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Man gets 26-year jail term for 17 years of stalking

In what prosecutors called the longest sentence for stalking in memory, a Seattle-area man was given a 26 1/2-year prison term for waging a 17-year campaign of harassment against a former classmate he met in middle school, and instilling fear in her.

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Moxley family wants killer 'in jail for the rest of his life'

As Michael Skakel seeks an early release from prison, the family of the woman he's convicted of beating to death in 1975 said they want him to stay in jail for life.

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Dad of family in crash: 'We've been given a second chance'

Some quick-thinking Good Samaritans were lifesavers for a Texas family whose small seaplane crashed into the Caribbean.

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Surging Gingrich: I won't criticize my ex-wife

As Newt Gingrich inches closer to front-runner Mitt Romney ahead of South Carolina's Republican presidential primary Saturday, he's deflecting attention brought on by ex-wife Marianne — and charges of veiled racism in his recent comments.

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Cruise survivors: 'There was so much chaos'

An American mother and daughter aboard the cruise ship that grounded off the coast of Italy Friday described a scene of chaos as passengers fended for themselves to climb aboard lifeboats.

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Tween catches thief with hidden webcam

12-year-old Hallie Pritchard set up a webcam in her bedroom to catch her sisters red-handed messing with her stuff.

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Casey Anthony: My computer was hacked

A second Casey Anthony home video diary has found its way online, but the acquitted mother’s attorney says he hopes viewers don’t try to read into Anthony’s statements.

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TODAY's Professionals: Teen will regret photo

The story of a teen whose senior picture was rejected by her high school yearbook for being too sexy has become the biggest hot-button issue ever on TODAY.com.

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Teen in revealing yearbook photo flap: 'It's artistic'

18-year-old Sydney Spies wants a future in modeling, and she figured she would make that clear with her senior picture in her high school yearbook.

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Casey Anthony speaks out for the first time in video diary

While Casey Anthony sightings have been scarce in the six months since she was cleared of killing her toddler daughter Caylee, the 25-year-old has resurfaced in a video that she apparently recorded herself in October.

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Surging Rick Santorum: I can win tough elections

After watching the likes of Rick Perry, Herman Cain and lately, Newt Gingrich emerge as challengers to front-runner Mitt Romney during the long road to the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum told TODAY Thursday his own sudden surge has legs that the other candidates haven’t shown.

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Zookeeper: Polar bear cub will fare better than Knut

As his more than 1 million YouTube fans can attest, polar bear Siku’s main job these days is to be un-bear-ably adorable as he rolls around on his back, sucks a handler’s finger, and takes long, leisurely naps with his tongue hanging out.

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Van der Sloot’s ‘angel’ pays his bills, made CD for him

Infamous accused killer Joran van der Sloot has yet to receive a visit from his own mother as he sits awaiting trial in a Peruvian prison, but an American stranger has made the 5,200-mile round trip to van der Sloot’s prison cell — three times.

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Kate dazzles in black velvet, diamonds and rubies

Even with the pressure of having the world’s eyes fixed upon her, the Duchess of Cambridge showed up in spades Monday in wowing a crowd in London with her grace, poise and dazzling fashion sense.

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Teen who hid from home invaders: 'I stayed calm'

With her father’s words — “stay calm now, panic later” — echoing in her ears, 13-year-old Chloe Symington kept her wits about her during a horrifying home invasion as one intruder lurked just three feet away from where she was hiding.

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Meet world’s shortest woman: She’s 24.7 inches tall

Turning 18 marks a major milestone in the life of any young women, but Jyoti Amge finds herself the subject of some added hoopla today – she is now officially the World’s Shortest Living Woman.

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Family scales back search for missing mom

The biggest break in the case of missing Florida mom Michelle Parker has ultimately become a case of a broken heart for her mother Yvonne; she tells NBC News that police finding Michelle’s cell phone has dashed her hope her daughter will ever be found alive.

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Parents of bullied Rutgers student: 'I feel violated for my son'

The passing of 15 months since the suicide death of her son Tyler has done little to lessen the pain Jane Clementi feels over losing the sweet-natured, talented concert violinist who had only just begun his journey into adulthood.

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O Christmas tree, you’re worth a cool $2 million

It’s a Christmas tree fit for a king — King Midas, that is.

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Parents of flour tots in video: That mess was real

“Kids Trash Home With Flour in Minutes” has become a viral sensation, with some two million views on YouTube in less than a week. But the video — showing Vince and Mary Napoli’s 3-year-old and 16-month old boys spreading flour willy-nilly all over the family living room — has elicited cries of hoax.

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Mom: Bullying drove my 10-year-old girl to suicide

Ashlynn Conner was a classic, small-town, All-American girl — an honor roll student who loved cheerleading and stray cats and dreamed of becoming a veterinarian.

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'Ignore Casey Anthony,' urges her former prosecutor

Found not guilty of murdering her daughter Caylee, Casey Anthony now serves out a year’s probation on an unrelated charge in Florida. But an Anthony prosecutor who remains convinced of her guilt says in a perfect world, Anthony’s real sentence will be fading into obscurity.

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Attorney: Alleged victim ‘torn’ over Penn State scandal

Even though support for victims of alleged child sexual abuse in the Penn State scandal has poured out, those victims may feel guilty seeing the school’s legendary football program torn apart as a result of the charges against the team’s former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, an attorney for one such victim said on TODAY Monday.

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Falklands duty will separate William from Kate

Christmas will have extra meaning for Prince Williams and Kate this year, and not just because it’s their first Yuletide as a married couple. Shortly after the holidays, as part of his duties as a search-and-rescue pilot for England’s Royal Air Force, William will ship off to the faraway Falkland Islands — without his bride.

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Jackson’s sister: I have no sympathy for Murray

Though Dr. Conrad Murray showed poignant emotion about Michael Jackson in an interview conducted before his involuntary manslaughter conviction yesterday, the singer's sister Rebbie made it clear Tuesday that she has no sympathy for the man she holds responsible for her brother’s death.

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