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MINEOLA, N.Y. — The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Ethiopian Corruption Watchdog Arrests 51 Suspects
ABC News
Most of those arrested are tax and customs officials and businessmen. Ali Sulaiman, the head of the commission, told parliament that the tax collections and customs sector have been identified as corruption-prone areas that hold back the country's economy.

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Dallas Morning News (blog)
Grand Prairie Man Suspected In Double Murder Arrested In New Mexico
CBS 11
The suspect and his murdered girlfriend, 44-year-old Jennifer Krieger, were living together in the 1800 block of Sandra Lane in Grand Prairie. Police responded to this location over the weekend after a family member of Krieger became concerned.
Man suspected in Grand Prairie double murder to be extradited from New MexicoDallas Morning News (blog)

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Seven Days
Laugh Riot: More on the Green Mountain Comedy Fest
Seven Days
The big news on the local club scene this week is the Green Mountain Comedy Festival, which begins on Wednesday, May 22, and concludes Sunday, May 26, with a festival-closing, headline performance at Club Metronome from comedian Todd Barry, who ...

NORFOLK, Va. — FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday praised two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast last weekend for their... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

Ethiopian gov't minister, businessmen arrested
KXAN.com
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court ruled Tuesday that prosecutors have two weeks to finalize corruption charges against two dozen people who have been arrested, including a senior Cabinet minister. The 24 people charged include the ...

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Pussy Riot Hunger Strike: Maria Alekhina, Jailed Punk Rocker, Declares Protest ...
Huffington Post
BEREZNIKI, Russia -- An imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot says she is going on hunger strike after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing where she was seeking release on parole. Maria Alekhina, watching the trial from a ...

Ethiopian corruption watchdog arrests 51 suspects
Fox News
Most of those arrested are tax and customs officials and businessmen. Ali Sulaiman, the head of the commission, told parliament that the tax collections and customs sector have been identified as corruption-prone areas that hold back the country's economy.

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Ruben Navarette says under Obama, a record number of immigrants have been deported. So why is his drive for immigration reform now in conflict with enforcement officials?

New York Daily News
Suspect in vicious Bronx anti-gay hate crime surrenders following West Village ...
New York Daily News
A suspect in one of two brutal anti-gay attacks that rocked the city this week surrendered to cops late Tuesday, sources said. Gabriel Roman, 39, turned himself in at a Bronx stationhouse and was charged with three counts of assault as a hate crime ...
New York City seeing spike in anti-gay crime, officials sayYahoo! News
Multiple attacks on gay men in hours after hate-crime protestNew York Post
Hate Crime in the VillageNew York Observer
New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV -MSNBC
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Disputes over crime maps highlight challenge of outsourcing public data
Poynter.org
More than 300 law-enforcement agencies around the country cooperate with Drane and provide him electronic access to their crime reports. But he's had conflicts with dozens of other agencies, which either deny him access entirely or provide information ...

Irish Times
Youths riot in Sweden for third night
Irish Times
Sweden's capital has been hit by some of its worst riots in years after youths scorched dozens of cars, attacked a police station and threw stones at rescue services in its poor immigrant suburbs for a third night running. Photograph: Fredrik Sandberg ...
Riot in Stockholm spreads to more suburbsIndependent Online
Some Swedish youth riot over police shooting deathCBS News
Youth gangs riot in Stockholm over police shooting of old manWashington Times
The Local.se -UPI.com
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Pussy Riot Member Starts Hunger Strike
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
BEREZNIKI, Russia -- A parole hearing in the Russian town of Berezniki has been adjourned until May 23 after a jailed member of the all-female opposition group Pussy Riot refused to continue taking part via video-link. At the hearing on May 22, the ...

A man shot dead by an FBI agent overnight in Orlando knew Boston bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and was followed by the FBI for days, a friend of the Florida man told CNN affiliate Central Florida News 13 on Wednesday.

What does it take to be an anti-corruption hero? Integrity Awards 2013
Transparency International (press release)
Transparency International's Integrity Awards, launched in 2000, celebrate those who have taken extraordinary steps to fight corruption. Previous winners have shown a deep passion for their work, an outstanding level of courage to take on authority and ...

An odd Boston-bombing twist: A man was fatally shot overnight by an FBI agent in Orlando, and multiple sources say the dead man was connected to Tamerlan Tsarnaev in some way. NBC 's anonymous sources say Ibragim Todashev had previously been questioned about his relationship with the suspect and had...

PHOENIX -- In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/buck-wolf/

Myanmar sentences 7 more culprits to prison terms for Meikhtila riot
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
YANGON, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A Myanmar township court has sentenced seven more criminals to two to 17 years' prison term respectively in connection with a riot in Meikhtila in northern Mandalay region in March, official media reported Wednesday.

BBC News
Pussy Riot member Alyokhina announces hunger strike
BBC News
An imprisoned member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot has announced a hunger strike after being refused the right to attend her own parole hearing. Maria Alyokhina used a video link from her prison to tell the court in the Urals town of Berezniki ...
Pussy Riot Member Declares Hunger Strike...ABC News
Jailed Pussy Riot member announces hunger strikeHurriyet Daily News
Orlando Fringe review: 'The 3 Pussy Riot Sisters'Orlando Sentinel
RIA Novosti
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NEWS.com.au
Pussy Riot singer Maria Alyokhina goes on hunger strike amid farcical court ...
NEWS.com.au
A JAILED member of the Pussy Riot radical rock group has announced she is going on hunger strike in protest over the authorities' failure to allow her to attend a parole hearing. Maria Alyokhina, 24, told a court in the Ural Mountains city of Berezniki ...