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02/02/12--06:30: Band camp, other clubs suspended (chan 1469967)

The president of Florida A&M University said the college is canceling its summer band camp program and suspending all clubs as the school continues to deal with the fallout from the suspected hazing death of a marching band student.


02/08/12--11:10: Miss. high court considers pardons (chan 1469967)

The Mississippi Supreme Court gets ready to determine fate of some 200 pardoned criminals. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.


02/08/12--12:57: Champion remembered at event (chan 1469967)

A major national college event pauses to remember FAMU drum major Robert Champion.


02/09/12--01:58: Sandusky urged to stay inside (chan 1469967)

Prosecutors are blasting Jerry Sandusky's recent request to see his grandchildren saying the former Penn State assistant football coach should not be allowed to contact his grandchildren and should not be allowed to treat his house arrest like "a house party."


02/14/12--10:29: Girl tells how she escaped kidnapper (chan 1469967)

A 7-year-old girl recounts fighting off a man who tried to grab her inside a Wal-Mart.


02/15/12--03:08: Serial killer draws map to bodies (chan 1469967)

Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla dicusses his efforts to track down the remains of killer Wesley Shermantine's victims.


02/15/12--03:09: Drug felons face welfare test (chan 1469967)

CNN's Susan Candiotti explains a controversial Pennsylvania pilot program for drug felons on welfare.


02/15/12--03:15: Legal Guys: UVA lacrosse trial (chan 1469967)

Fredricka Whitfield talks to the Legal Guys about the case of former lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.


02/15/12--03:15: Madonna stalker captured on run (chan 1469967)

A man who threatened to kill Madonna has been captured after escaping from a CA mental ward. Nancy Grace has the latest.


02/15/12--10:21: Judge: Sandusky can see grandkids (chan 1469967)

A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that the former Penn State assistant football coach currently awaiting trial on child sex assault charges can visit with some of his grandchildren.


02/15/12--10:26: Family sues bus company, driver (chan 1469967)

A lawsuit filed by the family of Robert Champion, the Florida A&M University band member allegedly beaten to death in a hazing ritual, accused the bus company involved in the deadly assault and the bus driver of negligence, their attorney said Monday.


02/16/12--04:40: Case cost PSU $3.2 million so far (chan 1469967)

Pennsylvania's flagship university says it has run up nearly $3.2 million in combined legal, consultant, and public relation fees pertaining to the investigation of charges against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.


02/19/12--09:48: Will Knox face new charges? (chan 1469967)

CNN legal contributor Paul Callan on why prosecutors are appealing the ruling on her overturned conviction.


02/20/12--09:23: Female body found in barrel (chan 1469967)

Police find a female body in a 50 gallon barrel buried in a shallow grave. Is it missing 16 year old, Angela Allen?


02/20/12--09:24: Shot with Taser, now brain dead (chan 1469967)

A woman shot with a Taser by a trooper in Florida, falls into a coma. Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with her parents.


02/21/12--02:55: 30 prisoners escape after riot (chan 1469967)

Dozens died and 30 inmates escaped during a weekend prison riot in northern Mexico, an official said Monday. The prison's director and 18 guards have been removed from their positions and are under investigation.


02/21/12--08:33: Scandal grows for outed sheriff (chan 1469967)

As political opponents call for an investigation, Paul Babeu's campaign appears vulnerable. CNN's Miguel Marquez reports.


02/21/12--11:00: 2nd teacher accused in scandal (chan 1469967)

A preliminary hearing for Martin Springer, the second Los Angeles teacher charged with lewd conduct with a child, was set Thursday for April 16.


02/21/12--11:04: Teacher accused of 'bonding' pics (chan 1469967)

A former southern California schoolteacher is set to be arraigned Tuesday amid allegations he bound young students, then photographed them with semen-filled spoons held at their mouths and three-inch cockroaches crawling across their faces, among other graphic depictions.


02/22/12--02:54: Not guilty plea in 'bondage' case (chan 1469967)

A former southern California schoolteacher entered a not guilty plea Tuesday to allegations he bound young students, then photographed them with semen-filled spoons held at their mouths and three-inch cockroaches crawling across their faces, among other graphic depictions.


02/22/12--05:03: Megaupload founder out on bail (chan 1469967)

A New Zealand released Kim Dotcom, the millionaire founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, on bail after a judge said Dotcom did not appear to have funds available to flee.


02/22/12--05:16: Man convicted on child molestation charges in U.S. arrested in Canada (chan 1469967)

Canadian officials say they have arrested a man convicted in 2002 of child molestation in Arizona.


02/22/12--06:28: Mine official charged with conspiracy related to 2010 fatal explosion (chan 1469967)

The superintendent of the West Virginia mine hit by an explosion in 2010, killing 29 miners, was charged with conspiracy Wednesday for allegedly impeding federal enforcement of safety regulations and covering up safety violations.


02/22/12--06:30: Arrests made in death of Alabama third-grader (chan 1469967)

The grandmother and stepmother of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who died Monday after allegedly being ordered to run around her family's house -- for hours -- as punishment for lying about taking a candy bar have been charged with murder, police said Wednesday.


02/22/12--07:44: Man charged in U.S. Capitol bomb plot to remain jailed (chan 1469967)

A Moroccan man charged with plotting a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Capitol will remain in jail, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.


02/22/12--08:41: Woman accused of hiring hitman to kill random fur-wearer (chan 1469967)

A self-proclaimed animal rights activist in Ohio has been charged with soliciting a hit man to kill a random person wearing fur, either by shooting the individual or slitting his or her throat.


02/22/12--09:35: New inquest into baby's 'dingo' death (chan 1469967)

In a dusty campsite in central Australia more than 30 years ago, a mother's cries of "a dingo's got my baby" set the stage for one of the country's most intriguing murder mysteries.


02/22/12--10:20: Terror detainee who once lived in U.S. reaches plea deal (chan 1469967)

Majid Khan, a high-value terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has reached a plea agreement with military prosecutors in which he would plead guilty and agree to testify against other detainees in return for a reduced sentence, according to a source familiar with the case.


02/22/12--10:43: Jury recommends 26 years for Huguely (chan 1469967)

A jury late Wednesday recommended a prison sentence of 26 years for former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely, convicted of second-degree murder and grand larceny in the death of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love.


02/22/12--11:16: Justices to debate 'stolen valor' (chan 1469967)

The Supreme Court will decide whether a law outlawing lying about earned military medals is constitutional.


02/22/12--11:16: Vet brothers may face deportation (chan 1469967)

Vietnam War veterans Valente and Manuel Valenzuela may face deportation by the United States government.


02/22/12--11:17: Woman hit by bullet from Mexico? (chan 1469967)

A woman in El Paso, Texas, is struck by a bullet from a gun that may have been fired in Juarez, Mexico. KFOX reports.


02/22/12--11:21: Police: Student shot, another in custody in Wash. state (chan 1469967)

One student was wounded and another was in custody Wednesday after a shooting at an elementary school in Bremerton, Washington, authorities said.


02/22/12--11:59: "Studying while Muslim": Profiling (chan 1469967)

Dean Obeidallah says the NYPD spying on Muslim American students at 16 universities is profiling at its worst. Why is there no public outcry?


02/23/12--01:37: Police: Connecticut hospital employee shoots 2 supervisors (chan 1469967)

An employee at a Connecticut hospital shot and wounded two of his supervisors after a disciplinary incident, authorities said.