Crawfordsville, IN – Ten-year-old Savannah Ross is dead because her mother’s boyfriend is an ignorant douche who apparently forgot the two most important rules of gun safety: 1) Always assume a gun is loaded. 2) Never allow the muzzle to point at anything you are not willing to see destroyed. Simple enough, right? Guess not. According to police, Steven Bixler, armed with a large caliber rifle, walked into a room where Savannah and three other children were playing Saturday afternoon, aimed and fired.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/09/07/10-year-old-girl-shot-and-killed-by-moms-boyfriend/

Yenny Valero, filed a notice of claim on Aug. 27 alleging her son — who has not been identified — was assaulted, sexually abused and raped at the Queens public school he attended during the 2009-10 school year. Valero claims the horrifying incident occurred on June 11 — just days before the school year ended.

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The girl was hospitalized in critical condition.

SANTA ANA — A driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI after his SUV hit nine people, dragging a woman and her two-year-old daughter more than 50 feet along a street in Santa Ana.

The accident happened around 7:50 p.m. Monday in the 1400 block of West McFadden Avenue, near Graham Lane, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertanga.

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The vehicle rolled over in 9 feet of water.

APPLE VALLEY — An 16-month-old baby boy has died after the off-road vehicle he was riding in plunged into a spillway in Apple Valley. CHP detectives say the driver — the boy’s father — was driving under the influence.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/local/ktla-baby-drowns-mojave,0,3415002.story

Child Murder Suspect Will Be Released Wednesday

Victim’s Family Wants Him To Stay In Jail While He Waits For Trial

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A Glynn County man in jail in connection with the death of a 17-month-old girl last year will  be released before he even goes to trial.Police said Daryl Jones was watching Brianna Hester when she died of head trauma. Jones has been in jail for more than a year awaiting trial.

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http://www.news4jax.com/video/24902999/index.html

A 50 year prison sentence this week for 52-year-old Kenneth Carson of Poland, who has been convicted on child molestation charges.  Carson was found guilty on charges that he performed various sexual acts with a 3-year-old boy.

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http://mywabashvalley.com/fulltext?nxd_id=142305

Austrian television host Natascha Kampusch, who is known for her abduction at the age of 10, will be releasing her autobiography detailing the ordeal she went through at the hands of her kidnapper.

Kampusch, 22, who had been kidnapped by Wolfgang Priklopil, will publish her book, titled ‘3,096 Days’ in reference to the amount of time she was held captive, on September 8.

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http://sify.com/news/cellar-girl-reveals-her-3-096-day-abduction-rape-and-naked-slavery-horrors-news-international-kjgnOebdeij.html

A South Valley mother is accused of child abuse after deputies say she and her young children were found living in deplorable conditions. Bernalillo County deputies checked the home of 30-year-old Francine Douglas as part of “Operation Safe Child.”

Douglas lives at the home near Isleta and Arenal in Southwest Albuquerque with three children ages one, two, and three.

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http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s1598527.shtml

Henry County investigators say the incident happened in this home, which led to the boy’s father being arrested for child abuse. Wednesday night they responded to a 911 call in the Axton area of Henry County on Stoney Mountain Road.  Police say they found a 3 month old baby boy with a broken arm and he was taken to the hospital.

Henry County Police also say they discovered the baby had several fractured ribs from an unreported incident three weeks earlier.  According to police, the child got the fractured ribs back on August 12th.

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http://www2.wsls.com/news/2010/sep/05/martinsville-man-charged-w-felony-child-abuse-ar-488516/

Whether it’s the stress of hard times or heightened awareness of the issue, reports of child abuse in Los Angeles County shot up 10 percent in the first half of this year, officials say.

Calls to the Child Abuse Hotline jumped from 39,611 in the first half of last year to 43,693 in the same period this year.

Department of Children and Family Services Director Trish Ploehn said she believes the increase in calls is a combination of two factors: the economic stress on families being taken out on children and greater awareness of abuse from news coverage of child deaths.

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http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_16001707

Durham, N.C. — Gina Marie Watring, who was a teacher’s aide at Durham’s Creekside Elementary School, pleaded guilty Thursday to having sex with a 10-year-old student. She was sentenced to up to six and a half years in jail, following by three years probation.

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http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/8236363/