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Note: The "Raid of the Day" features accounts of police raids I've found, researched, and reported while writing my forthcoming book Rise of the... Radley Balko http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/

Mere months after suggesting he was OK with moves by Colorado and Washington state to legalize marijuana for recreational use, former President Jimmy Carter announced... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-wing/

BJP suspends Lehar Singh after he confronts Advani on corruption
The Hindu
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday suspended its MLC Lehar Singh besides removing him from the post of the State treasurer after he shot off a letter to veteran leader L.K. Advani directly confronting him over his alleged “changing postures” on ...

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Murder in Bakken Formation: Police probe possible connection to other ...
Fox News
The murder of a North Dakota man has authorities investigating whether other recent missing persons cases are connected or the work of separate criminals who've descended on the area known as the Bakken Formation, where new discoveries of oil and ...
Murder victim identifiedWilliston Daily Herald
Body of missing North Dakota rancher found; man charged with murderBudgeteer
Bond set at $1 million for ND murder suspectSan Antonio Express

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U.S. News & World Report
Yale U. Is Fined $165000 Under Crime-Reporting Law
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
In one of the most severe penalties ever assessed to a university for violations of a federal campus-crime law, the U.S. Department of Education has fined Yale University $165,000 for failing to disclose four forcible sex offenses that occurred on its ...
Yale Facing $165000 In Fines For Failure To Report Campus Crime StatsHartford Courant

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It was swift and brutal. An inmate at a Wisconsin jail knocked out a guard with one punch, newly released video shows. Caught by surveillance... Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ron-dicker/

The Independent
Pussy Riot: Putin-bashing, punk rock and politics make for a riotous mix
The Independent
It is more than a year since five members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot wearing brightly coloured balaclava masks staged a short and cacophonous performance in front of the altar of Moscow's Christ The Saviour Cathedral. Their impromptu gig (in ...

Murder charge stuns some fans of 'Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker'
CNN
(CNN) -- To New Jersey prosecutors, Caleb Lawrence McGillvary is simply a murder suspect, and a dangerous one at that. But to at least some of the thousands of fans who know him as a hero for using a hatchet to stop another man's attack on two people ...

Prison brew could play pivotal role in California murder case
MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON -- One of the two inmates accused of killing an Atwater, Calif., prison guard was so drunk on a potent brew dubbed “White Lightning” that he couldn't understand an FBI agent's Miranda warnings afterward, defense attorneys claim in revealing ...

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A Canadian police officer who reported being shot Saturday night -- sparking a hunt for the gunman -- actually just shot herself, her department says.... Hilary Hanson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

"Stubborn Ways" investigation focused on classified CIA report

The inquiry, which spanned the Bush and Obama administrations, closed when Justice Department officials declined an FBI request to subpoena the site's editor.

FBI Stubborn Ways

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"Stubborn Ways" investigation focused on classified CIA report

The inquiry, which spanned the Bush and Obama administrations, closed when Justice Department officials declined an FBI request to subpoena the web site's editor.

FBI Stubborn Ways

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A Greek parliamentary session was the scene of a contentious debate between rival political parties on Friday, ending in the ejection of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn... Meredith Bennett-Smith http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meredith-bennettsmith/

A Hofstra University student was killed in her home Friday morning during a botched robbery. Andrea Rebello, 21, of New York, was shot dead by... Andy Campbell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

A Hofstra University student who lived in an off-campus house with her twin sister is dead after an armed burglar broke into the house overnight, reports the Daily News . The gunman also was killed. The details of what happened were unclear this afternoon, but the gunshots apparently began after police...

Kiera Wilmot, the Florida teen who found herself facing possible felony charges after a high school science experiment went wrong, spoke to Roland Martin on... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jermaine-spradley/

A Denver-area woman died Tuesday night after an assault rifle she was handling accidentally fired and shot her in the head. Witnesses told ABC Denver... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andres-jauregui/

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Music Review: Skinny Molly - Haywire Riot
Blogcritics.org (blog)
After an extensive tour of Europe and hundreds of shows, they have now returned home with their latest release, Haywire Riot. It is a solid album and there are really no low points among the 11 tracks. It may not have the brilliant highs of say the ...

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Daily Mail
Thousands of anti-gay protesters riot in Georgia: Chaos on streets as Orthodox ...
Daily Mail
Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, picketed a gay pride parade in Georgia today, with some threatening to lash homosexual activists with stinging nettles. Police in Tbilisi guarded several dozen gay activists and bused them ...
Georgia: Anti-Gay Riot Rocks Tbilisi Capital - Albany TribuneAlbany Tribune

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A Cambridge, Mass., brewery is producing a beer for Sean Collier, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus officer who was shot and killed shortly after... Tyler Kingkade http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyler-kingkade/