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IMF chief Lagarde 'key witness' in corruption trial
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IMF chief Lagarde 'key witness' in corruption trial. IMF chief Christine Lagarde. Picture: AP. Published on 24/05/2013 21:56. INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has said a Paris court has named her as a key witness in an ...
IMF chief grilled for 2nd day in corruption probeKuwait News Agency
IMF head Lagarde questioned over corruption probeXinhua
IMF chief to get court grilling in French corruption probeCapital FM Kenya
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PEORIA, Ill. — A 34-year-old man accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron took the witness stand Friday,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

America has a spiritual problem when it protects guns rather than children. Why are we not all calling our legislators and expressing outrage? How can we let the voices of gun dealers and manufacturers drown out the cries of children? Marian Wright Edelman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's suggestion Thursday that "history will cast a harsh judgment" if the nation fails to deal with the detainees at Guantanamo... Michael McAuliff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mcauliff/

Crime, education limiting growth in Baton Rouge
The Advocate
East Baton Rouge Parish remains the most populous parish in the state, but crime and education issues appear to be inhibiting growth in the city of Baton Rouge, an LSU demographer says. Those same factors, meanwhile, are fueling growth in other areas ...

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As they continue their recuperation, the three Cleveland kidnap victims have an unusual choice to make, reports ABC News . Do they want Ariel Castro's three dogs? The chihuahua and two terrier-poodle mixes are in a foster home for the time being until the women decide. "I think it's really nice...

This fifth segment in a ten part series featuring American serial killers profiles the crimes of multiple murderers from the states of Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Missouri. MASSACHUSETTS: Jane Toppan When Jane Toppan confessed to killing eleven people in 1901, she proclaimed her goal in life was “to have killed more people — helpless [...]

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Daily Nation
War on corruption loses steam as number of cases probed falls
Daily Nation
War on corruption loses steam as number of cases probed falls. Share Bookmark Print Rating. The vice chairman of the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission Irene Keino addresses a press conference at EACC offices in Nairobi May 16, 2013. Photo/FILE ...
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission says Kimemia not fit for public officeThe Standard Digital News

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Kaitlyn Hunt has decided that she's taking her fight to court. The Florida 18-year-old has rejected a plea deal in a high-profile case in which she is charged with having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend, reports the Miami Herald . Prosecutors offered Hunt a chance to plead guilty to lesser child-abuse...

LONDON -- Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kavitha-a-davidson/

Peninsula basketball star Decensae White arrested on murder charge ...
San Jose Mercury News
REDWOOD CITY -- A Peninsula basketball star was arrested on a murder charge earlier this month and extradited to Georgia, authorities said. District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe confirmed a report on NBC Bay Area that Decensae White, who played at ...
Local Basketball Standout, Decensae White, Charged in Murder of Rapper in ...NBC Bay Area

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TORONTO -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies that he smokes crack cocaine and says he is not an addict after a video purported to show... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kavitha-a-davidson/

Proposed law would make reprogramming cellphone IDs a crime
PCWorld
The Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2013 makes changing the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number in a phone a crime. The IMEI number is a unique identification number in every cellphone and is exchanged when a mobile phone ...
Schumer Introduces Bill to Make Cell Phone ID Tampering a CrimePC Magazine

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GUATEMALA CITY — Ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kavitha-a-davidson/

Man charged with murder 4 years after teen killed in SUV wreck
Chicago Tribune
A Southwest Side man has been charged in the 2009 death of a 16-year-old boy ejected from an SUV when it was rammed by a van during a chase, prosecutors said. Hugo “Juicy” Ocon, 30, has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying June 18, ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Jennifer Lawrence after authorities say he repeatedly insisted that the... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liat-kornowski/

Thornton High School has been placed on lockdown after a gunman was reportedly near the school, according to KDVR. The Denver Post's Sadie Gurman tweeted:... Matt Ferner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

Drug Czar Report on Crime and Drug Use Is Really a Report About Being Poor ...
Reason (blog)
US Embassy in AfghanistanYesterday afternoon the Office of National Drug Control Policy released a report (which you can read below) that found a majority of arrestees in five metropolitan areas had marijuana in their system when they were booked, and ...
New Study Tries, Fails to Show Marijuana Use Is Linked to CrimeSlate Magazine (blog)

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A New Jersey restaurant is in hot water for trying to pass off a heady mix of caramel food coloring and rubbing alcohol as scotch, state authorities revealed yesterday, while another even cheaper establishment filled its booze bottles with dirty water. Both restaurants were caught in a state-wide sting intended...

Burger King murder case goes to jury
Chicago Tribune
Murder victim Mary Hutchison, 45, was a “dignified, hard-working family woman going over and above what her job required" when, on an early November morning in 2006, Ealy used a bow tie from her uniform to strangle her and then stabbed her with a ...

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