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Remember Penelope Soto , the Florida teen who became so enraged at a judge's treatment of her that she flipped him the bird and dropped an f-bomb? All is forgiven, reports NBC Miami . Soto tearfully apologized to Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat yesterday, calling her behavior "irrational." Rodriguez-Chomat accepted the mea...

Daily Mail
Stepson and estranged wife charged with murder of decorated Green Beret in ...
Daily Mail
Police in West Texas say they have solved the murder of a highly-decorated U.S. Army officer in a case that has remained cold for 36 years. On Thursday investigators arrested the estranged wife and stepson of Major Chester Garrett, who was found dead ...
2 arrested in 1977 cold case murder of Texas Army officerFox News
Texas justice finds murder suspect in KnoxvilleKnoxville News Sentinel
Man arrested in Knoxville; wanted for 1977 murder in TexasWATE-TV

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MIRAMAR, Florida – Broward Sheriff’s deputy Arthur Reeves thought he was going to die when a shaky, masked carjacker held a weapon to his head in a predawn holdup on the side of Florida’s Turnpike.

Reeves, 32, thought maybe the red and blue lights that flashed in the mirrors of his Chevrolet Suburban — legally used only by police and firefighters in Florida — meant Florida Highway Patrol was attempting to slow him down on his way home to Miramar.

Not until he stopped his SUV and the robbers approached from a red Volvo sedan did he realize the danger he faced.

“This could have happened to anybody,” Broward Sheriff’s Robbery Detective Mark Copley said.

If an unmarked car is flashing red and blue lights and attempting to get you to stop or to move to the side of the road, but you aren’t speeding or violating other traffic laws, keep driving, authorities say.  Full Article

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Concerned group revives Savannah's Citizens Crime Commission
Savannah Morning News
The consensus at the end of the two-hour meeting, according to attendees, was to revive the defunct Citizens Crime Commission, itself born out of the frustrations about crime in the 1980s, and hold fellow citizens and officials alike accountable for ...

The News International
Bokhari stresses need to overcome corruption
The News International
Addressing a seminar, jointly organized by NAB and Transparency International, in a hotel here on Saturday, Bokhari said that unfortunately, various politicians wanted to make more money while the institutions fighting against the corruption are being ...
NAB chief claims institutions being used as political ammunitionDAWN.com

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Dallas police kill murder suspect
WFAA
Investigators said Stoney Eugene Rawlinson was wanted for killing his girlfriend, Samantha Rasmus, and stuffing her body in a plastic container. The suspect called police saying he wanted to turn himself in at a parking lot at Skillman Street and ...

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FAIRFIELD, Calif. -- Police said Friday they have arrested a barber in the death of a 13-year-old girl whose naked body was found last week... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/buck-wolf/

Authorities may have found Christopher Dorner's burned-out truck near Big Bear Lake in California, but the former cop and suspected murderer remains at large this morning, reports the Los Angeles Times . A storm has brought heavy snow and bitter-cold temperatures to the area, which is both a help and a...

ORANGE, Calif. -- A photo never tells the whole story, and that's especially true for Christopher Dorner. The images on his Facebook page are essentially... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

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The First Ever Hudson Valley Record Riot
Chronogram
Stephen Gritzan and John Bastone, the same guys who have been putting on the yearly Brooklyn Record Riots since 2008, are bringing the day-long show to Hopewell Junction for the first ever Hudson Valley Record Riot. Tomorrow, February 10, Hopewell ...

Newsday
Spain PM publishes tax returns amid corruption scandal
Reuters
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made public his tax returns on Saturday as he seeks to quell a corruption scandal that has gripped Spaniards and pushed up the country's borrowing costs. The corruption allegations, centered on ...
Spanish leader teeters under corruption scandalGlobalPost
Corruption scandal new worry for hard-hit SpainNewsday
News Summary: Spain hit by corruption scandalSan Antonio Express
The Independent -Bloomberg
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Spain PM publishes tax returns amid corruption scandal
Reuters
MADRID Feb 9 (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made public his tax returns on Saturday as he seeks to quell a corruption scandal that has gripped Spaniards and pushed up the country's borrowing costs. The corruption allegations, centred ...

Sydney Morning Herald
'Six again' creates corruption danger - Ryan
Sydney Morning Herald
DUAL premiership-winning coach Warren Ryan has warned against implementing the ''six again'' All Stars rule in NRL fixtures, fearing it could make referees the target of match fixers. The experimental rule was introduced in last night's match to limit ...

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. -- The hunt for Christopher Dorner in the snow-covered San Bernardino Mountains is expected to resume at daybreak Saturday, when authorities... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

Newly surfaced files call into question Truman Capote's assertion that his In Cold Blood classic, about the murder of a farm family in Kansas in 1959, was a stickler for accuracy, reports the Wall Street Journal . In the book, for example, Capote writes that Kansas Bureau of Investigation officials got...

SunHerald.com
Johnson won't be tried for murder
San Francisco Chronicle
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict a Hancock County man in the 2012 shooting death of Louis Matranga. Herman Johnson Jr. had been free on $250,000 bond after his arrest last May in the death of Matranga. Authorities say ...
Hancock County official not indicted on murder chargeSunHerald.com

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Link Riot: 11 Geeky (and Awesome) Snow Creations
NextMovie (blog)
Link Riot: 11 Geeky (and Awesome) Snow Creations. By NextMovie Staff | Feb 9, 2013 | 7:00 AM. Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. • Some inspiration if you'd rather not stay indoors during the aftermath of Nemo. [Mental Floss]. • There's evil and then there's ...

Slate Magazine
Good Cops, Bad Cops. Mostly Bad Cops.
Slate Magazine
Attorney Mark Overland and former Los Angeles police detective Stephanie Lazarus (R) sit in Superior Court just before reading of verdict which found Lazarus guilty of first degree murder for the 1986 killing of the wife of her former lover. Photo by ...

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The Hindu
Settai: Laugh riot with lively songs
The Hindu
What it is about… Produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur of UTV Motion Pictures, this youthful comedy entertainer is directed by R. Kannan. The cast comprises Arya, Santhanam, Premgi, Hansika, Anjali, Nasser, Ali, 'Chitra' Lakshmanan ...

Newsday
Spanish leader teeters under corruption scandal
GlobalPost
From left, Popular Party Secretary General Maria Dolores de Cospedal, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and PP Vice Secretary Javier Arenas. The conservative party is under fire after allegations of corruption. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images ...
Corruption scandal new worry for hard-hit SpainNewsday
Spain gripped by 'corruption' scandalBBC News
Spanish party treasurer grilled as corruption scandal growsThe Independent
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