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Guests who were staying at the Cecil Hotel during the time when the body of tourist Elisa Lam was as-yet undiscovered inside a water tank atop the roof have filed a lawsuit against the hotel.

A man named as the suspect in a deadly shooting on the Las Vegas strip that caused a fiery crash and took three lives remains at large today. 26-year-old ex-con Ammar Harris has a history of bragging online about being a wealthy pimp.

Television news media in Southern California was on alert Wednesday afternoon as news spread that a popular Santa Barbara-based anchor was reported missing. Paula Lopez of KEYT had last been seen that morning, and her family was left hoping she would return safely.

A suspected burglar and kidnapper is a wanted man after he broke into two apartments in the same complex, robbing cash from one and holding a woman hostage in another--forcing her to cook for him while he smoked some meth.

Few things cap off a good ol' crime caper like seeing some ladies take it off and work the pole. That seems, perhaps, to be the motivation for two alleged kidnappers who are accused of robbing a man and forcing him to drive them to a strip club.

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton made a very big announcement on his site today: He's a daddy!

A man who had been barricaded in an apartment building while holding his 15-year-old son and his 86-year-old mother hostage was found this morning dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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A troubling video circulating has parents at Victorville's Victor Valley High School upset that the coaches may be encouraging student athletes to engage in "fight club" style brawls to resolve conflicts.

Now an audacious letter attorney Mark Heller sent to two local City Attorney's offices reveals he's appealed to prosecutors they circumvent the traditional punitive route so they can work as a team to "fix" his client, Lindsay Lohan.