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http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_053224434.html FBI Terrorism Task Force Investigating I-55 Crash SLIDESHOW: Crash Scene Photos Jay Levine Reporting (CBS) CHICAGO A stunning discovery inside a car involved in a deadly crash on the Stevenson Expressway Wednesday has sparked a federal investigation. Two people were killed in the crash involving a number of cars and semi trucks. Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports one of the people killed was carrying several suspicious items. CBS 2 has learned that members of the FBI Terrorist Task Force are among those involve din the investigation originally though just to be a huge traffic nightmare, but could end up...

Reality TV they are not, but two hit shows are so convincing as imitations of life in the criminal justice system that some legal experts worry they're distorting the expectations of real jurors. The influence of the "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Law & Order" franchises has permeated American law. Lawyers ask would-be jurors whether they watch the shows and then change strategies depending on the answers. Law schools maintain video libraries of the programs as teaching tools and even analyze the plot lines in class. Which side benefits the most - prosecutors or defense attorneys - is debatable. While...

When Tammy Klein began investigating crime scenes eight years ago, it was virtually unheard of for a killer to use bleach to clean up a bloody mess. Today, the use of bleach, which destroys DNA, is not unusual in a planned homicide, said the senior criminalist from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. ADVERTISEMENT Klein and other experts attribute such sophistication to television crime dramas like "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," which give criminals helpful tips on how to cover up evidence. Prosecutors have complained for years about "the CSI effect" on juries — an expectation in every trial for the...

CSI TO VIEWERS: THE REAL CRIME IS RESPECTING LIFE The Catholic League was bombarded with complaints this morning about “Secrets and Flies,” the November 3 episode of the CBS program CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. “Secrets and Flies” revolves around the murder of Christina, a single mother. After an autopsy reveals that Christina was a virgin, it is learned that she adopted a fertilized embryo from Project Sunflower, an organization devoted to finding surrogate mothers for abandoned embryos. Here’s what Catholic League president Bill Donohue had to say: “A talented writer could easily spin an interesting who-done-it from this plot, but...

Tonight, on CSI: Las Vegas, the main plot line involved a single mother whose apparent suicide was staged. The mother was a virgin (determined by the autopsy), and was described as a "prude" by the victim's sister. After a DNA test, it was determined the baby found with the dead woman wasn't biologically-related to the mother. After further investigation, it was found out that the mother had adopted an embryo "left over" from a fertility clinic. A fictional pro-life organization called "Project Sunflower" had found the embryo a mother. As one woman CSI investigator told the details of this organization...

It's 7:30 p.m. and the Cuddle Party is about to begin. The 20 or so people who fill the Bodymind Institute in Los Angeles are all wearing pajamas, and a few look nervous. Their anxious expressions say, "I hope this is fun because I'm standing here in my pajamas with a bunch of strangers." They range in age from early 20s to early 60s and represent all races, shapes and sizes. Everyone wears a name tag. They have come to experience "an affectionate play event for adults, designed to provide a space to explore and enjoy touch, nurturing and communication"...

Man's body found 42 years ago is identified By Deanna Boyd Star-Telegram Staff Writer FORT WORTH - A homicide victim whose skeletal remains were found 42 years ago in a creek bed near the Benbrook dam finally has a name. Major case Detective Bryan Jamison said DNA tests have confirmed that the bones are that of Kenneth Bennett Glaze, a 35-year-old man who disappeared from Fort Worth in 1963. "It was a critical first step," Jamison said of the identification. "I'm glad it happened so quick so we can get down to the business of solving this crime." The remains,...

Washington -- A Prince George's County, Md., jury would not convict a man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death because a half-eaten hamburger, recovered from the crime scene and assumed to have been his, was not tested for DNA. In Washington, a jury deadlocked recently in the trial of a woman accused of stabbing another woman because fingerprints on the weapon did not belong to the suspect. An Alexandria, Va., jury acquitted a man on drug-possession charges in part because a box containing 60 rocks of crack cocaine that he was accused of tossing from his car during a...

DO YOU watch CSI? It is a question heard in an increasing number of jury selection hearings across the US. The hit television series Crime Scene Investigation, in which brilliant forensic scientists solve seemingly baffling cases each week in little more than 40 minutes, is changing the face of American justice as jurors apply the lessons of what they have seen on TV to real-life criminal trials. A decade ago, the kind of physical and forensic evidence used in the OJ Simpson trial baffled many viewers. Today, educated by what they believe they have learned from TV, it is the...

SAN ANGELO -- Authorities have recovered the body of a missing Dyess Air Force Base airman from a stock tank on a West Texas ranch, his stepsister said. Staff Sgt. Michael Leslie Severance's body was found in 10 to 20 feet of water in a tank 15 miles northeast of San Angelo, Nicole Leighton said Monday. His body had been weighted with cinderblocks, and his death was ruled a homicide. Severance, 24, had been missing since Jan. 15. He lived in San Angelo but was assigned to Dyess in Abilene, about 90 miles to the northeast. Leighton said Air Force...

American TV show CSI: Miami has been attacked by a top scientist for misleading jurors with its unrealistic portrayal of the capabilities of forensic experts and the boundaries of science. Lawyers fear the popular drama has precipitated the "CSI effect" by giving the public unrealistic expectations of what can be achieved in forensic laboratories - and that forensic testimonies are beyond reproach. West Virginia University expert Max Houck says, "Defense attorneys now worry about the CSI effect because they think the jurors view science as this juggernaut, this infallible, objective method that is always right, always accurate and that spells...

Last night's show was stupid because they went through hours and hours of high-tech snooping to finally find out that murdered was the woman's stepmother -- and then, only at the end, did someone discover a motive: the stepmother would get millions as executor of the grandkid's estate. Well, why didn't they find out about financial implications of the death AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INVESTIGATION -- I guess that would have meant no need for hours of high-tech investigation to figure out a suspect, so no need for the entire episode. The Sexiest Man in the Morgue William L....

CSI Las Vegas (George W. Bush morality tales) ? I watch CSI Las Vegas on occasion, but I have never thought of the T.V. series as being a George W. Bush morality tale. This article from Stephen Cole who writes about television for CBC.ca. seems to think it does. He may have a point. jimmyk http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/thedeadzone.html The Dead Zone Why CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is Hollywood's perfect Bush-era export. By Stephen Colevia cbc excerpt from my blog: jimmyk http://butthatsjustmyopinion.blogspot.com/ The success of CSI specifically is more than a simple case of right show, right time, however. For one thing, no...

Tonight's CSI: Miami episode is feature a plot line where a group of terrorist hijack a fishing boat, smuggle some RPG's into Miami, and fire them at police and a convenience store run by Cuban immigrants. One of those arrested in the crime presents the police a card with a statement addressing his constitutional rights, and said something about his "Second Amendment rights" and "the right to form a militia." He refuses to answer a Hispanic female officer, saying he won't answer a "Puerto Rican." After the convenience store attack, another terrorist who is apprehended with a black eye from...

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 13) - CBS News has fired the producer responsible for interrupting the last five minutes of a hit crime drama with a special report on the death of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a network source said on Friday. Word of the dismissal came a day after CBS apologized to viewers for breaking into "CSI: NY," one of its top-rated shows, on Wednesday night. "An overly aggressive CBS News producer jumped the gun with a report that should have been offered to local stations for their late news. We sincerely regret the error," the network said in a...

Interrupted CSI: NY To Be Repeated (CBS) CBS will rebroadcast the Wednesday night episode of "CSI: NY" that was interrupted by a news report of Yasser Arafat's death. Viewers in some parts of the country missed the last few minutes of the popular crime drama because of the Arafat report. The program will be shown again Friday at 10 p.m. ET. CBS issued the following statement: "An overly aggressive CBS News producer jumped the gun with a report that should have been offered to local stations for their late news. We sincerely regret the error."

CBS interupted CSI with 5 minutes left to report Arafat's death, and my mother is pissed as can be. Does anybody on the West Coast know how CSI ended? I'd be grateful to anybody who saw it it for an explanation. Thank you.

Is anybody else noticing that either Law and Order or CSI is on every single night practically? I mean, please know when to say when. CSI NY, Miami, CSI - original, and then basically the same for Law and Order.... What's next Price is Right : Hawaii? Good grief. More stories at Rightliner.com

Don't look now, but camera is watching Privacy: The video eye is almost everywhere these days, but the view isn't like they portray on crime shows By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune 2004-08-13 00:25:49.959 On a plane, train or bus, strolling a mall or park, using an ATM, riding an elevator, pumping gas, feeding coins into a tollbooth, in class or even your doctor's examining room - someone could be watching.     Are you a store clerk? Your cash register may be the star attraction of a security cam. So may be the hallways at...

"CSI" Kills Back to Life? By Joal Ryan Are CSI's casualties about to return from the dead? Jorja Fox (news), axed last week from TV's top-rated drama, will return to the scene of the crime and rejoin the show, sources tell E! News Live. Fellow fired costar George Eads will stage a similar comeback--or so he hopes. Speaking to TV critics in Los Angeles Wednesday, Eads called his dismissal "a big misunderstanding." CBS had no comment Wednesday. Fox and Eads were bumped off when CBS got out the Louisville Slugger and played hardball with the reputedly pay-hike-seeking actors. Fox was...