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Urban voters seek more campaign talk of gun crime
Sat,1 Sep 2012 04:41 PM PDT
Associated Press -  In a tough Philadelphia neighborhood where an off-duty police officer was shot to death last month, a mother is afraid to walk to the corner store with her two children. In a Chicago area where 23 people have been killed by gunfire so far this year, kids don't want to go outside. In Harlem, a 26-year-old man worries his family will get hit by crossfire.
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Egypt: Top militant arrested in Sinai
Sat,1 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT
Associated Press - Egypt said Saturday that it had arrested a high-level Islamist militant convicted of killing troops in the Sinai Peninsula, vowing to keep up military operations to "cleanse" the volatile desert region. Full Story | Top |
2 suspended after improper Mass. crime lab tests
Sat,1 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT
Associated Press - State officials have suspended two supervisors at a Massachusetts crime lab where a chemist is accused of mishandling drug evidence, which could expose thousands of drug convictions to legal challenges, and defense attorneys told a newspaper that she tried to alter an evidence log. Full Story | Top |
Fugitive US businessman returned to Dubai
Sat,1 Sep 2012 08:39 AM PDT
Associated Press - A fugitive American businessman fighting fiscal corruption charges in Dubai has been returned to the United Arab Emirates after fleeing to Yemen, a spokesman said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
Police: NH woman arrested 4 times in 26 hours
Sat,1 Sep 2012 06:23 AM PDT
Associated Press - Authorities say a New Hampshire woman has been arrested four times in 26 hours for blasting the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" and other loud music from her home and for throwing a frying pan. Full Story | Top |
Tijuana drug gang leader extradited to US
Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:57 PM PDT
AFP - Mexico extradited the former deputy leader of a Tijuana drug cartel to the United States on Friday to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges, US officials said. Full Story | Top |
That Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Is a Serious Crime
Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:06 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  If you can get past the novelty of the fact that Canada has strategic maple syrup reserve, and the "sticky fingers" jokes leading every single news story about it, the heist in which $30 million of maple syrup was stolen from a warehouse is actually pretty serious.
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Guatemala's ex-police chief arrested in Geneva over murders
Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:18 AM PDT
Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss authorities said they had arrested Guatemala's former chief of police on Friday in connection with a series of murders committed in the Central American country between 2004 and 2007. Erwin Sperisen resigned in 2007 after eight murders raised fears that senior officials were linked to drug gangs. Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot said that Sperisen, who was arrested five years after criminal complaints were first lodged in the Swiss city for killings in Guatemala, will be questioned over his alleged role in the killing of prisoners at the El Infiernito and Pavon ... Full Story | Top |
Russian arrested in killing denies Pussy Riot ties
Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:54 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Investigators say police have detained a man who has confessed to killing two women in a central Russian city, and then tried to mislead investigations by scrawling a message at the murder scene demanding freedom for jailed members of the Pussy Riot band.
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Arrested Russian killer denies ties to Pussy Riot
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:51 AM PDT
Associated Press - Investigators say police have detained a man who has confessed to killing two women in a central Russian city, and then tried to mislead investigations by scrawling a message at the murder scene demanding freedom for jailed members of the Pussy Riot band.
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Colorado shooting suspect may have called university before rampage
Thu,30 Aug 2012 07:18 PM PDT
Reuters -  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Accused Colorado gunman James Holmes may have phoned h is former university just nine minutes before last month's shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" that killed 12 people, his lawyer said on Thursday. In a pretrial hearing, defense attorney Tamara Brady raised the possibility of such a call while questioning Dr. Lynne Fenton, a University of Colorado psychiatrist w h o treated Holmes in the month before the July 20 movie house shooting. ...
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Defense: Shooting suspect made call before attack
Thu,30 Aug 2012 06:32 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The suspect in the Colorado shooting rampage tried unsuccessfully to call his university psychiatrist 9 minutes before he opened fire during a Batman movie premiere, defense attorneys revealed in court Thursday.
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Texas man sentenced to 99 years over gang rape of 11-year-old
Thu,30 Aug 2012 06:16 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas man accused of taking part in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in an abandoned trailer along with 19 other men and boys was convicted on Thursday of aggravated sexual assault in a case that shocked a small Texas town, court officials said. The man, 20-year-old Eric McGowen, was sentenced to 99 years in prison, Liberty County Court officials said. He had been free on bond pending the outcome of the trial but disappeared after the victim testified against him on Wednesday. A warrant was issued for his arrest. ... Full Story | Top |
Scores arrested in new Maldives protest against Nasheed ruling
Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:55 PM PDT
Reuters -  MALE (Reuters) - Maldives police arrested at least 12 people in the early hours of Friday to break up a protest by supporters of former president Mohamed Nasheed against a report that said he had been replaced legitimately. Hundreds of angry supporters of Nasheed had blocked a main road in the capital Male for three hours before the arrests forced them to disperse. On Thursday, around 50 protesters had been detained. After his removal on February 7, Nasheed, in power since 2008, said he had been forced to resign at gunpoint by mutinying police and soldiers. ...
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