Jan30/08

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** New Orleans cop shot to death with her own gun **

*Who: Officer Nicola Cotton, 24,

*What: A man who was stopped for questioning beat and wrestled a gun away from a New Orleans police officer and shot her to death..

*Where:NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana

*When:two weeks ago.

*What Happened:He allegedly shot her once in the head and began to walk away. But he came back and shot her three more times,Police say a surveillance camera captured the killing.

1/23/08

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**Autopsy planned as actor Heath Ledger is mourned**

Who:Heath Ledger
What:possible drug overdose
Where:Lower Manhattan apartment
When:Tuesday
What Happened:Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said. Ledger was 28.

jan/22/08

**Deaths in skeleton mystery ruled homicides**

Who:Eight men & Erik D. Cohler, 21,John C. Blevins, 38,
What:skeletal remains were discovered
When: Friday
Where: Fort Myers,WEST PALM BEACH, Florida
What Happened:Authorities would not say how the victims died, citing the ongoing investigation. A surveyor found the first skeleton in March in a wooded area just outside downtown. Police soon discovered seven others nearby. No flesh remained on the bones, which appeared to have been chewed on by animals. There were no clothes or personal items, either, and police have been struggling to identify them.Conahan is also suspected in at least five other slayings of young men dubbed the Hog Trail Murders because of the swampy, wooded locations where the nude bodies were found in the mid-1990s. Those cases remain unsolved.