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FREEHOLD, N.J. — When Kathleen Dorsett heard her ex-husband scream in agony in the backyard of her home in 2010, she finished changing their daughter's... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

From The Colorado Independent's Susan Greene. Fourteen-year-old Kiondre Davison had a habit of acting up in school and running away from home. Social services officials... The Colorado Independent http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

THURMOND, W.Va. (AP) – Police in Fayette County say a man was electrocuted when he picked up a live power line that he had shot down in order to steal copper from it.

Fayette County Sheriff Steve Kessler says the man’s body was found Wednesday in Thurmond.

Kessler says the man and an accomplice planned to strip the line of its copper wiring to later sell as scrap metal. More

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Former Arizona Rep. Renzi's corruption trial begins
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TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The trial of former Arizona congressman Richard Renzi, who faces public corruption charges stemming from his involvement in a land swap deal, began in federal court in Tucson on Tuesday. Renzi, a Republican who ...
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OTTAWA, Kan. — Authorities in eastern Kansas said Thursday they have arrested a 27-year-old suspect in the deaths of three people whose bodies were found... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

How Blade Runner Influenced Ra Ra Riot
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Ronaldo brings up double ton as Real run riot
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Ronaldo brings up double ton as Real run riot. Agencies Madrid, May 10, 2013. First Published: 00:08 IST(10/5/2013) Last Updated: 00:12 IST(10/5/2013). Share more. comments Tweet. Email print. Real Madrid made sure Barcelona will have to wait at least ...

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The killer dad is identified as JOSHUA IRVINE. Typical slap-on-the-wrist sentence.

http://www.kxii.com/news/headlines/Madill-father-pleads-guilty-in-death-of-son-206707781.html

Posted: Wed 11:28 PM, May 08, 2013
Reporter: News 12 Staff Updated: Thu 8:36 AM, May 09, 2013

Madill father gets 4 years in infant son's death

MADILL, OK -- A Madill father accused of killing his own son in July, pleads guilty.

Court records show Joshua Irvine had been charged with second degree murder, but pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter.

Madill Police said Irvine was alone with his four-month-old son and two other children when the baby became unresponsive. The infant later died.

Court records show Irvine was sentenced to four years in prison.

Michael Jackson told his tour director days before he died he was hearing God's voice, a producer testified Wednesday.

America Arms Up, Gun Crime Goes Down
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We had news earlier this week -- in fact, it might have been yesterday; if not yesterday, the day before -- about the falling numbers of gun deaths and gun crimes. I think it was yesterday. It's striking. The amount of murders with guns since the mid ...

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Federal investigators have found "real and significant" problems with the handling of sexual assault complaints at the University of Montana, and the school has agreed to change its policies, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.

US Charges 8 in $45 Million Cyber Crime Scheme - Voice of America
Voice of America
NEW YORK/BOSTON — The U.S. government charged eight individuals with using data obtained by hacking into two credit card processors in a worldwide scheme that netted some $45 million within hours, a crime prosecutors described as one of the biggest ...

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Once again, the name of the judge is withheld from public knowledge.

The sex offender dad is identified as RYAN SIMPSON.

http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Another-mom-loses-kids-to-child-sex-offender-father-under-legal-loophole-206698061.html

Another mom loses custody of kids to child sex offender father

by Lauren Trager / News 4 KMOV.com Posted on May 8, 2013 at 10:37 PM Updated today at 8:47 AM KMOV)

-- Many News 4 viewers were shocked to learn Tuesday that sex offenders can have custody of children under Missouri Law.

After a News 4 investigation, lawmakers tell us they’ll look to close a potentially dangerous legal loophole.

But sadly, one mom told News 4 it’s too little, too late for her little girl.

The mom says her ex was given joint custody of her kids, even though he’d been convicted of inappropriately touching a child.

Missouri laws do prohibit some kinds of sex offenders from having custody of their kids, but not all sex offenders, not even ones who harmed children.

The laws are written to give judges a lot of discretion, but some say they must be changed to make sure all kids are safe.

“It needs to get changed, before more children are hurt,” said Mullens.

Ashley Mullen herself was just 16 when she married Ryan Simpson. At the time, she didn’t know he is a registered sex offender, convicted of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl.

When they divorced, Mullen thought surely he wouldn’t get custody of their two kids. But she was wrong.

“The judge had granted 50/50 custody,” she said.

Because Simpson was charged with only a misdemeanor, sexual misconduct, under Missouri law, he’s not specifically excluded from custody, even though his victim was a child.

Mullen had no choice but to give her kids to their dad every other week, until she noticed something terrifying.

“They were playing weird, the ways children don’t play,” Mullen said.

Simpson wasn’t charged, but a new judge took his custody rights away. Still, Mullen worries it was too, late.

“Do you feel like the system failed to protect your two kids?” asked News 4 Reporter Lauren Trager. “Oh yeah, it did, it did, the system failed to protect my children.”

The judge in Jefferson County was unavailable Wednesday.

Lawmakers we talked to said judges must be scrutinized, but they also said the laws needs to be re-evaluated.

But it won’t happen this session and Mullen wonders whose child might be harmed in the meantime.

Dad is identified as NATHANIEL BEARDEN.

http://fox4kc.com/2013/05/08/court-docs-father-struck-son-5x-for-crying-sucking-thumb/

Court docs: Father struck son 5x for crying, sucking thumb

Posted on: 10:02 pm, May 8, 2013, by Macradee Aegerter, updated on: 11:27am, May 9, 2013

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. – Punishing an infant for crying and sucking its thumb has a Lee’s Summit man behind bars.

Twenty-year-old Nathaniel Bearden is charged with one count of felony child abuse. Documents released by the Jackson County Prosecutor say Bearden does not allow thumb sucking or much crying — and that’s why he repeatedly hit his baby.

The injuries sent the baby to the hospital.

“It’s very important for parents to understand is crying is a normal part of child development and thumb sucking is a natural reflex that children have to self soothe themselves,” said Monica Enloe, Development Manager for Kansas Children’s Service League. “I mean, they start doing it when they are in the womb and it’s a very normal part of childhood.”

The baby boy, named in court documents by his initials “KB,” was struck in the face at least five times by his father, Nathaniel Bearden, documents showed.

Bearden told police he hit the boy because he was sucking his thumb.

“It’s a normal part of children growing up,” Enloe said. “There is a lot of brain development happening when children are that young. Ninety percent of a child’s brain is developed before the age of 5.”

Police were called to the home by the child’s mother who noticed blood in the baby’s eyes and confronted Bearden, court documents say.

In a statement to police, Bearden admitted the abuse.

“We know that hitting or striking a baby can cause blood shot eyes,” Enloe said. “Also shaking or choking can cause that as well.”

Kansas Children’s service League acknowledge the difficulties of parenting but say hitting, choking, shaking are never okay and have joined the purple hat campaign to remind parents that crying is part of a baby’s growth.

“We give parents the purple hats to remind them that it is normal, they are not doing anything wrong,” said Enloe. “And even though its incredibly frustrating it’s important to continue to care for your child and recognize when you are frustrated and to put them in safe place and to walk away for a minute.”

Bearden pleaded not guilty at his arraignment hearing on Tuesday. He remains in jail on a $75,000 cash-only bond.

Eight Charged With Debit Card Cyber-Crime Targeting Banks
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Eight Charged With Debit Card Cyber-Crime Targeting Banks. By Christie Smythe - 2013-05-09T17:52:05Z. Eight New York residents were charged in what U.S. prosecutors said was a $45 million global debit card cyber-attack scheme targeting banks based ...

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Prosecutors request new corruption trial for Berlusconi
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Italian prosecutors have requested that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi face trial for allegedly bribing a senator to switch parties. Mr Berlusconi is accused of paying a left-wing senator 3m euros ($3.9m) to defect to his right-wing People of ...
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Politicians disagree over who deserves credit for corruption crackdown
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Politicians in Quebec City welcome the 37 arrests by Quebec's anti-corruption unit, UPAC, this morning but many disagree over which provincial party should get the credit. The unit served 70 search warants and recovered $438,000. The former mayor of ...
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Dickinson teen walks up to crime scene, admits stabbing
Houston Chronicle
Dickinson police have arrested and charged a man who came forward to admit his role in a fatal stabbing late Tuesday. Jaaron Alexander Nealy, 19, of Dickinson, has been booked into the Dickinson City Jail on a felony murder charge. A judge set a ...

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Bulgarian corruption is a cancer in the EU's body politic that will only grow ...
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Plamen Goranov, 36, had been a leading activist in protests against political corruption that have galvanised the EU's poorest member state this year. That morning, he sat down in front of the office on a white sheet, shouted out his demand that Mayor ...

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