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Researchers find crime drama viewers more likely to aid sexual assault victims
EurekAlert (press release)
PULLMAN, Wash. – Viewers of primetime crime dramas, like NCIS, CSI or Law & Order, are more inclined than non-viewers to see themselves intervening on behalf of the victim of a sexual assault, according to recent research at Washington State University.

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San Francisco Chronicle
Include crime victims' voices in gun debate
San Francisco Chronicle
The only way we can identify the needs of people in crime-ridden communities is to continuously include them in the national discussion on crime and violence. These disproportionately African American and Latino communities are often brought into the ...
Prescribing a cure to violent crime in the suburbsMedill Reports: Chicago

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Hialeah deploys license-tag-reading cameras in its fight on crime
MiamiHerald.com
“These cameras have become a powerful tool to fight crime.” The city has experienced a wave of robberies in commercial areas or close to police and city facilities during the past year, and community activists are worried. Police cite the case of a ...

Boston Globe
Former teacher testifies in Fujita murder trial
Boston Globe
Nathaniel Fujita had visited an isolated area in Wayland, where his former girlfriend's body was later found, as part of a project for his environmental science class, according to testimony from his former teacher. In March 2011, Fujita was one of ...
Video shows Wayland murder victim's last daysWHDH-TV

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Rizzo at center of Bell corruption, defendants say
Los Angeles Times
It may be months before Robert Rizzo actually takes a seat at the defendants' table to face corruption charges. Yet, in many ways, the former Bell city manager is already on trial. In a courtroom with six former council members as defendants, it was ...

Nottm Forest vs Huddersfield: Reds run riot against Terriers
This is Nottingham
Nottingham Forest fans were treated to a memorable evening as the second Billy Davies era sparked into life with Radoslaw Majewski scoring a first-half hat-trick in a 6-1 win against Huddersfield. Davies' last triumph at the City Ground saw Scunthorpe ...

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Kilkenny leads way as classy Dubs run riot
Irish Independent
Kilkenny leads way as classy Dubs run riot. Comments. Email; Print; Font Size. DUBLIN 4-27 CARLOW 0-2 – 20 February 2013. A dominant first-half display set Dublin on course for a 37-point victory over Carlow at Parnell Park. Also in this section ...

Wednesday TV Highlights: 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' on CBS
Los Angeles Times
An investigator becomes a suspect in a new episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" at 10 p.m. on CBS. With Jorja Fox and Ted Danson. (Monty Brinton / CBS / February 19, 2013). By Ed Stockly. February 19, 2013, 8:05 p.m.. Click here to download TV ...

E! Online
Justin Bieber Murder Plot Details Emerge: Inmate Wanted Singer Castrated With ...
E! Online
News of a possible murder plot formulated by an inmate and two fugitives against pop star Justin Bieber made headlines in December, and now the details behind that conspiracy have unraveled after the audio of phone calls made last November from a ...
Justin Bieber Murder Plot Details RevealedABC News (blog)
Hot Links: Justin Bieber murder and castration plot recording releasedFox News
Justin Bieber castration-murder scheme phone calls releasedNew York Daily News
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CTV News
Montreal city hall locked down as anti-corruption squad conducts multiple raids
CTV News
MONTREAL -- Montreal's city hall was locked down while being swept by police Tuesday in one of numerous raids conducted across the city that had even the newly installed mayor being questioned. The province's anti-corruption squad said it was carrying ...
Anti-corruption squad raids Montreal city hallThe Province
Police raid Montreal City Hall in anti-corruption probe Add to ...Globe and Mail
Graeme Hamilton: Even in Montreal, an anti-corruption police raid at city hall ...National Post
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Inquirer.net
Pussy Riot case shows Putin weak—band member's husband
Inquirer.net
GENEVA—Pussy Riot icon Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is behind bars, but her husband is unbowed, saying the punk band's controversial case has exposed the weaknesses in Russian President Vladimir Putin's rule. Visiting Geneva for a gathering of human ...

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FBI: Coast Guard murder suspect resented co-workers
USA TODAY
Wells pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday in federal court in Anchorage on the indictment: two counts of first-degree murder, two of murder of an officer or employee of the United States, and two of possession and use of a firearm in relation ...

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Youth minister sentenced for sex crime
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Campaign Donations and Political Corruption
New York Times
In a deeply worrisome move, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a new campaign finance lawsuit that challenges long-established federal caps on the total amount an individual can contribute to federal campaigns in a two-year cycle. In a ruling ...

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'Alarming' Rise in Park Crime
Wall Street Journal
Crime in New York City's largest parks rose 7% in 2012 compared with the previous year, a trend elected officials and advocates call troubling as they urge Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration to beef up security. There were 354 major felonies in ...

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New York Daily News
Sorry, we're closed: Murder suspect sent away when he tried to turn himself in ...
New York Daily News
A murder suspect who tried to turn himself in to Swedish police officers in Malmo was turned away at the door because the police station was closed. 45-year-old Saleh Hadri was on the run since Nov. 2011, when he became a prime suspect in the homicide ...
Murder Suspect on the Run from the Law for Over a Year Turns Himself In, Told ...Gawker
Police station to murder suspect: 'we're closed'The Local.se

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New York Times
Smooth Debut for an Arena That Rocked Brooklyn
New York Times
It is perhaps telling that the worst commotion the neighborhood has experienced since the Barclays Center opened in Brooklyn has not been stirred up by rowdy Nets fans or hip-hop devotees, but by teenage girls milling for hours outside a Justin Bieber ...

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For more than two years, Florida Atlantic University has been searching for the name of a corporate sponsor to adorn its new 30,000-seat, palm-ringed football... Chris Kirkham http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kirkham/

Jakarta Post
Ex-Merpati boss acquitted of corruption
Jakarta Post
Exonerated: Former president director of PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Hotasi Nababan, the defendant in a graft case centering on the leasing of two Boeing aircraft, arrives at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Tuesday to hear his verdict. The court ...

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Expert: Low rate of murder convictions in South Africa
USA TODAY
South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius, who has been charged with premeditated murder, could find out on Wednesday whether he will be able to leave jail before his trial begins. Chief magistrate Desmond Nair is expected to decide whether ...