned as a result of comments made by Vice President Joe Biden, he said in an interview broadcast Thursday.

N.C. gay marriage ban passes

Wed, 09 May 2012 10:18:37 EDT

Advocates begin their battles Wednesday to overturn a North Carolina amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman, one of about 30 states with such a ban in its constitution

N.C. gay amendment embarassing

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:56:31 EDT

Radio host Jay Thomas gives his thoughts on North Carolina's Amendment 1, which targets same-sex marriage.

Aiken: Amendment targets straights

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:56:40 EDT

Clay Aiken weighs in on Amendment 1, which would ban same-sex marriage and could affect heterosexual domestic partners.

Casting Casey Anthony

Mon, 07 May 2012 21:11:55 EDT

Lifetime is going to make a movie based on the Casey Anthony trial. But who will play Casey Anthony?

City pays $1 million to mother of homeless man beaten to death

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:32:11 EDT

The City of Fullerton, California, has reached a $1 million settlement with the mother of a mentally ill homeless man who died last year after a beating he received at the hands of police officers.

Sources: Medical report says Zimmerman had broken nose

Wed, 16 May 2012 02:46:23 EDT

A medical report by George Zimmerman's family doctor shows that the neighborhood watch volunteer was diagnosed with a fractured nose, two black eyes and two lacerations on the back of the head after the controversial killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Lawyer: John Travolta 'vindicated' in sex suit

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:19:36 EDT

The withdrawal of one of two massage therapists from a sex battery lawsuit against John Travolta "completely vindicated" the actor, Travolta's lawyer said Tuesday.

Puppy love applies only to the dog in bitter custody battle

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:18:27 EDT

Sadly, there's not enough of Knuckles, floppy ears and all, to go around -- particularly when the two people feuding over custody of the pug-beagle mix are separated by thousands of miles.

Airport security guard pleads not guilty to ID theft of dead man

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:49:16 EDT

A Nigerian man who supervised more than 30 private security guards at Newark-Liberty International Airport pleaded not guilty Tuesday to identity theft of a man killed in New York two decades ago, prosecutors said.

Third person charged with murder in death of Marine's wife

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:46:44 EDT

A third person was charged with murder Tuesday in the California death of a deployed Marine's wife, the San Diego County prosecutor's office said.

Former top FBI agent charged with child porn distribution

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:04:22 EDT

A former supervisory FBI agent has been arrested and jailed on child pornography charges. Donald Sachtleben was taken into custody and charged Monday after a nationwide undercover investigation.

Warrant issued in Illinois bride's death

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:21:06 EDT

Police in the Chicago suburb of Burbank, Illinois, were investigating the death of a new bride whose blood-stained body was found in her bathtub. She was still in her wedding dress, news reports said.

Defense may call Edwards, mistress to stand

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:26:47 EDT

While John Edwards' lawyers have not yet made a decision whether to put the former presidential candidate on the stand in his corruption trial, Edwards' oldest daughter, Cate, is expected to testify this week, possibly as early as Tuesday.