More charges for ex-Marine expected in deaths of California homeless men

February 4, 2012

SANTA ANA, Calif. –  Prosecutors said Friday they plan to file two more murder charges against an ex-Marine accused of killing 4 homeless men in Southern California. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackaukas on Friday announced the pending charges against Itzcoatl Ocampo. Ocampo will be charged with the stabbing deaths of Raquel Estrada and her [...]

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Tanning salon “peeping Tom” will have view from behind bars

February 3, 2012

Here’s looking at you, Jesse Macklin; he’s going to prison for secretly videotaping women and girls at an East Huntingdon Township, Pa. tanning salon (Credit:KDKA) (CBS/AP) GREENSBURG, Pa. – A “peeping Tom” who secretly taped 54 women and girls undressing in a Pennsylvania tanning salon while he hid in the ceiling will have a very [...]

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Heavy snowstorm hits Colo. on its way east

February 3, 2012

(CBS/AP)  DENVER — A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and western Kansas, and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska. The Colorado Department of Transportation closed portions of Interstate 70 and Interstate 25, the two main arteries crisscrossing the state. [...]

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Itzcoatl Ocampo, Calif. homeless killings suspect, eyed in mother-son murder

February 3, 2012

Itzcoatl Ocampo mug shot (Credit:AP Photo/Anaheim Police Dept.) (CBS/AP) ANAHEIM, Calif. – Police say that ex-marine Itzcoatl Ocampo, accused of killing four homeless men in Southern California, has been linked to the October 2011 stabbing deaths of a woman and her son. Investigators have determined that there is an association between Ocampo, who was arrested Jan. [...]

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Obama’s new jobs plan for veterans includes program resembling 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps

February 3, 2012

WASHINGTON –  in an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, the Obama administration is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands. The administration also will seek more grant money for programs that allow local communities to hire more police officers [...]

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