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OAKLAND PARK -- Late Saturday afternoon, Justin Latourrette noticed that the two young children of his new neighbors were out in the driveway washing a... Sun Sentinel http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-mccorquodale/

Jennifer Lopez's video shoot on Fort Lauderdale Beach took a turn for the dramatic on Sunday when gunshots were fired nearby. The 43-year-old singer was... Madeline Boardman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/madeline-boardman/

PHOENIX -- It has become a real-life soap opera watched by people around the world and dozens of fanatics who camp out on a Phoenix... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

SALT LAKE CITY — The oldest daughter of the Utah soccer referee who died Saturday a week after a teenage player punched him in the... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Members of a Catholic church where three people were stabbed during Mass a week ago launched an effort on Sunday to raise... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-raushenbush/

Jeff Danziger http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-danziger/

Great cities face their challenges head-on and invent new paths towards the future. There are at least 10,000 reasons for Los Angeles to do the same. Rick J. Caruso http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-j-caruso/

Sorry I couldn't make it to the annual meeting. I'm a Life Member and I try to get there every year. But this year is different. If I showed up you'd tried to get me to help you fight a "culture war." But if there is a war going on, you represent the wrong side. Mike Weisser http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-weisser/

WORCESTER, Mass. — The uncle of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a gun battle with police arrived at a funeral home Sunday to... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-raushenbush/

After a person dies, we clearly need to make decisions regarding final disposition, for public health reasons as well as closure for the family and community. But what happens when the remains are those of a person believed to have committed a horrific, recent crime? Tanya D. Marsh http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tanya-d-marsh/

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ap/

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Northern California white supremacist convicted of killing a child molester has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, while... AP/The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robin-wilkey/

MURRAY, Utah -- A 46-year-old soccer referee who was punched by a teenage player during a game and later slipped into a coma has died,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/buck-wolf/

A gun advocacy group announced this weekend their hope to distribute free shotguns to unarmed people living in some of the most high-crime areas of... Joseph Erbentraut http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-erbentraut/

PHOENIX -- Just days after Gov. Jan Brewer signed a law designed to hinder police participation in gun buyback events, the city of Phoenix on... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-gentilviso/

Once upon a time, in the long-ago days of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, we may have had the worst and most abusive presidential... Salon http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-gentilviso/

Well, it looks like Reese Witherspoon is making a joke out of her arrest. The 37-year-old actress, who was jailed and charged with disorderly conduct... Leigh Blickley http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leigh-blickley/

A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brennan-williams/

Our evolutionary ancestors were hungry for braaaiiins--antelope brains, that is. Sets of animal bones recently unearthed in Kenya, believed to be the earliest evidence of... Newser.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethan-fedida/

There are gaping holes when it comes to regulating the misuse of guns by children. Much more can be done to keep the young away from guns -- at both ends of the barrel. Robert Muggah http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-muggah/