A Missouri woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the suicide of a 13-year-old girl after an exchange on the MySpace network with a 16-year-old boy who did not exist. Lori Drew has been charged with conspiracy for inflicting emotional distress on Megan Meier, who hanged herself in October 2006. Read more...

A 31-year-old Florida man has been arrested in connection with a string of fires in the Palm Bay and Malabar area that have destroyed at least 20 homes and damaged dozens of others. Police said Brian Crowder was seen by witnesses throwing a Molotov cocktail into a wooded area. Read more...

Victims who are reluctant to report being raped to the police will be able to take an anonymous forensic rape examination and preserve the evidence in case they change their mind later, thanks to a new federal policy. Beginning next year, law enforcement agencies will pay the costs for the "Jane Doe rape kits" or face the loss of federal funding. Read more...

An Ohio man who was ordered by a juvenile court judge to make sure that his daughter passed her GED exam has been sentenced to six months in jail because the teen has yet to pass the test. Brian Gegner was given the jail sentence even though his daughter Brittany doesn't even live with him, she lives with her mother. Read more...

Florida prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty against any of the four defendants charged with the murder of Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor in his Miami home in November during a botched robbery. Assistant State Attorney Reid Rubin said that the death penalty will be waived. Read more...

A former Arizona teacher has been sentenced to six months in jail for having a sexual relationship with one of her students at Paradise Valley High School. Jennifer Mally, 27, pleaded guilty in March to three felony charges of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old student. Read more...

Almost four decades after Charles Manson and his followers committed their "Helter Skelter" murders, authorities plan to search for more possible victims at the group's hideout at Barker Ranch in Death Valley National Park. But Manson's top lieutenant, Charles (Tex) Watson, says their are no more bodies to be found. Read more...

Jury selection has begun in the trial of R&B star R. Kelly on 14 charges of child pornography related to him videotaping himself having sex with minors. Before jury selection began, Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan turned down a motion by the defense to delay the trial, which has already been delayed numerous times in the past 10 years. Read more...

A former friend and memorabilia dealer has written a tell-all book about O.J. Simpson in which he claims the former NFL star confessed to killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Mike Gilbert says Simpson confessed while taking sleeping pills, smoking marijuana and drinking beer at his Brentwood home just weeks after the murders. Read more...

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• Mom, 14, Accused of Killing Baby
  Drowned her second child.
  
• Mom Charged With Killing 6-Year-Old
  Said girl was possessed.
  
• Family Lives With Corpse for Weeks
  Dead woman sitting on only toilet.
  
• Convicted Rapist Hangs Himself
  Arrested for luring teenager.
  
• Wife Tries to Hire Hit Man
  Sentenced to seven years.
  
• Homicide Suspected in Student's Death
  Found strangled next to river.