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Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Updated with video; On Monday, the Supreme Court upheld the police practice of taking DNA samples from people who are arrested, even if they haven’t been convicted of a crime.

Friday, May 31, 2013  Maine teens wary of Facebook after phony profile allegedly lured girl into fatal trap

Monday, May 13, 2013  The brothers were initially taken into custody but released after investigators said there was no evidence against them.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Ex-relatives of Ohio man in kidnapping case say he terrorized family; bail set at $8 million for him

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Women held captive in Ohio endured lonely, dark lives; kidnap suspect due in court Thursday

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Frantic call leads police to 3 missing women in Cleveland home; 3 brothers arrested

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  U.S. couple accused of kidnapping their 2 children brought back from Cuba, jailed in Florida

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Should Georgia pass a law requiring all people accused of a crime that carries with it the death penalty to undergo DNA testing.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  A six-day standoff between police and a man holding a young boy hostage in an underground bunker ended when police killed the man and rescued the boy.

Friday, February 01, 2013  Negotiators tall through ventilation pipe to Alabama captor in bunker; 3rd full day of standoff

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Story updated: The gunman, identified by neighbors as Jimmy Lee Dykes, a 65-year-old retired truck driver, was known as "the crazy man" of the neighborhood.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Anthony Pittman told Albany police officers Wednesday evening that he was approached by an unknown black male wearing blue jeans, a white shirt and a black jacket while at a stop sign at the corner of Mercer Avenue and Davis Street.

Sunday, November 25, 2012  The days of waiting in line to get deals are over as Cyber Monday quickly approaches and customers are booting up their computers to prepare to shop.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  Last week the Worth County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of investigations exhumed the body of a man found in the woods near highway 300 on September 6th, 1988 says Worthit2u.net.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  Local agencies have teamed together to inform parents and children about the danger of strangers.