Crime Newswire

Crime in Berkeley up 11% in 2012, but longer trend is down
Berkeleyside
Berkeley's annual crime report shows a one-year increase of 11% in violent and property crimes in 2012. The uptick comes after four consecutive years of lowered crime, as measured by the Uniform Crime Reports' so-called Part I crimes. But Berkeley ...

Sarai Sierra's family says the murdered New York mom was in Turkey on a photography vacation, but FBI agents say they think she was doing more than just taking a few innocent pictures. "The first people she met up with were a criminal element," a source close to the investigation...

CBC.ca
Spencer Kirkwood, Vancouver Riot Suspect, Recounted Drunken Night In ...
Huffington Post Canada
VANCOUVER - The sun was still illuminating the glass towers of a trendy Vancouver neighbourhood when Spencer Kirkwood stood looking out from an apartment balcony, downing beers after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup, and remarked on black smoke ...
1st Stanley Cup riot trial begins in VancouverCBC.ca
Man doesn't remember smashing windows in post-game Vancouver riot, court toldCTV News
First trial in Vancouver's Stanley Cup riot beginsGlobal BC
The Province -CKNW News Talk 980
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New York Daily News
Sister of vet charged in murder of Navy SEAL, pal cites confession in 911 call
Fox News
The sister of the Iraq war veteran accused of killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend last weekend at a Texas shooting range told authorities her brother confessed to the murders but was not sure if he was on drugs at the time of his ...
'He told me that he's committed a murder': Sister of accused gunman Eddie Ray ...New York Daily News
Kyle Murder Suspect 'Had Mental Health Issues'Newsmax.com
Sister of sniper murder suspect 'terrified' in 911 callWFAA
CBS News -kgw.com -NBCNews.com (blog)
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Report: Corruption Suspected in Mideast Defense
ABC News
An international monitoring group on Wednesday warned that excessive secrecy in Mideast security agencies leaves countries like Egypt, Libya and Tunisia open to corruption even after the overthrow of authoritarian regimes. Continued secrecy and lack of ...

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Federal investigators are in the midst of an active criminal investigation of disgraced former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, ABC News has learned.... ABC News http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-klopman/

NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly joined "The Daily Show" on Tuesday to discuss a number of topics including gun control and a possible run for... Inae Oh http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

Demotix
Soccer-FIFA launches hotline for reporting corruption, match-fixing
Yahoo! Sports
ZURICH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Soccer's world governing body FIFA has launched a web page to enable individuals to make anonymous reports of corruption by officials and attempts at match-fixing, it said on Wednesday. FIFA had promised to set up the hotline ...
Singapore police join football corruption probeJamaica Observer
Liverpool game named in corruption probeDaily News & Analysis
Nathan's Notations: Corruption in sportsThe WSU Sign Post
Ottawa Citizen -Mirror.co.uk -Demotix
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U.TV
Riot accused identified in 'wanted' pics
U.TV
Boreland faces charges of rioting and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. He was detained in December after images taken from CCTV footage of people police wished to question in connection with the disorder appeared in the press.

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San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Shirt: Niners win!
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Hmmm … not that we're police inspectors here, but experience tells us that this T-shirt bought in a parking lot in Lafayette on Sunday just before the Super Bowl started may not have been officially sanctioned by the NFL. Which now makes it sort of a ...

TheStranger.com
The Ultimate Colonial Crime
TheStranger.com
Tabu, the second feature by the talented Portuguese director and critic Miguel Gomes, begins in the jungle. Giant trees, tall weeds, strange birds, and stinging insects surround a white explorer (or colonial officer) who is leading a long line of ...

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Newington, Conn., police arrested a woman at a Chuck E. Cheese on Monday evening after she allegedly pulled a loaded gun during an argument with... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andres-jauregui/

The 23-year-old performer’s persecution complex has flared again.

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The 23-year-old performer’s persecution complex has flared again.

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BBC News
Spain gripped by 'corruption' scandal
BBC News
... Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Both Barcenas and Rajoy deny any wrongdoing. The BBC's Tom Burridge spoke to people on the street in Seville about the general issue of corruption in Spain, which has been dominating Spanish newspaper headlines.
Ex-ruling party treasurer quizzed in alleged corruption case in SpainFox News
Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy implicated in corruption scandalWorld Socialist Web Site
Spanish prosecutors quiz key figure in RajoyEurope Online Magazine
GlobalPost
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CBS Local
Kwame Kilpatrick remains silent as defense rests in corruption case
Detroit Free Press
Exactly five months after jury selection started, both sides in Kwame Kilpatrick's public corruption trial rested their cases today. And in non-Kilpatrick fashion, the ex-Detroit mayor chose to remain silent. "I am choosing not to testify," Kilpatrick ...
Corruption chronicles: Spring Grove teacher accused of having sex with student ...York Daily Record
Closing Arguments Monday In Kilpatrick Corruption TrialCBS Local
End near in historic, five-month Kilpatrick corruption trialWXYZ
MLive.com -Michigan Radio -Washington Post
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Swiss say cooperating with Spain in corruption probe
Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland is cooperating with a Spanish request for details of bank accounts connected to Spain's ruling Popular Party that is under investigation for alleged corruption, the Swiss attorney-general said on Wednesday. Michael Lauber ...

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Wall Street Journal (blog)
EU Could List Hezbollah as Terrorist Group
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The EU's immediate response was there was “need for a reflection” over the response to Bulgaria's report. But asked if the EU would consider blacklisting Hezbollah, Maja Kocijancic, a spokeswoman for the bloc's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, ...

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Malaysia Chronicle
Report cites military corruption in MENA
Financial Times
Two years after revolutions raised hopes for political change, the armed forces of Middle East and North African nations continue to operate in the shadows, according to a new report. The military spend money secretly, award contracts to cronies and ...
'Military corruption too high'Eyewitness News
Address corruption in arms trade: TI-MThe Sun Daily

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A 52-year-old California woman identified last month as one of two suspects sought in connection with a child pornography case linked to the San Fernando Valley was indicted Tuesday on federal charges.