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MEXICO CITY -- The U.S. Embassy in Mexico says an American woman has been found dead in the central Mexico city of San Miguel de... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shirin-barghi/

Brian Mulligan, the entertainment turned financial executive who made headlines last year after he admitted to snorting bath salts prior to a bloody altercation with... Mallika Rao http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mallika-rao/

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Hearings in Chandra Levy murder case will continue to be closed to public, media
Fox News
WASHINGTON – A judge has ruled that hearings in the 2001 Chandra Levy murder case will continue to be closed to the public and the news media. The hearings have been held behind closed doors over the last several weeks and could signal a problem ...
Judge rules Levy murder case transcripts remain sealedUSA TODAY
Mystery deepens In Chandra Levy murder hearingNews10.net
Judge Denies Motion to Unseal Chandra Levy Murder Case ProceedingsThe BLT: Blog of Legal Times (blog)

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BERGHOLZ, Ohio -- More than 50 Amish children could lose one parent to prison – and most of the youngest could lose both – on... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Washington Times
Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell takes the stand in suit against former ...
Boston.com
Best-selling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell testified Friday she was never aware her former financial management firm had invested her money in an “aggressive growth” fund against her wishes and that her signature on a financial document had been ...
Patricia Cornwell: Crime writer takes stand at negligence trialWashington Times

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The national gun control fight took center stage in Maryland on Wednesday afternoon, where a hearing on proposed gun control legislation got off to a... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-wrigley/

According to a lawsuit, the Black family went to Disneyland and got shunned by the White Rabbit—seriously. The San Diego family is suing the amusement park because, they say, the employee playing the Alice in Wonderland character was racist. Last August, 6-year-old Jason Black tried to hug the "rabbit"...

His girlfriend was unreliable, so he went out to find a stable relationship. According to a signed -- though undated -- statement newly released by... Hilary Hanson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

A 52-year-old nanny was arrested Sunday after a hidden camera caught the woman allegedly slapping a baby. In the video, Mamura Nasirova is seen attempting... Inae Oh http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

SIDNEY, Ohio -- Authorities in Ohio say a pocket-dialing prowler got himself arrested after his cellphone turned informant. Twice. Investigators say an emergency operator traced... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

Cobb man convicted of murder may go free
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Members of John McNeil's family join the Cobb NAACP and others at the Cobb County Courthouse on Aug. 24, 2011, to protest the prison sentence of John McNeil, convicted for the shooting death of a white man who allegedly trespassed on McNeil's ...

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Colorado Democrats want gun manufacturers held liable for crimes committed ...
Fox News
“This is the most aggressive anti-gun legislation ever floated in the country,” Republican Sen. Greg Brophy told FoxNews.com Thursday. “To hold everybody in the entire chain of possession responsible for a crime committed by one person? The ...

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Daily Beast
Why Do Banks Get Away With Murder?
Daily Beast
Why Do Banks Get Away With Murder? Feb 7, 2013 3:15 PM EST. Big banks have copped to heinous crimes that have cost citizens billions of dollars. And it just keeps happening. Daniel Gross on why the madness never ends—and no one goes to jail. Like ...

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What follows is an excerpt from Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge, a book where I try to explain life on the bench and the unknown parts of our legal system. Judge Frederic Block http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judge-frederic-block/

CHICAGO, Illinois – A young mother from Harvey was in trouble with police after lying about her baby being in her car when it was stolen on Chicago’s South Side.

Jeanette Holt, 25, has been charged with one count of felony disorderly conduct, police said.

CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov reports police rushed to a Chatham neighborhood daycare center around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, after Holt called 911 to report her 1997 Chevy Monte Carlo had been stolen with her 1-year-old son inside.

At least seven squad cars were put on alert to search the area.

Police conducted a massive search for the car, only to find out the child was not inside to begin with. He had been in daycare all along.

Police sources said the boy’s mother lied about the abduction because she wanted officers to look for her car.

“We arrested her as a result,” Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said. “And we need to do that when people make false claims like that, because it’s very serious, it endangers the public at large, and definitely our police officers who may be responding in a different fashion than just to take a report for a stolen vehicle.” Full Article

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Michelle Obama will attend Saturday's funeral for Hadiya Pendleton, the Chicago teen killed not long after performing at President Obama's inauguration, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Alongside Obama will be adviser Valerie Jarrett and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, also Chicagoans, reports the Tribune . No arrests have been made in the shooting,...

The baby needed a name. And, so, Detective Kerry Dalling gave him a name. She called him Baby Victor. Jon Leiberman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-leiberman/

Man gets 40 years for wife's murder
MiamiHerald.com
TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa Bay area man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for beating his wife to death. A Hillsborough County judge sentenced 46-year-old Lawrence Dickey on Thursday. A jury convicted him of second-degree murder in December.

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Smash, smash, SA-MASH! By now, the whole Internet has seen the local news interview with the man known only as Kai, a hitchhiker who stopped... Ross Luippold http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ross-luippold/

New Yorker (blog)
China's Anti-Corruption Campaign Pushes Luxury Undergroun
Forbes
Corruption raged in China under Hu and Wen, as the government lavished $4 trillion on big fiscal projects to sustain its GDP growth. State cronyism blossomed as airports, bridges and railroads sprang up.Tracking the rate of corruption is nearly ...
China Targets Corruption, Luxury Brands MournNew Yorker (blog)

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