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Crime Stoppers Debuts Cook County Crime-Fighting App
NBC Chicago
There's a new way to help fight crime in Cook County. Hint: There's an app for that. Cook County Crime Stoppers recently launched a smartphone app that allows residents to anonymously send tips to police about illegal activity. Users can still call in ...

The death of a man with Down syndrome who was reportedly killed after lying face-down in police custody has been ruled a homicide. WJLA reports... Simon McCormack http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

WILSON, N.C. -- John McNeil had been home in Wilson for less than two days after his release from a Georgia prison when he set... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

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Family of Pistorius' girlfriend reacts
FOXSports.com
JOHANNESBURG (AP). The family of Oscar Pistorius' slain girlfriend wants answers, her mother told a Johannesburg newspaper, as South Africans braced to hear why prosecutors believe a national hero murdered the model who was shot multiple times.
Pistorius murder defense team faces few optionsReuters
A Look at the Murder Case Facing Oscar PistoriusABC News
Bloody cricket bat at center of Reeva Steenkamp murder case: reportsNew York Daily News
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A Skokie, Ill. woman has been arrested after allegedly biting off a large chunk of her boyfriend's tongue during a domestic spat on Valentine's Day.... Joseph Erbentraut http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-erbentraut/

Nancy became a prostitute at age 17. "I started selling drugs at first and then I went and did a double date with a girl.... The Bakersfield Californian http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-almendrala/

City crime, not taxes, is the problem
Baltimore Sun
The recent article regarding city finances ("Trash fee, job cuts urged," Feb. 12) cited no evidence of the primary cause of the population loss of Baltimore City. The mayor assumes that high property taxes are the reason. I disagree. I believe drug-fed ...

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Dallas Morning News (blog)
20-year-old father charged with capital murder in the death of his 5-week-old ...
Dallas Morning News (blog)
Sunday morning 20-year-old Tommy James White Jr. was booked into the Dallas County jail, accused of killing his 5-week-old daughter two days earlier. According to Garland police spokesman, just past 5 a.m. Friday officers were called to the 1300 block ...
Garland father charged with murder of infant daughterFOX 4 News

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Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Md. Shooting
W*USA 9
GREAT MILLS, Md. (WUSA) -- A man has been charged with attempted second degree murder after a shooting in Great Mills last week. Last Monday at 1:22 a.m. officers responded to the 45000 block of Coronado Dr. in Great Mills, Md. for the report of a ...

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FRANCE 24
Central & South Asia Bangladesh tense amid war crime protests
Aljazeera.com
Monday's violence erupted in the town of Chouddogram, a day after Bangladesh parliament amended war crime laws to allow groups, not just individuals, to be prosecuted for war crimes. The amendment will "empower the tribunals to try and punish any ...
Bangladesh Islamists Warn of Anarchy After War Tribunal ChangesBloomberg
Islamist killed in Bangladesh war crime protestFRANCE 24
Bangladesh parliament toughens war crime laws in face of protestsZee News

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NEW YORK -- The head of the NAACP said Sunday that even some members of the New York Police Department oppose the city's policy of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-mathias/

CRIME LOG: 2 Mays Chapel Condos Robbed, Ridgely Middle Vandalized & More
Patch.com
Just to clarify, Patch is aware that protesting—especially peaceful protesting—is not a crime. Patch lists public demonstrations in the crime log because police note them in their incident reports. Also, explaining what happened in this forum may ...

New Orleans weekend crime report: Woman stabs boyfriend inside eastern New ...
NOLA.com
Weekend crime reports from the New Orleans Police Department for Feb. 15 - Feb. 18 (Photo by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune). Helen Freund, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Helen Freund, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The Times-Picayune ...

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Economic Times
We have 'strong' evidence against Narendra Modi in Godhra riot case: Teesta ...
Economic Times
"We have many strong cases and evidence against many of the accused including accused number one (Modi)," Setalvad whose NGO called Centre for Justice and Peace (CJP) provides legal assistance to 2002 post-Godhra riot victims told reporters here.

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St. Paul women held in 2007 Wis. murder
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APPLETON, Wis. - Two Minnesota women and one Wisconsin woman have been charged in connection with a 2007 shooting death in eastern Wisconsin. Thirty-year-old Lara Plamann was shot in the head in a shed on the Greenville property she shared with ...

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Overdue Detroit Office of Inspector General ready to fight public corruption ...
MLive.com
Prompted in part by situations like these and others, the revised 2012 Detroit City Charter called for the formation of the OIG office specifically tasked to "to root out waste, abuse, fraud, and corruption in city government," according to a release ...

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TIME
Is It A Crime to Plant A Seed?
TIME
Vernon “Hugh” Bowman, a 75-year-old farmer from rural Indiana, did something that got him sued. He planted soybean seeds. But Monsanto, the agra-giant, insists that it has a patent on the kind of genetically-modified seed Bowman used — and that the ...

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Study: Teen depression linked to higher property crime, but not violent crime
Washington Post (blog)
Our findings indicate that adolescents who suffer from depression face a substantially increased probability of engaging in property crime. We find little evidence that adolescent depression influences the likelihood of engaging in violent crime or the ...

Five arrests have been made after what some allege was an anti-gay hate crime in Oregon. As KGW News is reporting, 24-year-old Adam Salnardi was... Curtis M. Wong http://www.huffingtonpost.com/curtis-wong/

WRAL.com
Woman pleads guilty to murder in Durham cult case
WRAL.com
Durham, N.C. — One of the female members of an alleged Durham cult pleaded guilty Monday for her role in the 2010 deaths of another woman and a child. LaRhonda Renee Smith agreed to a plea on charges of second-degree murder, accessory after the ...

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