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A veteran New York City police officer dabbed his eyes with a tissue, gulped water from a paper cup and spoke in bursts Monday as... Newsday http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

A federal appeals court on Monday restored a lawsuit filed by a Virginia inmate who claims her constitutional rights were violated when prison authorities refused... Richmond Times-Dispatch http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arin-greenwood/

Police in Pennsylvania say a local softball coach sexually assaulted his daughter's best friend in an alleged relationship that began when the girl was just... Andy Campbell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Texas is set to execute Kimberly McCarthy by lethal injection on Tuesday, the first woman to be put to... Reuters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reuters/

RT
Ukrainian police officer sentenced to life for 2000 murder of muckraking ...
Fox News
KIEV, Ukraine – A Ukrainian court has convicted a former police general of killing an investigative journalist and sentenced him to life in prison. Heorhiy Gongadze, who exposed high-level corruption, was kidnapped in September 2000 and his decapitated ...
Former senior Ukraine policeman gets life for journalist's murderRT
Court finds Pukach guilty of abuse of power, murder of GongadzeKyiv Post
Court Sentences Pukach To Life Imprisonment For Murder Of GongadzeUkrainian News Agency

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A federal judge ruled that nearly a dozen federal immigration agents can move forward with their lawsuit against their own bosses and even President Obama... Fox News Latino http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roque-planas/

COVINGTON, Ky. -- Jurors couldn't decide whether two lewd posts about a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader were substantially true or not, leading a federal judge... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- A doctor was fatally shot in an examination room of an Orange County medical office, and the man who police believe... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-hoffer/

SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego mother has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for drowning her 4-year-old autistic son in a... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

Latino, Black Leaders Unite After Alleged Hate Crime In Compton
Huffington Post
A coalition of Latino and black community leaders banded together on the steps of Compton City Hall on Monday, seeking to unite the city in the aftermath of an attack that law enforcement has labeled a hate crime. Last week, the Los Angeles County ...

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Gun Crime: Tracing Weapons Back To Owners Isn't Easy: Fed
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — In the fictional world of television police dramas, a few quick clicks on a computer lead investigators to the owner of a gun recovered at a bloody crime scene. Before the first commercial, the TV detectives are on the trail of the suspect.

Wall Street Journal (blog)
Conflict Mineral Reports Present Challenges for Auditors
Wall Street Journal (blog)
It's not hard, for example, to imagine a Chinese supplier only paying lip service to a U.S. company's request to look into whether or not it uses conflict minerals. Under those circumstances, would an auditor need to go to China to investigate further?

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Kansas City Star
Mass Deaths in Venezuela Prison Riot
New Tang Dynasty Television
More than 60 prisoners have been killed during riots in a Venezuelan jail, according to local media. Now family members are gathering outside the prison, demanding authorities provide more information. [Jose Miguel Alvarado, Relative of Prisoner]: "We ...
Venezuelan VP supports minister after prison riotEl Universal
More than 60 people died in riot in VenezuelaPanorama.am

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WASHINGTON -- In the fictional world of television police dramas, a few quick clicks on a computer lead investigators to the owner of a gun... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

NEWTOWN, Conn. — Months before she was killed in a gunman's rampage, Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung wrote a letter expressing her excitement... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-samakow/

Spiegel Online
Envelopes of Cash: Corruption Charges Put Madrid on Defensive
Spiegel Online
For weeks, Spanish newspapers have published new details about one of the country's biggest ever corruption scandals, called "Gürtel affair," named in German after businessman Francisco Correa, whose last name means "belt". For years Correa allegedly ...

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NBCSports.com
Ray Lewis forgives Welker's wife for murder reference
NBCSports.com
The murder investigation involving Ray Lewis 13 years ago hasn't taken over the coverage of the Super Bowl (and it shouldn't), nor has it been completely verboten (and it shouldn't). But Lewis took the high road in his first chance to address a related ...
Ray Lewis forgives Wes Welker's wife for murder commentsWashington Post (blog)
Nearly 1 in 10 Ray Lewis Social Comments Mention MurderMashable

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DC man sentenced for deceiving a federal judge
Washington Post (blog)
A convicted sex offender from the District was sentenced to five years in prison on federal charges in two cases, including one in which he plotted to deceive a judge into awarding him a $3 million default judgement in a civil lawsuit. According to ...

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Link Riot: 11 Songs That Were Cut From Their Movies
NextMovie (blog)
... • 11 original songs that were cut from their movies, including all those Prince ditties he recorded for "Batman" (though, for the record, "Scandalous" was at least used over the closing credits). [Mental Floss]. • Join a salute to heroic women with ...

Human Events
Norris: Do gun bans curb violent crime?
Human Events
Who isn't sickened by the moral decay and heinous acts of violence across our country? My heart and prayers continue to go out to victims everywhere. But do gun bans — such as the one proposed this past week by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., which ...

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