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CHARDON, Ohio — One day after the teen gunman at their northeast Ohio school pleaded guilty, students at Chardon High School marked the anniversary of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

She's known as Mexico's most powerful woman, and she's currently sitting in prison. Elba Esther Gordillo was arrested on corruption charges last night after landing near Mexico City in a private plane, reports the AP . It's things like private planes that appear to be the problem: The 68-year-old heads the...

By ALAN FRAM AND PHILIP ELLIOTT, The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Neil Heslin says it's all about his slain son, Jesse. Heslin, a 50-year-old construction... Nick Wing http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-wing/

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Aggressive cross-examination in Arias murder trial as prosecutor attempts to ...
Fox News
He has worked to poke holes in each of her stories and noted the duplicity of her portrayal of Alexander as both a beautiful person who blessed the world and a violent, womanizing sexual deviant, aiming for a first-degree murder conviction and the ...
Jodi Arias is seen during her court trial, Feb. 25, 2013. (ABC NEWS)ABC News
Arias, prosecutor clash as murder trial continuesUSA TODAY
Woman accused of Arizona lover's murder attended his memorialReuters
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NEW YORK -- Cheerful written exchanges between a police officer and women from his past appeared in a sinister new light when an FBI agent... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

Cleopatra murder-mystery solved?
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A Viennese archaeologist lecturing in North Carolina this week claims to have identified the bones of Cleopatra's murdered sister or half-sister. But not everyone is convinced. That's because the evidence linking the bones, discovered in an ancient ...

A shooting at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland today left three people dead and seven injured, some of them seriously, say prosecutors. The shooting occurred shortly after 9am at the premises of Kronospan, a company in the small town of Menznau, west of Lucerne. The assailant was among the...

Link Riot: Jango Fett Unchained
NextMovie (blog)
... ]. • There's just one problem with remaking "Flatliners": there's no one who can replace the real star of the show ... [Death and Taxes]. • Seth MacFarlane's "We Saw Your Boobs" ditty has caused a spike in IMDb ratings of the flicks mentioned. Of ...

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Pawtucket man gets life in prison for murder
San Francisco Chronicle
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island judge sentenced a Pawtucket man to life in prison for the stabbing and beating death of his girlfriend after calling the killing cruel and vicious. Thirty-three-year-old Armando Garcia showed no emotion and ...
Garcia sentenced to life plus 30 years for 2010 murderPawtucket Times

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From R827bn infrastructure plan to corruption crackdown, flesh added to NDP ...
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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan used his 2013 Budget address to lawmakers as a platform to add financial meat to the bare bones of the much-vaunted National Development Plan (NDP) 2030, which aims to forge a “social compact to reduce poverty and ...
New Chief Procurement Officer to fight corruptionMoneyweb.co.za (blog)

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Human Rights Watch
Murder of environmentalist 'highlights Thailand's failure to protect activists'
The Guardian
An international rights group is pressing Thailand to investigate the recent murder of an environmentalist who exposed the dumping of toxic waste, and condemned the government's "fundamental failure" to protect activists fighting for social and ...
Thailand: Investigate Murder of EnvironmentalistHuman Rights Watch
HRW calls authorities to account over murder of local activistThe Nation
Thai police probe toxic waste motive in headman's murderGlobalPost

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In 1982, Beverly Simcic and Christine Casilio were friends. Sort of. The pair had been roommates for a while but Christine’s lifestyle was a bit more risky than Beverly liked, especially with a young son in her care and she’d parted company with Christine. But in May 1982, when Christine presents Beverly with the idea [...]

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Theodore man arrested for Murder
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Mobile Police have arrested a man in connection to the December 23, 2012 murder of 50-year-old Keven Workman. Authorities arrested 34-year-old Dennis Emerson Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at his home in Theodore. Investigators believe Emerson and ...
Mobile police charge Dennis Emerson with murder in connection to Theodore ...al.com (blog)

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Athens Companies Participate in 6th Annual Startup Riot Event in Atlanta
Patch.com
Wagglez, TuneWolf, College Canvas, BrainPik and IS3D were invited to participate in the Sixth Annual Startup Riot event held in Atlanta on February 20. Making up about 17% of the event's participants, these Athens companies showed that Athens is ...

Spain: Corruption scandal suspect is a flight risk
Las Vegas Sun
A judge has ordered the former treasurer of Spain's ruling party to surrender his passport and stay in the country. Judge Pablo Ruz issued the order after former Popular Party Treasurer Luis Barcenas answered questions in court Monday about his Swiss ...

Democratic Voice of Burma
Dozens injured, one police officer dead after riot erupts over land dispute
Democratic Voice of Burma
The standoff with more than 300 riot policemen reportedly exploded after officials tore down a number of barricades built by the protestors, who had entered the confiscated land and destroyed a pond on the property. Officials swiftly implemented ...

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Murder-suicide suspected: 2 missing boys, grandmother found dead inside car ...
New York Post
The New Haven Register newspaper quotes state police as saying it appears the deaths were the result of murder-suicide. Authorities said Denison had picked up Ashton and Alton from their daycare in Danielson at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and could not be ...
State Police: Armed, Suicidal Grandmother Holding Two Children Prompts ...Patch.com

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McCartney murder police arrest man new Police probing the murder of Robert ...
Belfast Telegraph
A police spokesman said: "Detectives from PSNI Serious Crime Branch have arrested a 51-year-old man in Jonesborough this morning in connection to inquiries linked to the murder of Robert McCartney in Belfast in January 2005. "He has been taken to ...
Robert McCartney murder: 51-year-old man questionedBBC News
Man arrested in McCartney murder probeU.TV
Man held over McCartney murderIrish Times
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Raghuram Rajan reads the riot act to UPA
Moneycontrol.com
Economic Survey: Raghuram Rajan reads the riot act to UPA. The induction of Raghuram Rajan as Chief Economic Advisor seems to have injected a note of sobriety in the workings of the finance ministry. His survey is both a warning and a call to action.

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Assault charge upgraded to murder
San Francisco Chronicle
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Harrison County deputies have upgraded an aggravated assault charge against a Gulfport man to murder after a housemate he's accused of beating died. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/13mWL8Z ) Authorities had arrested ...