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During the week before Halloween each year, Lt. Steve Rose of the Sandy Springs Police Department in Georgia knocks on the doors of every registered sex offender in his jurisdiction.

A South Carolina man has been charged a second time with having sex with the same horse, according to news reports from the Palmetto State. Police say Rodell Vereen, 50, was charged with buggery. He'll be in court Monday. If convicted, he faces up to five years in jail. Last July Vereen pleaded guilty to having sex with the same horse on Thanksgiving 2007. He was declared a sex offender, sentenced to three years of...

A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been accused of child pornography after posting nearly 30 explicit nude pictures of herself on MySpace.com — charges that could force her to register as a sex offender if convicted.

Worry was the dominant feeling among Brentwood parents after hearing that a convicted sex offender with HIV has had contact with teenagers in the area.

The man who won the state's first half-million dollar lottery was attacked on a downtown street this afternoon with a tire iron or metal pipe, according to Anchorage police. Police say Alec Ahsoak, 53, was attacked at about 3:30 p.m. when a man approached him to ask if he was the man who won the $500,000 jackpot.