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Chavez calls for crime fight as Venezuela vote nears
Tue,25 Sep 2012 07:28 PM PDT
Reuters -  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for a new fight against crime on Tuesday, acknowledging an issue that voters say is their top concern ahead of an election in less than two weeks. Speaking at a graduation ceremony for more than 8,000 police officers, the socialist leader said the South American country still lacked the specialized forces it needed to solve problems that hit poor neighborhoods the hardest. ...
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Four California teens arrested in school soccer team hazing case
Tue,25 Sep 2012 07:24 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four Los Angeles-area high school students have been arrested in an investigation of complaints that varsity soccer players sexually abused younger team members in hazing rituals that victims said were conducted with the complicity of a coach. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department opened an investigation at the request of the school district after a parent of one boy who claimed to have been harassed by teammates came forward to lodge a complaint, school officials said. ... Full Story | Top |
Army doctor's defense says compelling doubt in "Fatal Vision" case
Tue,25 Sep 2012 05:50 PM PDT
Reuters - WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - A defense attorney seeking a new trial for an Army doctor convicted of the 1970 murders of his family on Tuesday argued that no reasonable jury would have convicted him had it been privy to the DNA evidence and witness testimony collected in the years since his first trial. Former Green Beret Jeffrey MacDonald has maintained his innocence in the stabbing and clubbing deaths that brought him three life sentences and led to the bestseller "Fatal Vision" and a television mini-series. ... Full Story | Top |
Egypt: 3 sentenced for 'morality' killing
Tue,25 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT
Associated Press - An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted three Islamists of killing a student this summer as he sat in a quiet park with his fiancée, sentencing them to 15 years in prison in a case that sparked fears of vigilantes trying to enforce strict religious mores. Full Story | Top |
New York experiencing a big Apple-centric crime spree
Tue,25 Sep 2012 12:55 PM PDT
BGR News -  The Big Apple is apparently not a good place to show off your Apple (AAPL) devices. Per Gothamist, the New York Police Department says that crimes involving Apple products have increased by 40% over the last year, a rate increase that's 10 times as large as the overall crime rate increase of 4% over the last year. The NYPD helpfully advises that "individuals alert to their surroundings are less likely to become victims of thefts of iPhones and other handheld devices," so it's probably best not to get lost in Central Park at 2 in the morning while relying on Apple's iOS 6 maps application to bail you out. Read
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Ex-TSA officer sentenced in Conn. painkiller case
Tue,25 Sep 2012 12:28 PM PDT
Associated Press - Federal authorities say a former Transportation Security Administration officer has been sentenced in Connecticut to more than six years in prison for accepting cash to allow painkillers through airport security. Full Story | Top |
Chicago Crime Commission proposes solutions for reducing gang violence
Tue,25 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT
PR Newswire - Plan includes increasing manpower, new gang units, and hard prison time for offendersCHICAGO, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Chicago Crime Commission is strongly urging two practical responses to address the daily deadly gang violence that continues to plague the city of Chicago. The Chicago Crime Commission proposes that the city move immediately to increase the number of sworn police officers by 1,400 and work to prosecute armed gang members to the fullest extent of the law. ... Full Story | Top |
Mass. lab probe starts with 1,140 inmate cases
Tue,25 Sep 2012 03:46 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Faced with the daunting task of evaluating more than 34,000 drug cases handled by a Massachusetts chemist accused of misconduct, prosecutors and defense attorneys are starting with 1,140 cases of people who are already serving prison sentences based on potentially tainted evidence.
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Work by Mass. lab could taint 1,100 inmates' cases
Tue,25 Sep 2012 12:04 AM PDT
Associated Press - Faced with the daunting task of evaluating more than 34,000 drug cases handled by a Massachusetts chemist accused of misconduct, prosecutors and defense attorneys are starting with 1,140 cases of people who are already serving prison sentences based on potentially tainted evidence.
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Ex-Intel executive sentenced in NY for fraud
Mon,24 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT
Associated Press - A former Intel Corp. executive who fed confidential information to a billionaire hedge fund founder accused in a massive insider trading case earned leniency on Monday at his own sentencing. Full Story | Top |
Ex-Intel executive sentenced in NYC for fraud
Mon,24 Sep 2012 02:25 PM PDT
Associated Press - A former Intel executive was credited for his extensive cooperation as he was sentenced in New York to probation for feeding confidential information about the computer-chip maker to a billionaire hedge fund manager. Full Story | Top |
Dozens arrested after Saudi prison protest
Mon,24 Sep 2012 07:35 AM PDT
Reuters - JEDDAH (Reuters) - Security forces on Monday detained dozens of men who had staged a protest near a prison in central Saudi Arabia to press for the release of relatives, demonstrators and a rights activist said. The arrests were made after police had confined the protesters, who included women and small children, to a desert area outside the prison where they were kept without food or water for nearly a day, protesters and activists said. It was a rare demonstration in the world's biggest oil exporter, where protests are banned. ... Full Story | Top |
Dozens injured, 20 arrested when massive riot erupts at Foxconn plant [video]
Mon,24 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT
BGR News - ![Dozens injured, 20 arrested when massive riot erupts at Foxconn plant [video]](http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nB4Qr1iiEyuyJM0klj.gsw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/foxconn-working.jpeg "Dozens injured, 20 arrested when massive riot erupts at Foxconn plant [video]") Approximately 40 people were injured and 20 were arrested when a massive riot broke out Sunday at Foxconn's (2038) Taiyuan plant in Northern China. Details are still conflicting, however early reports from Engadget suggest the incident began after a security guard struck a worker during anti-Japan protests at around 10:00 p.m. local time on Sunday. The plant, which manufactures magnesium alloy components and LED lighting products, has been closed following the incident. Reports suggest as many as 2,000 workers were involved. Foxconn issued a preliminary statement suggesting the incident was triggered by "a fight among workers from different production lines," but the company noted it is "still investigating the cause of the fight and the number of people involved." A video of the
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Iraq shrugs off calls to reconsider death penalty
Sun,23 Sep 2012 09:35 AM PDT
Associated Press - Iraq has executed nearly 100 people so far this year, a big increase over previous years that has intensified concern about whether defendants are receiving fair trials in a country where the United States has spent billions of dollars trying to reform the judicial system after decades of dictatorship. Full Story | Top |
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