'I never knew that it would be the last time I'd see him," says grieving mother of murdered 2-year-old (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

'He was so happy,' mother says

Human Rights Watch studied abuses (Detroit Free Press)

The following excerpt comes from a December 1996 report, "All Too Familiar," by Human Rights Watch. The organization examined sexual abuse of female prisoners in the United States. It was one of a series of reports in the 1990s that described abuses of female inmates in Michigan prisons.

Former Orange County deputy sheriff jailed in killings (Orlando Sentinel)

A former Orange County deputy sheriff faces first-degree murder charges after his arrest Wednesday in the 2007 killings of his former girlfriend and son in St. Petersburg.

High court reverses ruling on marriage (The Carlisle Independent)

Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — The state Supreme Court has reversed an earlier state Court of Appeals ruling in a case in which the lower court concluded a ceremony, not a license, was the key to a valid marriage in Arkansas.

Amy made me broody.. until I remembered the sleepless nights with my twins! (Daily Mirror)

EXCLUSIVE EastEnders Rita on filming Roxy's Christmas cliffhanger

Names & Faces (Washington Post)

Not content with winning seven consecutive Tours de France and beating testicular cancer, Lance Armstrong , 37, is about to become a father for the fourth time. Us magazine reports that girlfriend Anna Hansen , who met Armstrong through her charity work for cancer survivors, expects a June delivery....

Names & Faces (Washington Post)

OTL: Reaching Out (ESPN)

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Mom joins Tiwari paternity battle (The Telegraph)

New Delhi, Dec. 16: The mother of Rohit Shekhar, who filed a paternity suit against N.D. Tiwari, has joined the young lawyer’s fight to get the Congress veteran to acknowledge him as his son.

When Caylee vanished: Casey Anthony's case (MSNBC)

You've seen their faces everywhere: Caylee Anthony, the missing two-year-old girl, and her 22-year-old mother Casey. Now, see the case as you've never heard it before, with insights from the Caylee Anthony’s grandparents and from Casey Anthony herself.