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A former Arizona State University professor went to visit the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia Saturday and told security personnel who were examining his backpack, "I have explosives in there," police say. Carlos Balsas then left his backpack there and walked away; he was arrested nearby after a brief struggle. Meanwhile,...

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Police say Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Jay Ratliff had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit the night he was arrested... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-klopman/

Reliving Fear's SNL riot
Chicago Reader
In the past decade there's been a mind-blowing amount of work done toward the goal of getting every piece of pop-cultural ephemera ever produced documented, uploaded to the Internet, and commented on (either nostalgically or snarkily) by hundreds or ...

Allentown Morning Call
Man admits to March murder near Allentown playground
Allentown Morning Call
An Allentown man who could have been sentenced to death if found guilty of first-degree murder during a trial scheduled to begin this week instead entered a guilty plea Monday that will make him eligible for parole after 13 years. The prosecutor in the ...
Lafayette Upshaw admits to murder of Anthony Santiago, avoids possible death ...WFMZ Allentown

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Sunny Cross, who appeared on the first episode of MTV's "Catfish," was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, TMZ reports. According... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dominique-mosbergen/

Sideshow stunt shuts down I-880 (video)
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
A group of sideshow drivers briefly shut down all northbound lanes of Interstate 880 near the Coliseum in Oakland on Saturday afternoon while they burned rubber and did doughnuts. Participants filmed the minutes-long stunt and posted it to YouTube.

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Another major decade-old case is getting fresh press thanks to a Boulder Daily Camera exclusive. As the paper reports, the district attorney's Oct. 13, 1999, announcement that the grand jury investigation into the death of JonBenet Ramsey had concluded without "sufficient evidence to warrant a filing of charges against anyone"...

Corruption costs 'Bt193 bn a year'
The Nation
An average of US$6.42 billion (Bt192.6 billion) a year illegally flowed out of Thailand between 2001 and 2010 - and a large portion of this was believed to be earned through corruption, an anti-graft campaign group has said. The Anti-Corruption ...

Christian Science Monitor
Venezuela's fourth prison riot in two years raises questions
Christian Science Monitor
Venezuela's fourth prison riot in two years raises questions. Venezuela's Uribana jail riot highlights the need for proper training of security forces assigned to prisons and addressing overcrowding by bringing prisoners to trial, writes WOLA. By David ...
Uribana Prison Riot: Venezuela Inmates Evacuated From Facility Following ...Huffington Post
Venezuela shuts Uribana prison as riot death toll risesThe Guardian
Venezuela transfers inmates from prison after riot kills 58Yahoo! News (blog)
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"The Juice" is in trouble again. Imprisoned former football standout O.J. Simpson failed to pay $17, 015.99 in taxes for 2011, according to a federal... Steven Hoffer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-hoffer/

Belfast Telegraph
Officer murder 'an attack on state'
Belfast Telegraph
I think everyone in the station is understandably upset but I think they're very focused at bringing to justice those who are responsible for the barbaric and callous murder that took place last Friday evening." Mr Shatter said there was a mood of ...
Video: Killers 'were intent on murder and mayhem', says ShatterIrish Independent
Shatter denies link between Garda murder and budget cutsIrish Examiner
Burned-out car probably used in garda's murderIrish Times
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There are topics I wish I didn't have to write about, because I wish they didn't touch our community. I don't feel it is right to ignore them when they are happening, though, because it is only through frank and open dialogue that we can resolve some issues, and educate on others. It can be troubling to write about them, but it is also honest, and I think the most important thing we can do in this community is to be honest, and not only about what is great about us. We also need to be honest about the problems we encounter, too. Theresa Wells http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theresa-wells/

Corruption sneaks into online media
MiamiHerald.com
Even while some media organizations roll out new online subscription plans, the Internet continues its steady drift toward a business model built overwhelmingly on money not from readers, but from advertisers. It's advertising that's emerging as the ...

Elderly escort Sygun Liebhart is known as "Lola"

An online ad called the septuagenarian hooker a "perfect pleasure" who is "delicious, delectable," and noted that "Older is Better."

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Elderly escort Sygun Liebhart is known as "Lola"

An online ad called the septuagenarian hooker a "perfect pleasure" who is "delicious, delectable," and noted that "Older is Better."

Senior Prostitute

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Philadelphia drops charges in disabled adult abuse case as feds pursue murder ...
Fox News
PHILADELPHIA – As expected, Philadelphia prosecutors will step aside so federal authorities can pursue charges accusing a paroled killer and others of kidnapping mentally disabled adults for their disability checks. City prosecutors on Monday dropped ...

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Rapper Rick Ross was shot at dozens of times while in his Rolls-Royce in Fort Lauderdale around 5am today, TMZ reports. The gunshots came from a car that had pulled up alongside, but none of them hit the Rolls-Royce, Ross, or a woman in the car. The car did crash...

Firearms killed more than 31,000 people in the U.S. in 2010. In Japan, a country with a population of 130 million, there were just seven... John Rudolf http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-rudolf/

Cinema Blend
Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington Stare Down Crime In First 2 Guns Photo
Cinema Blend
As a fan of the action-thriller genre, I want to get excited about 2 Guns, a sure-to-be-brawny crime-drama that pairs action-movie stalwarts Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg for a fight against the mob. But even as the first official image for the ...

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Justin Bieber is reportedly being accused of assault... with a Nerf gun. The incident dates back to November 2012, when Bieber was performing in Ottawa,... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cavan-sieczkowski/