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30 dead after Egyptians angry about riot verdicts try to storm prison
CNN
Cairo (CNN) -- A stern Egyptian court ruling tied to a soccer riot spurred clashes that left at least 30 people dead on Saturday, the latest round of violence in the unsettled North African nation. In addition to those killed, more than 300 were ...
16 Die in Egypt Riot After Soccer Violence VerdictABC News
Egypt Riot Over Soccer Verdict Kills At Least 27Christian Broadcasting Network
Egypt hangs 21 people over deadly soccer riotKhaama Press
NBCNews.com (blog)
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PHILADELPHIA -- A Franciscan friar accused of sexually abusing students at Catholic high schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania killed himself at a western Pennsylvania monastery,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-raushenbush/

Crime Stoppers search for burglary suspect
WRCB-TV
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) - This weekend's Crime Stoppers centers around a man wanted in connection with multiple burglaries and thefts. Take a good look at Jeffery Paul Williams. He's wanted for two counts of aggravated burglary and two counts of ...

2012 Uniform Crime Report; crime up in Springfield
KSPR
Overall police were able to solve about one in every four crimes reported in the City last year. That's up about 9% from last year. According to the Crime Report, investigators are solving cases at a higher success rate though not in every category. Of ...

CBS News
Egypt: Deadly clashes follow soccer riot verdict
CBS News
Last Updated 4:48 p.m. ET. CAIRO Relatives and angry young men rampaged through the Egyptian city of Port Said on Saturday in assaults that killed at least 27 people following death sentences for local fans involved in the country's worst bout of ...

Trial delay denied in Joplin murder case
San Francisco Chronicle
(AP) — A southwest Missouri judge decided not to push back the start of a first-degree murder trial after the defendant waivered in his request to act as his own attorney. The Joplin Globe (http://bit.ly/VCFXoy ) reported that Friday's ruling means 46 ...

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Crime boss suspects arrested at Russian birthday dinner
GlobalPost
MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Police raided a restaurant near Moscow and arrested four alleged crime bosses and 19 others as they met to plan strategy after the killing of a criminal godfather known as Grandpa Hassan, the interior ministry said on Saturday.

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Urbana man held without bail for West Sider's murder
Chicago Sun-Times
A 40-year-old Urbana man was being held without bail Saturday in a shooting death last summer on the West Side. Quinn Holmes was arrested Thursday at his home in Urbana by detectives with the Chicago Police Department who then brought him back to ...

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A call to curb corruption
Saudi Gazette
... care what people said as long as his superiors were pleased with his work. It is obvious that such ministries are up to their necks in corruption and instead of launching an investigation into corrupt officials, ministries often defy logic and ...

Residents, police work to push crime out of community
WIS
(RNN) - What would you do if you knew your pet was going to die? One owner decided to give his dog one last awesome meal before saying goodbye. Reddit user Nikolaoss posted the story and video of his roommate'sMore >>. Instead of mourning, one pet ...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's top prisons official said the government was evacuating a prison Saturday after a deadly riot that reportedly left dozens of people... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kavitha-a-davidson/

CBS Local
Man, woman dead in apparent Pa. murder-suicide
San Francisco Chronicle
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — State police say a western Pennsylvania man and woman are dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Troopers in Butler County went to the Center Township home at about 1:40 a.m. Saturday in response to reports of a shooting.
Center Township couple found dead in murder-suicidePittsburgh Post Gazette
State Police Probe Apparent Murder-Suicide In Center Twp.CBS Local

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Crime boss suspects arrested at Russian birthday dinner
Chicago Tribune
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police raided a restaurant near Moscow and arrested four alleged crime bosses and 19 others as they met to plan strategy after the killing of a criminal godfather known as Grandpa Hassan, the interior ministry said on Saturday.

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How rampant is 'Apple-picking'—iPhone and iPad theft—in New York City? Well, last year saw 16,000 thefts, or 14% of total city crimes. Consider a case related by the New York Times , in which the same phone was stolen twice in an afternoon. A teenage girl was strolling...

The Voice of Russia
50000 corruption cases investigated in Russia - Medvedev
Russia & India Report
Some 50,000 corruption cases are being currently investigated in Russia, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Neue Zurcher Zeitung. “There are currently 50,000 corruption cases in courts. That's a lot, but only ...
Russia investigates 50000 corruption cases – MedvedevThe Voice of Russia
Davos 2013: WEF report urges Russia to tackle corruption and step up reformFinancial Times (blog)

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