CNN 2008-01-12

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From the CNN Center in Atlanda. I'm Nicole Lapin. Here is NOW IN THE NEWS update.

O.J. Simpson is in custody¹ in Florida and will soon return to Las Vegas to face allegations that he has violated the terms of his release on bail². Prosecutors³ say that Simpson's alleged⁴ no-no is that he conned⁵ to one of his co-defendents to express his frustration⁶. Simpson has been out on bail pending⁷ his upcoming trial on kidnapping and robbery charges. The former football star goes before a judge on that bail violation⁸ matter coming up next Wednesday.

A disgraced athlete begged a judge not to send her to prison. But the judge said even famous athletes must face consequences when they break the law. He sentenced Olympic track superstar Marion Jones to six months in prison, two years of probation⁹ and community service. It is for Jones's lie about using steroids and for her involvement in a check-fraud scam. Through her attoney, Jones says she wants to start serving her sentence immediately.

A grim turn in the search for a missing pregnant marine¹⁰, the sheriff at Onslow County, North Carolina stunned¹¹ a news conference today announcing that Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach is dead and believed buried in a wooded residential¹² area. Investigators¹³ are now looking for her body and also for a fellow Marine Corporal Cesar Lauren who Lauterbach had accused of sexual assault.

Just days after a recent confrontation¹⁴ between Iranian gunboats and US navy ships in the Persian Gulf¹⁵. US Navy officials are now (said) telling CNN that there have been two other similar incidents in recent weeks. Officials say that they have been back in December, one involved warning shots being fired. Meanwhile regarding Sunday's confrontation, the chairman of Joint¹⁶ Chief of Staff now says that it shows how Iran really poses a real threat and how the US is ready to meet it.

City officials in Los Angles are now touting¹⁷ a decrease and gang related killings¹⁸ down more than 26% last year to 216. Much of the credit is going to a special task force made up of Los Angle's police, the FBI and other agencies who work together in a crackdown on gang activity there. Overall gang crime in Los Angeles has declined last year down 4% from 2006.

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