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Was the Pope pushed? An abuse scandal, corruption and the dark intrigue ...
Daily Mail
The room full of people was still in shock at the news of his resignation when Pope Benedict XVI tottered across the marble floor towards a tall, heavy-set man in the red robe and skullcap of a cardinal. As cameras rolled on Monday in the gilded Sala ...

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LACEY’S SPRING, Ala. (WHNT) – A Valentine’s Day love story has apparently turned into homicide. A Morgan County woman, who should have been celebrating her wedding anniversary, was instead found dead in her home this morning. Sheriff’s investigators say her ex-husband is the primary suspect in her death.

The body of 46-year-old Stacey Hagood was found in the home she shared with her ex-husband, Rodney Hagood, on River Loop Road late this morning by her daughter. Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin declined to say how she died, but she says the death was homicide.

“This is a case of domestic violence, on-going domestic violence, has been throughout the years,” Sheriff Franklin told reporters Thursday morning.

Stacey Hagood was last seen alive at around 7 PM Wednesday night by her daughter, who discovered her mother’s body when she returned home just before 11 AM Thursday morning. It’s an address sheriff’s deputies are quite familiar with, they’ve been there many times. In fact, deputies were called to the home Tuesday night on another domestic violence call.

The Hagoods were married on Valentines Day a number of years ago, but had divorced. Rodney Hagood had moved back in with his wife, but their neighbors say there was always trouble.

“They were always into it, you know. Good people, she was a great person, give you the shirt off her back. But Hagood, he was always into something. There was always cops over there, couldn’t ever tell what was going to go on from one day to the next. He’d be in jail then out of jail, and you’d know when he got back because they’d be argueing, and then he’d be on the loose out here asking for rides and wanting you to do something, borrow money. Other than that, they were real good people,” JD Atchley, who lives next door to the Hagoods told WHNT News 19.

Sheriff Franklin says Mrs. Hagood had filed for protection orders on a number of occasions, but never followed through, or failed to show up in court, apparently due to threats of additional violence. Franklin says Mrs. Hagood died as she had lived much of her live, in fear.

“I will tell you that from interviewing the family members, none of them were surprised that this happened. They were waiting for the day this would happen. That’s a terrible situation to live in. So my heart goes out to this family, and to the family of the suspect. It is just a terrible situation,” Sheriff Franklin said.

Mitch McConnell is making a lot of headlines for throwing his support yesterday behind a push to legalize hemp. But he's talking the industrial variety—a farm crop with nowhere near the potency of its marijuana cousin, reports NBC News . McConnell thinks Kentucky farmers should be able to grow the...

Reality Check: Marriage Doesn't Actually Fight Crime
The Root
I know from past experience that I'm going to upset some folks by saying this, so brace yourselves: Marriage is very important and beneficial to the raising of children, but there's little evidence that it fights crime. I bring this up in response to ...

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College Park shooting won't be reflected in university crime tally
Baltimore Sun
The law requires universities and colleges to issue annual reports containing three years of crime statistics, including categories like homicides, sex offenses, robberies and drug violations. The law also requires universities and colleges to provide ...

No bail for man charged with murder of Cicero teen
Chicago Tribune
A Cicero man was ordered held without bail today after being charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy at a home in the near west suburb this week. Victor Torres, 21, allegedly got into a physical altercation Wednesday ...

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Halifax Evening Courier
Police tape off street and officers in riot gear in Halifax town centre
Halifax Evening Courier
Bull Close Lane was shut off and police in riot gear were seen between around 8.30pm and 9.30pm. A man in a flat above Stanleys fish and chip shop was heard shouting and seen throwing property into the street. At one stage the man climbed out of the ...

Upon learning of Matthew Shepard's death, I don't know that my first reaction was, "How could this happen?" There was something eerily and uncomfortably familiar with what I was reading about in the paper that day. It brought back a memory that I had all but buried years before. Andy Paris http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-paris/

CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama says that every four months, his hometown of Chicago suffers the loss of as many children as were killed in... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-erbentraut/

Parker Drilling To Take Charge for SEC, DOJ Settlement
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Corruption Currents, The Wall Street Journal's corruption blog, digs into the ever-present and ever-changing world of corporate corruption. It is a source of news, analysis and commentary for those who earn a living by finding corruption or by avoiding it.

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In the trailer for Season 4 of "Teen Mom 2," viewers witnessed Kailyn Lowry hitting husband Javi Morroquin and Jo Rivera, the father of her... Laura Prudom http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-prudom/

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Police say a mother who got on stage and started to strip during an upstate New York school assembly is facing child... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

NPR
Obama takes gun control push to murder-plagued Chicago
NBCNews.com
And Obama pointed to recent incidences of violence, including the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the Chicago teenager who was gunned down shortly after performing with classmates in Obama's second inaugural parade. “This week, in my State of the Union, ...
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Federal prosecutors on Friday filed a plea agreement reached with former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in which he admits to a felony count of misusing campaign funds.

Three men charged in Fairfax car vandalism
Washington Post (blog)
The arrests were made after police followed up on information received from an anonymous tip on the Crime Solvers line. The three men were incarcerated in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, according to the release. “Many times these sorts of ...

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Kansas City Star
Jackson County wants crime witnesses to talk
Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star. Jackson County officials announced a new campaign Friday to encourage witnesses to crime to step forward and report what they know. Order Reprints. Yard signs such as this one will be used as part of the campaign. More information ...

NBC 7 San Diego (blog)
Friday Night Riot
NBC 7 San Diego (blog)
Ra Ra Riot's new record, Beta Love, stands as a sonic departure from their firmly established orchestral leanings. An array of synthesizers and drum machines weigh thoughtful hooks to the floor, where cello arrangements once wisped them along effortlessly.

Convicted ex-Lumberton official's corruption appeal nixed
phillyBurbs.com
Former Assemblyman and ex-Lumberton official Daniel Van Pelt leaves federal court Thursday, July 23, 2009, in Newark, N.J. Van Pelt, was accused of accepting a $10,000 bribe, as part of a major corruption and international money laundering conspiracy ...
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Looks like Jesse Jackson Jr. didn't exactly work out a sweetheart plea deal for himself. Prosecutors intend to recommend 46 to 57 months of prison time for the former congressman, along with a fine of between $10,000 and $100,000, Politico reports. As part of the deal, Jackson admits...

The first woman mayor of San Diego has acknowledged in court she misappropriated more than $2 million from her late husband's foundation to fund a casino gambling habit in which she allegedly won and lost more than $1 billion over nine years.