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LAS VEGAS -- A Saudi Arabia air force sergeant stood in shackles Wednesday in a Nevada courtroom and pleaded not guilty to abducting and raping... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

TIME
Pablo Neruda's Body To Be Exhumed in Murder Investigation
TIME
“I insist on telling you that I am not a political poet,” said Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in a 1971 Canadian radio interview. And yet when he died of heart failure just 12 days after the 1973 military coup that unseated president Salvador Allende — a ...

Around the country, Americans are not only lobbying their Congressmembers to support legislation to reduce gun violence, they are also voting with their dollars -- through pension funds, government purchasing policies, and university endowments. Peter Dreier http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/

CHESTERFIELD, S.C. — A man involved in a paternity dispute opened fire Wednesday in front of a South Carolina courthouse, wounding a woman and her... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-hoffer/

Christopher Dorner's all-but-certain demise came thanks to the help of a few civilians, notably the two maids who entered what they thought was an empty cabin only to be accosted by the fugitive and tied up. One of them escaped, and police were in hot pursuit of Dorner in no...

Wall Street Journal
Oakland Struggles to Cope as Crime Surges
Wall Street Journal
OAKLAND—Crime is surging in Oakland, bucking a national trend, with murders last year hitting their highest level in six years as the city's police department continued to shrink. There were 126 murders in Oakland in 2012, up 22% from 103 the year ...

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A couple of weeks ago as I headed to my generally quiet street on the way back from the shopping center, I heard a chorus of upset female voices on my street. Thom Nickels http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thom-nickels/

Teens arrested after crime spree, chase
WISH
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Two teenagers are in custody after a crime spree on the south side that ended in Brownsburg when vehicles crashed at the end of a police chase. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officials said in an informal briefing ...

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Quentin Tarantino has long been criticized for the violent nature of his movies. From the brutal killings in "Django Unchained," to the glorified violence in... Madeline Boardman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/madeline-boardman/

Northland's NewsCenter
Minn. man charged with murder in shooting spree
MiamiHerald.com
Nhan Lap Tran (nahn lap tran) was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and other counts in Monday's shootings in Oakdale. Witnesses told police they saw Tran shooting at cars, apparently at random. Fourth-grader Devin Aryal was shot in the ...
Oakdale man charged with murder in shooting spreeMinneapolis Star Tribune
Oakdale man charged with boy's murder; bail set at $2MPioneer Press
Oakdale Man Faces Murder Charges After Shooting, Killing 9-Year-Old BoyPatch.com

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DC crime report
Washington Post
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ABC News
Minn. man charged with murder in shooting spree
Huffington Post
Nhan Lap Tran, 34, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and other counts in Monday's shootings in the St. Paul suburb of Oakdale. Fourth-grader Devin Aryal died in the shootings, and his mother and another woman were injured. Two other ...
Oakdale man charged with murder in shooting spreeMinneapolis Star Tribune
Oakdale man charged with boy's murder; bail set at $2MPioneer Press
Oakdale Man Faces Murder Charges After Shooting, Killing 9-Year-Old BoyPatch.com

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Northland's NewsCenter
Minn. Man Charged With Murder in...
ABC News
Nhan Lap Tran (nahn lap tran) was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and other counts in Monday's shootings in Oakdale. Witnesses told police they saw Tran shooting at cars, apparently at random. Fourth-grader Devin Aryal was shot in the ...
Oakdale man charged with murder in shooting spreeMinneapolis Star Tribune
Oakdale man charged with boy's murder; bail set at $2MPioneer Press
Oakdale Man Faces Murder Charges After Shooting, Killing 9-Year-Old BoyPatch.com

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Inside Science News Service
Mystery Of New York's Falling Crime Rate Remains Unsolved
Inside Science News Service
(ISNS) -- In the last 15 years, something dramatic has happened in New York City: the crime rate has dropped precipitously, making the city -- where crime once was of epic proportions -- the safest major city in America. How that happened is a matter ...

URBANA -- An Urbana man is thankful his stepson was not seriously injured during a College Park shooting that left two people dead. Chris Merz... The Frederick News-Post, Md. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arin-greenwood/

CBS News
Murder trial begins for Timothy Davis Sr., ex-Orlando police officer accused ...
CBS News
Davis Sr. is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Timothy Davis Jr. during an argument on October 1, 2011. In opening statements on Tuesday, Davis wiped tears from his eyes as prosecutors told jurors Davis said that he "didn't ...
Tim Davis takes stand in own murder trialCentral Florida News 13
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CBS News
Lauren Astley Killing: Murder trial begins for Nathaniel Fujita, Mass. man ...
CBS News
Lawyers presented opening statements in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, Mass. Fugita has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the July 2011 death of Lauren Astley. Both were 18 at the time and had just graduated from Wayland High School.
Murder trial in Wayland slaying beginsBoston Herald
Opening statements underway this morning in Nathaniel Fujita's murder trialBoston.com
Wayland Man's Murder Trial Gets StartedWBUR
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As third murder trial looms, Missouri inmate remains behind bars — for now
Kansas City Star
February 13. By TONY RIZZO. The Kansas City Star. PLATTSBURG, Mo. | — Convicted killer Mark Woodworth has to wait a few more days, at least, to learn if he will remain incarcerated while awaiting a third trial for murder. Order Reprints ...

Meeting set to address cops' fate
Local 10
A judge acquitted three Fort Lauderdale police officers accused of corruption after jurors were hung on some of the charges. On Tuesday night, jurors acquitted Detectives Matthew Moceri, 29, and Geoffrey Shaffer, 31, on charges of official misconduct.

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While advocates fight to take assault rifles off the street, one City of Orlando police officer left his loaded and sitting in a patrol car... Joey Francilus http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joey-francilus/