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Six Nations 2013: George North's pitch-invading dad is read riot act – by ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Six Nations 2013: George North's pitch-invading dad is read riot act – by Wales match-winning scorer's mother. Wales' George North has spoken of his embarrassment over his father's decision to run on to the pitch after the winger's match-winning try in ...

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Chinese FA bans 33 for life for corruption
Ninemsn
China's top football body has handed down a swath of punishments including fines worth millions, as it seeks leave behind corruption scandals which have plagued the sport in China. China's Football Association has banned 33 people, including some ...

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In A Game About Riots, Which Side Do You Pick—Cop Or Rioter?
Kotaku
According to the game's Indiegogo page, RIOT is a "detailed and polished simulator based on the actions of real riots happening around the world." As the trailer suggests, the player will be able to interact with both sides of a riot, and it sounds as ...

Police are investigating a South African mayor over allegations that he sent pornographic images to his deputy—including one of his penis covered in cream (whipped, we assume) and topped with a strawberry, the Independent reports. Cederberg municipality mayor Jonas White also allegedly offered to take deputy Lorna Scheepers on...

DENVER -- New ammunition limits and universal background checks passed the Colorado House on Monday, during a second day of emotional debates that has drawn... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

In poster-free zone, a riot of jarring colours
The Hindu
Many bridges that were declared poster-free have become eyesores now. The previous Chennai Corporation council had launched the no-poster rule, tearing off posters on more than 250 bridges and subways, and declaring them poster-free. White-washing ...

First, Ramzi Yousef declared war on the United States government, vowing to wage jihad with bombs. Now, the convicted ringleader of the 1993 attack on... Michael McLaughlin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

LA Music Blog (blog)
Show Review: Ra Ra Riot @ El Rey Theatre
LA Music Blog (blog)
Since the release of Beta Love last month, Syracuse natives Ra Ra Riot have been doing what every one of their supporters has been waiting for for the past year: touring. The new album is a considerable departure from the band's debut, The Rhumb Line, ...

Vernon Hugh Bowman, a 75-year-old Indiana farmer, is taking on agribusiness heavyweight Monsanto in a case hitting the Supreme Court tomorrow. Monsanto says Bowman, who has been using Monsanto's soybean seeds happily for years, is infringing its patents when he plants a second crop of soybeans each year. The breakdown,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A North Carolina woman pleaded guilty Monday to killing her 15-month-old niece in a case in which social workers are accused of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

New York Times (blog)
Crime Report: A Rooftop Police Chase
New York Times (blog)
Police arrested a 34-year-old man after he pointed a gun at a cop in a roof-top confrontation with officers at the Ingersoll Houses on Feb. 6, police reported. The incident unfolded as three 88th Precinct officers approached the man, later identified ...

Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot four times through the bathroom door at the home of Olympian Oscar Pistorius, a South African official familiar with the case told CNN on Monday.

Christopher Dorner, the ex-cop who died last week after allegedly killing four people, tried to escape to Mexico, NBC News reports. On Feb. 5, just two days after he allegedly killed his first two victims, fishermen at San Diego's Driscoll Wharf say he approached them and tried to find someone...

In his time as a New York City police officer, Stephen Spiro says that it only happened to him once.

Who would have thought that getting naked and naughty with a stranger online could have negative consequences?

Shadow of corruption scandal looms over Spanish royal family
Channel News Asia
Shadow of corruption scandal looms over Spanish royal family. Posted: 19 February 2013 0334 hrs. Inaki Urdangarin, Spain's Duke of Palma and son-in-law of King Juan · Click to enlarge, Photos, of. MADRID: Spanish King Juan Carlos' son-in-law will be ...

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Two senior citizens in Sonora, Calif., got an early Valentine's Day present from the local cops: Tickets for indecent exposure. Authorities say Linda Titus, 72,... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

FRANCE 24
Shadow of corruption scandal looms over Spanish royal family
FRANCE 24
Spanish King Juan Carlos' son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin, pictured here on January 27, 2013, will be questioned Saturday by a judge investigating a corruption case as press reports make new revelations that cast a growing shadow on the entire royal family.

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A Belgian court Monday turned down a request by notorious child sex killer Marc Dutroux for early release from prison to serve out the rest... Agence France Presse http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eline-gordts/

NBC Connecticut
Former Hartford Mayor Perez's Appeal On Corruption Charges To Be Heard ...
Hartford Courant
Perez, who was arrested after a Courant investigation into corruption within his administration, was convicted by a jury in June 2010 of receiving a bribe, being an accessory to the fabrication of evidence, conspiracy to fabricate evidence, conspiracy ...
Former Hartford mayor Eddie Perez due in court to appeal five corruption ...Torrington Register Citizen

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