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Robberies Lead a Surge in Crime in Prospect Park, Data Shows
DNAinfo
A recently completed tally of 2012 crimes in Prospect Park by the nonprofit New Yorkers for Parks found that crime rose sharply, with 40 total crimes last year, compared to 27 in 2011. The park saw 26 robberies, compared with just eight in 2011. There ...

"Mafia Prince" Phil Leonetti says murder "felt natural"
CBS News
"Mafia Prince" Phil Leonetti says murder "felt natural". Phil Leonetti in this undated photo. Leonetti, now in hiding, filmed his recent interview with John Miller in shadow. (CBS). (CBS News) Phil Leonetti was the underboss of the Philadelphia crime ...

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LIVE: Corruption trial against Bayou La Batre Mayor Stan Wright enters day 3
al.com (blog)
Wright is facing multiple corruption, retaliation and conspiracy to defraud charges after prosecutors say he used his daughter to sell property to the city in order to profit from money earmarked for Hurricane Katrina victims. Attorneys are expected to ...
Price of land examined in corruption trial of Bayou Mayor Stan WrightPress-Register - al.com (blog)
Bayou la Batre mayor in court on corruption chargesWALA-TV FOX10
Corruption Trial for BLB Mayor Begins MondayWPMI Local 15 News

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Soon after Virginia Messick reported to basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in March 2011, her training instructor, Staff Sgt. Luis Walker , started giving her special treatment. One day, while she was in his office using his computer—a rule violation that he allowed—he started groping her. Though...

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Cops release details of western NY murder-suicide
Wall Street Journal
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Authorities say an Army Reservist strangled his on-again, off-again girlfriend and slit her throat, then made a brief stop at his parents' home across the street before returning to the girlfriend's Niagara Falls home and killing ...
Motive Unknown in Niagara Falls Murder-SuicideWKBW-TV
In Falls, a grisly murder-suicide aftermathBuffalo News
Police say couple who died in murder/suicide had troubled relationshipNiagara Gazette
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Testimony set to begin in Dallas County murder trial of man accused in 2012 ...
Dallas Morning News (blog)
We'll likely soon learn more about what transpired that night, as testimony is scheduled to begin this morning in the trial of the man charged with murder in that slaying, Joshua Tyrone Mathis, 21. The slaying was caught on DART surveillance video.

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Corruption Chronicles: Questionable school contracts, a bad judge and a mayor ...
Times-Standard
School administrator on leave during corruption investigation Bud Bullard, the Denver schools' deputy chief information officer, is on leave as the district investigates allegations that he accepted bribes and kickbacks in exchange for awarding ...

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Newly appointed Contractor General, Dirk Harrison, is imploring all ...
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
We must be prepared to do whatever it takes, for however long it takes, to continue, renew, reshape our strategy in our fight against the abominable crime called corruption,” he said. Mr. Harrison was speaking after being sworn in as the country's ...

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Police were searching for whoever shot an individual Tuesday night on the campus of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina.

As Pope Benedict steps down, the future of the Catholic Church depends on the next pope forcefully dealing with child sex abuse in its ranks.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Rescuers have stopped searching the cold Pacific Ocean for a couple, two young children and a sinking sailboat as questions of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

Christian Science Monitor
Mexico arrests powerful teachers union boss on corruption charges
Christian Science Monitor
Mexico City. Mexican authorities Tuesday announced the arrest on corruption charges of Elba Esther Gordillo, the mighty head of the national teachers' union, striking a blow against one of the country's most despised, but also most powerful political ...
Mexico teachers union head arrestedAsiaOne
Mexico's most powerful woman arrested on corruption chargesZee News
Elba Esther Gordillo arrested on corruption chargesGuardian Express

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CBS News
Whistling a Crime? Not if Maine man keeps right on walking
CBS News
Whistling a Crime? Not if Maine man keeps right on walking. By: Barry Leibowitz; Topics: Daily Blotter. Some residents of Portland, Maine would welcome a "whistle stop"... by a man who just won't stop whistling. / AP Graphics. (CBS/AP) PORTLAND, Maine ...

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Corruption Chronicles: Questionable school contracts, a bad judge and a mayor ...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
School administrator on leave during corruption investigation Bud Bullard, the Denver schools' deputy chief information officer, is on leave as the district investigates allegations that he accepted bribes and kickbacks in exchange for awarding ...

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The surreal theft of a Salvador Dali painting in broad daylight came to a realistic conclusion in court when publicist Phivos Istavrioglou recently pled guilty... Priscilla Frank http://www.huffingtonpost.com/priscilla-frank/

El Cerrito Crime: How Much Do You Need to Be on Guard?
Patch.com
Have you fallen victim to some sort of crime because you let your guard down? Or do you blame your actual surroundings being unsafe to begin with? How safe do you feel in El Cerrito? What safety tips can you offer other readers? Tell us in the comments ...

MEDIA, Pa. -- A third defendant has pleaded guilty in the videotaped beating by a group of teenage girls of a mentally disabled Philadelphia-area woman... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

A 23-year-old Bronx man was in custody Tuesday in connection with the grisly killing and dismemberment of his mother, whose body parts were found in... Newsday http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

Police are investigating the death of an unidentified man found Tuesday night in a Libby Hall dormitory room on the University of Colorado campus, officials... The Boulder Daily Camera http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

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/