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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Apple device theft drives NYC crime rate up for first time in 20 years Former Braves player arrested on battery charge Cameroon archbishop calls same-sex marriage crime against humanity

Apple device theft drives NYC crime rate up for first time in 20 years  Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 08:35 AM PST Apple’s (AAPL) stock might be taking a beating, but that doesn’t mean the products dreamed up by Jonathan Ive and company aren’t still hot commodities. On the contrary, Apple products are still so hot that thefts of iOS devices helped drive New York City’s crime rate up for the first time in 20 years, according to The Wall Street Journal. The news isn’t shocking considering the data the New York Police Department released in October, which revealed Apple-related crimes were up 40% this year. Paul Browne, the New York Police Department’s top spokesman told the WSJ, ”Overall crime in the five boroughs is up 3% so far this year, driven by the thefts of Apple products.” Browne said there would actually be a “slight decline Full Story	Top
Former Braves player arrested on battery charge  Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 01:27 AM PST DULUTH, Ga. (AP) â€" Former Atlanta Braves star center fielder Andruw Jones was free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta early Tuesday on a battery charge, according to jail records. Full Story	Top
Cameroon archbishop calls same-sex marriage crime against humanity  Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:24 AM PST YAOUNDE (Reuters) - One of Cameroon's most senior Christian leaders on Tuesday called same-sex marriages a "crime against humanity", ramping up anti-gay rhetoric in the Central African state. As in most African nations, homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon. But a number of incidents have highlighted the clash between a largely conservative culture backed by draconian law and youth for some of whom it is less of an issue. "Marriage of persons of the same sex is a serious crime against humanity," Victor Tonye Bakot, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Yaounde, told followers at Christmas Day mass. ... Full Story	Top

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