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APPOMATTOX, Va. — A man accused of killing eight people at his rural central Virginia home and shooting at a state police helicopter pleaded guilty... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

The Associated Press
Riot charges may be filed after cafeteria fight involving 200-plus students
ABA Journal
A cafeteria fight involving 200 to 300 students at a Minneapolis high school Thursday could result in riot charges, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The melee was so out of control that when 10 police officers arrived and shouted ...
Food fight triggers riotKSN-TV
Minneapolis cafeteria riot: South High locked down as hundreds of students brawlPioneer Press
Minnesota high school placed on lockdown after cafeteria food fight turned ...Daily Mail
Power Line (blog)
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BBC News
Riot-hit shop in Ealing reopens 18 months on
BBC News
A couple whose corner shop in Ealing was destroyed in the 2011 London riots have reopened their business, 18 months on. For over a year Amrit and Ravi Khurmy battled with insurance companies and their fight was even raised in front of the prime ...
We're Back! Riot Damaged Shop Finally ReopensEalingToday.co.uk

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WCSH-TV
Minneapolis food fight starts riot
WCSH-TV
(KARE) Minneapolis South High School will be in session Friday, the day after police used chemical spray to break up a brawl involving hundreds of students. Rachel Hicks says the school will be implementing a "safety plan to ensure a safe environment ...
Riot charges may be filed after cafeteria fight involving 200-plus studentsABA Journal
Food fight triggers riotKSN-TV
South High School reopens with extra police after riotMinnesota Daily (blog)
Pioneer Press -Daily Mail
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Let's just say that it would've been a crime to throw this rager, in this case. The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shana-ecker/

Mayor Mike Bloomberg is going head to head with the NRA in Illinois. MoveOn.org is " target="_hplink">jumping into the fray in Ohio. And as my... Saki Knafo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saki-knafo/

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff says he now regrets not going to trial, CNBC reports. The revelation comes in one of the six emails Madoff recently... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bonnie-kavoussi/

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Independent Investigations Office has launched an investigation into an RCMP arrest after reviewing the suspect's medical records.The man was taken... CP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-ferreras/

One of the last ideas attributed to Christopher Dorner, the now infamous former Los Angeles police officer suspected of killing four people before a shootout... Janell Ross http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janell-ross/

A man wielding a knife stopped a fight between his brother and a man armed with a hammer, but he was too late to save... Michael McLaughlin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

Irreverent cartoon comedy show "The Family Guy" slammed Arizona over its crackdown on illegal immigration this week. Consuela, the Griffin's dour Mexican maid, appears at... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roque-planas/

After reading the commentary Wednesday by the NRA's CEO, Wayne LaPierre, about why Americans should be terrified in this fearful world and arm themselves, I will admit that I grasped what he was saying and was, indeed, scared by it. Not scared about the world he was describing, but the NRA. Robert J. Elisberg http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/

CINCINNATI — A woman accused of helping her 15-year-old daughter beat another teenage girl at a high school is countering a police department's version of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

San Francisco Chronicle
Mo. Man Freed On Bond Before Murder Retrial
NPR
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man facing a third murder trial after judges overturned two earlier convictions has been freed from jail and says he's overwhelmed. Mark Woodworth walked out of the Livingston County jail at midday Friday and repeatedly ...
Mo. man to be freed on bond before murder retrialHuffington Post
Missouri man freed on bond before murder retrialSTLtoday.com

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San Francisco Chronicle
Food fight triggers riot
KSN-TV
At a news conference, Minneapolis Police and schools detailed what started as a food fight, but ended in what witnesses call a riot over lunchtime in the commons area. "At the height of the incident, we had two to three hundred students involved ...
Minneapolis cafeteria riot: South High locked down as hundreds of students brawlPioneer Press
Minnesota high school placed on lockdown after cafeteria food fight turned ...Daily Mail
Tense about race in MinneapolisPower Line (blog)
CBS Local
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Bell corruption trial gets nasty, prompting warning from judge
Los Angeles Times
A former Bell city leader accused of plundering the town's treasury by taking an oversized salary continued to trade barbs with a prosecutor Friday, bringing an admonishment from the judge presiding over the municipal corruption case. George Cole, a ...

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News 12 Long Island
Mo. Man Freed on Bond Before Murder...
ABC News
A Missouri man facing a third murder trial after judges overturned two earlier convictions has been freed from jail and says he's overwhelmed. Mark Woodworth walked out of the Livingston County jail at midday Friday and repeatedly said he was ...
Mo. man to be freed on bond before murder retrialHuffington Post
Missouri man freed on bond before murder retrialSTLtoday.com
Mo. man freed on bond before murder retrialNews 12 Long Island

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Chicago's record murder rate: Don't blame guns alone
CNN
(CNN) -- On the same day Chicago police held a news conference to tout their improved murder rate in November, 15-year-old Porshe Foster got caught in the middle of deadly gang warfare. It happed right before 9:30 p.m. November 26. The sophomore ...

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MiamiHerald.com
Lawmaker forced out of parliament after exposing corruption at Samsung
BGR
A South Korean lawmaker who exposed corruption at consumer electronics giant Samsung (005930) has been forced out of office by the country's Supreme Court. The court upheld a ruling on Friday that by publishing wiretaps of conversations between ...
Korean lawmaker who exposed Samsung corruption forced from officeThe Verge

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Updated story Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was charged Friday with violating federal law by misusing campaign funds -- and his wife Sandi Jackson... Kim Bellware http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-bellware/