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Alabama Kidnapping: College Basketball Player Devonta Pollard Indicted with 6 Others in Mississippi Child Abduction Scheme (Video)

18-year-old University of Alabama basketball player Devonta Pollard, and six other people were indicted on federal charges they conspired to kidnap 6-year-old Jashayla Hopson, a young girl from an Mississippi elementary school. Prosecutors said that Pollard's mother, Jesse Mae, led a scheme to kidnap the girl to pressure the child's mother in a land dispute, news reports said. Authorities said at one point kidnappers demanded a ransom set at $50,000.

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Shot Senior Graduation: 2 Weeks After a Blow to the Head, Student Balaal Hollings Makes Surprise Appearance with Classmates

On April 6, Balaal Hollings, a Detroit high school honor student, football star and the student council and class president, was shot in the head at a birthday party. Two months later, Hollings, surprisingly showed up at his gradation with his classmates.

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News Crew Attack: Rhode Island Reporter Abby Niezgoda Bitten by Pit Bull While Trying to Conduct Interview (Video)

Melissa Lawrence, a Rhode Island woman, has been charged with assault after she threw a rock, waved a baseball bat and urged her dogs to attack a news crew reporting on a kindergarten party shooting.

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Susan Rice: President Obama Taps New National Security Adviser Replacing Tom Donilon; Nominates Susan Power as U.N. Ambassador (Video)

President Obama has picked Susan Rice to replace Tom Donilon as his new national security adviser, replacing Tom Donilon whose work as national security adviser since 2010 won praise from a president who spoke of " strengthening our alliances" and "enhancing our relationship with key powers."

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MLB Suspensions: Former MVP Alex Rodriguez Among 20 Baseball Players Facing Likely Suspensions Up to 100 Games Due to Performance-Enhancing Drugs (Video)

Kirsten Gillibrand: New York Senator Pushes Legislation To Curb Sexual Assault Within the Military (Video)

American Tourist Gang-Raped in India: Series of Sexual Assaults Hit Country in Recent Months (Video)

Fort Hood Victims Horrified: Judge Says Nidal Hasan Can Represent Himself at Murder Trial (Video)

James Holmes Trial: Judge Accepts Aurora Colorado Suspect's Insanity Plea

Authorities Recover Holly Fischer's Body: Missing Woman Discovered in North Carolina Mountains (Video)

Anna Politkovskaya Pre-Trial: Russian Court Opens 2nd Bid Attempt To Find Killers of Intrepid Journalist (Video)

Bradley Manning Trial: Army Private Who Pleaded Guilty to Leaking Secrets Could Face Up to 20 Years in Prison (Video)

'Storm Chasers' Killed: Carl Young, Tim and Paul Samaras Among Dead in Oklahoma Tornado (Video)

Turkey: Protesters Gather En Masse To Ankara and Istanbul Streets for Third Straight Day (Video)

Starbucks Smoking: Coffee House Chain Rolls Out New Policy Prohibiting 25 Feet From Its Store Front (Video)