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Sydney Morning Herald
Officials warned of 'systemic' corruption
Sydney Morning Herald
Files released to Fairfax Media under freedom-of-information laws logging more than 700 allegations of staff wrongdoing between 2007-08 and 2009-10 are saturated with references to bribery, corruption and suspected associations with crime figures or ...
Australia's lack of a clear corruption policy is disturbingThe Age

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CHARDON, Ohio -- The teenager who killed three students at a northeast Ohio high school in a shooting rampage just over a year ago could... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Washington Post
European police agency Europol: 3600 organized crime gangs active in EU ...
Washington Post
The EU's law enforcement agency Europol said Tuesday that some 3,600 organized crime gangs are exploiting the crisis and the increasingly interconnected world to “generate illicit profits at low risk” while also continuing to mine their more ...
Police agency: 3600 crime gangs active in EUMiamiHerald.com
Europol Declare 3600 Organized Crime Groups in EUInfosecurity Magazine
We are witnessing the globalisation of organised crimePublicServiceEurope.com

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CHICAGO -- R&B star R. Kelly's Chicago-area mansion has been sold for $950,000 in a foreclosure auction. The Chicago Sun-Times reports (http://tinyurl.com/cg7bup2) that Kelly's Olympia... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brennan-williams/

StandardNet
Roommate's 911 call credited with preventing mass murder at University of ...
Fox News
A 911 call from a student at the University of Central Florida and a quick response by campus police may have prevented a mass murder. Campus police said Monday that 30-year-old James Oliver Seevakumaran -- who shot himself in the head as officers ...
Was suicide victim preparing mass murder at college campus?StandardNet
UCF Student Planned a Mass MurderGuardian Express

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Corruption watchdog IBAC won't tell you a thing on Victoria Police crisis ...
The Australian
The former premier, Ted Baillieu, referred the recordings - which include offers of payment and assistance to an ousted government adviser - to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission. But the IBAC says it is unable to confirm if it has ...

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Riot of colour opens Melb fashion festival
NEWS.com.au
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Riot of colour opens Melb fashion festival
The Australian
Riot of colour opens Melb fashion festival. From: AAP; March 19, 2013 11:32PM. Increase Text Size · Decrease Text Size · Print · Email · Share · Add to Digg · Add to del.icio.us · Add to Facebook · Add to Kwoff · Add to Myspace · Add to Newsvine · What ...

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Christian Gerhartsreiter Murder Trial: Lawyer Says Linda Sohus, Not Defendant ...
Huffington Post
LOS ANGELES -- An attorney for a notorious Rockefeller impostor charged with murder has summoned up the specter of a vanished woman as the possible killer of a man slain more than a quarter century ago. Attorney Brad Bailey said if jurors believe that ...

The Turkish man accused of murdering New York tourist Sarai Sierra in January says it all started with an attempted kiss, the New York Times reports. On Jan. 21, as Sierra was walking near the Old City walls, Ziya Tasali tried to kiss her, he told prosecutors yesterday. "She resisted...

Riot of colour opens Melb fashion festival
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Riot of colour opens Melb fashion festival. 11:23pm March 19, 2013. London-based, Greek-born designer Mary Katrantzou opened the first runway event of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival with a colourful bang. Wild animals showing up in unusual ...

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A University of Central Florida student who pulled a dorm fire alarm in the middle of the night had a more sinister... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

TOKYO -- A 19-year-old American musician was convicted and sentenced to at least five years in prison Tuesday for murdering an Irish exchange student after... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

WKBT La Crosse
More than 15 arrested during Internet sex crime investigation
Fond du Lac Reporter
Door County Sheriff's Department Investigator James Valley, right, talks about the operation to arrest multiple child enticement suspects at the Brown County Sheriff's Department March 18, 2013. / Jim Matthews/Press-Gazette Media ...
17 arrested in child sex crime investigationDoor County Advocate

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New York Daily News
Bergrin guilty on all counts, including murder and drug trafficking, in ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Facing 23 counts, including witness-murder and racketeering, the once prominent defense lawyer had come to hear his fate after eight weeks of a fiercely fought trial during which he'd represented himself — bellowing, time and again, that he'd been set ...
New Jersey Lawyer Guilty of MurderNew York Times
Former prosecutor guilty of murder, racketeering in New Jersey trialYahoo! News (blog)

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A day after two high school football players were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl, authorities arrested two Ohio girls suspected of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

LOS ANGELES -- An attorney for a notorious Rockefeller impostor charged with murder has summoned up the specter of a vanished woman as the possible... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

Forbes
Doing Life For A White-Collar Crime - The Tale of Christian Allmendinger
Forbes
Long prison terms are usually associated with violent crimes (rape, murder, armed robbery). However, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines can put a first-time, non-violent offender behind bars for the remainder of their life. Ponzi schemes such as those ...

NEW DELHI -- A British woman traveling around India jumped out of the third-floor window of her hotel room on Tuesday after the hotel's owner... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-craggs/

Reuters Blogs (blog)
Presidential aloofness, a patent rush, and disclosing Washington corruption
Reuters Blogs (blog)
Mark Knoller is the award-winning, long time CBS News White House correspondent famous for keeping count of everything that goes on in the White House, such as presidential press conferences, speeches, visits to various states and even golf outings.