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Tuesday, January 15, 2013  In a world with global positioning satellites and technology that can literally find a needle in a haystack, the decade long hunt for Osama Bin Laden finally came to an end thanks to gut instincts and pure tenacity.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  A South Carolina prosecutor plans to seek the death penalty against a man charged with abducting and raping a woman and fatally beating her with a baseball bat.

Friday, August 10, 2012  Officials suspend license of Delaware pediatrician accused of 'waterboarding' daughter

Monday, February 20, 2012  A Columbia man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 torture and murder of an Aiken man.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011  Arguments in the Jose Padilla torture case are scheduled to be heard by  a federal appeals council. Padilla is looking to reinstate his lawsuit against  government officials including former Defense Secretary Donald Runsfield. He claims they played a part in what he describes as an illegal detention and torture in a military prison.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011  Federal appeals court says former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld may be sued in torture case.

Thursday, July 14, 2011  Prosecutors say an argument over houseguests led a Southern California woman to cut off her estranged husband's penis and put it down a garbage disposal.

Friday, December 17, 2010  Officials: CIA promised $5M in legal fees for psychologists who waterboarded detainees

Thursday, October 14, 2010  The men are scheduled to appear in Bronx state Supreme Court on Thursday

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Two additional suspects were charged Tuesday in several brutal attacks that authorities believe were touched off because gang members thought one of their recruits was gay

Sunday, October 10, 2010  Allegations that gang members attacked two teens and a man last week because they were gay don't square with the reputation of their Bronx neighborhood, resident and city leaders said.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  Authorities say a California man jealous over a message on his girlfriend's Facebook page tortured and imprisoned her for four days while their children were in the house.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010  An expert in ethics discusses torture during a speech at a South Carolina university.

Friday, February 12, 2010  Pennsylvania family says 'friends' torture, kill disabled woman

Thursday, April 30, 2009  Activists marching from US Capitol to White House to protest torture, detention policies