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CBS passes on "NCIS Red" and "Beverly Hills Cop"

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:32:02 MDT

CBS passes on "NCIS Red" and "Beverly Hills Cop"

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 09:32AM MDT

Two of the bigger surprises about CBS' just-announced fall schedule were a pair of shows that aren't on it. The network passed on "NCIS Red," a spinoff of "NCIS: Los Angeles." And on "Beverly Hills Cop," a sequel of sorts to the 1984 movie. We don't generally see failed pilots, so we have to take CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler's word for it when she says, "Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't." And, given CBS' success, you have to think Tassler knows what she's talking about. "...

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Police kill man holding children hostage in New Jersey

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:07:56 MDT

Police kill man holding children hostage in New Jersey

the Associated Press

Updated May 12, 2013 11:07PM MDT

Trenton, N.J. • Police stormed a New Jersey home early Sunday and fatally shot a registered sex offender who had held his girlfriend’s three children hostage, ending their 37-hour ordeal and recovering the bodies of the captives’ mother and another sibling, authorities said. Officers initially went to the South Trenton home Friday afternoon after a relative of 44-year-old Carmelita Stevens said she hadn’t spoken to her in weeks and was worried, authorities said at a news conference Sunday. Upon...