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'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday. Arwel Wynne Hughes,
Darth Vader fined for Jedi master attack Sydney Morning Herald
'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks Miami Herald
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Anonymous rape tests are going nationwide
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed
Anonymous 'Jane Doe' rape tests are going nationwide; more rape victims may come TickerTech.com
Anonymous rape tests are going nationwide (AP) Yahoo!
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Police arrest suspect in violent Gorge assault
Katu.com - 4 Hours ago
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) - Hood River authorities say a 33-year-old Carson, Washington man has been arrested for a violent robbery in the Columbia Gorge. And investigators have named him a person of interest
Police arrest suspect in Mizen murder hunt The Times
Bakery murder: 19-year-old Jimmy Mizen suspect arrested Telegraph
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NYC judge sentences Remy Ma to 8 years in prison
Boston Globe - 4 Hours ago
NEW YORK --A weeping Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub. 'I feel so bad for all the physical and mental pain you've gone through,'
Eight year sentence for rapper Remy Ma ABC Online
JUDGE GIVES REMY MA 8 YEARS IN PRISON New York Post
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Jury begins deliberating in fundraiser's trial
Washington Post - 2 Hours ago
file photo shows indicted political fundraiser Antoin 'Tony' Rezko leaving the federal building in Chicago. On Monday, May 12, 2008, as closing arguments got under way in Rezko's corruption trial, Assistant
Jury begins deliberating in corruption trial of Illinois political fundraiser Tony Macro World Investor
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Antoin 'Tony' Rezko's fate now lies with the jury
Chicago Tribune - 2 Hours ago
The federal corruption trial that has sent ripples through the administration of Gov. Rod Blagojevich has reached its final stage, and the fate of political insider is now in the hands of the jury. The
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R. Kelly jury up to 8 members
Chicago Tribune - 2 Hours ago
Jury selection in the R. Kelly trial reached the halfway point Tuesday as attorneys from both sides agreed on five more jurors. The child pornography case now has eight jurorsfive men and three womenwho
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3 Ky. lawyers face trial, accused of defrauding clients
Chicago Tribune - 4 Hours ago
COVINGTON, Ky. - Two part owners of last year's Preakness winner went on trial Tuesday on charges they defrauded clients out of millions in a case being watched closely by the thoroughbred industry because
Men face trial accused of teen rape ABC Online
3 Ky. lawyers face trial, accused of defrauding clients (AP) Yahoo!
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GPS grows as a crime-fighting tool in U.S
Reuters - 4 Hours ago
(Reuters) - It was just after 10 p.m. when William Cotter, wearing a belt full of ammunition, burst into the home of his estranged wife, Dorothy, shooting her in the back with a sawed-off shot gun before
GPS grows as a crime-fighting tool in U.S. CNBC
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Suspect in ballpark death to be charged with involuntary manslaughter
San Francisco Chronicle - 3 Hours ago
Taylor Buckley, a senior at Carlmont High School in Belmont, was initially arrested by San Francisco police on suspicion of aggravated assault after the Friday night incident. When the victim, 18-year-old
Suspect in ballpark death is charged with involuntary manslaughter San Francisco Chronicle
Suspect In Ballpark Death Is 'Devastated' San Francisco Chronicle
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Serial gold thieves hit J.C. Penney
UPI - 4 Hours ago
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 13 (UPI) -- Thieves have stolen $2.5 million in gold jewelry from 10 J.C. Penney stores in California since December, officials said. In the most recent burglaries, stores in Laguna
Thieves strike gold at JCPenney stores Los Angeles Times
Gold thieves hit 11 Penney stores in California; haul is $2.5 million Los Angeles Times
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Two held over Oxford Street murder
Plymouth Evening Herald - 4 Hours ago
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Edmonton mayor promises new crime prevention committee
CBC Edmonton - 5 Hours ago
Edmonton's mayor is promising to set up a new committee to find ways to make the city safer, and deal with the underlying issues that cause crime. Stephen Mandel announced the project Tuesday, during
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Met declares war on knife crime gangs
Telegraph - 3 Hours ago
The operation, encouraged by Boris Johnson, the new Mayor of London, was begun after it was disclosed that a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in Oxford Street after a row over a spilled fizzy drink.
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2 with places to go dismissed from R. Kelly jury
Chicago Tribune - 5 Hours ago
R. Kelly's child-pornography trial now has eight jurors--five men and three women--primed to decide the R&B superstar's fate. The panel, so far, is split evenly between black and white members. The jury's
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Jury shown impact of home-made bombs
Glasgow Herald - 3 Hours ago
Footage of the devastating impact of home-made liquid bombs eight men allegedly plotted to set off on transatlantic airliners was shown at their trial yesterday. Protective 12mm thick laminated glass
Jury shown impact of "airline bombs" Nine MSN
Jury shown impact of airline bombs ONE News
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Woman found strangled Crime Notes
The Hindu - 108 Minutes ago
ff Reporter BANGALORE: A 28-year-old woman was found dead in her house in K. Narayanapura in Hennur police station limits on Tuesday. The police suspect she might have been strangled. According to the
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Prison gang arrested for supari killing
The Hindu - 112 Minutes ago
Convicts serving life sentence and undertrials were involved รข?? Photo: K. Murali Kumar In the net: City Police Commissioner N. Achuta Rao with the gang of supari killers in Bangalore on Tuesday. Bangalore:
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Drunk prison officer 'let off, escorted home'
ABC Online - 2 Hours ago
The Police Integrity Commission (PIC) has begun hearing allegations of corruption involving New South Wales police officers and random breath tests. The police watchdog says it is looking at whether any
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Two held for teenagers murder
The Hindu - 2 Hours ago
: A retired Indian Navy officer and a son of an ex-Serviceman have been arrested by the Delhi police in connection with the sensational murder of 18-year-old Sanchit Sachdeva at his Lodhi Colony residence
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New gas pipeline for prisoners
The Hindu - 2 Hours ago
: The Delhi Prisons Administration in association with Indraprastha Gas Limited has introduced a new gas pipeline for cooking food for prisoners. In the first phase that was inaugurated by Delhi Governments
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Trio avoid jail over child sex crimes
ABC Online - 2 Hours ago
Three men found guilty of child sex crimes in the Kimberley have avoided jail terms. Almost 100 alleged offenders are facing charges as a result of last year's police inquiry into child sex abuse in the
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Youths charged after crime spree, police chase
New Zealand Herald - 3 Hours ago
The driver of an allegedly stolen vehicle being chased by police smashed through a railway crossing barrier arm near Christchurch, narrowly avoiding colliding with a train, police said today. Police were
YOUTHS CHARGED AFTER POLICE ALTERCATION CJOB 68
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Johnson plans 'immediate operational response' after Oxford Street stabbing murder
24dash.com - 2 Hours ago
The murder of a man who was stabbed to death on Britain's most famous shopping street was not a targeted attack, Scotland Yard said today. A spokesman said: 'We do not believe that he was targeted. We
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Condemning the crime in Gaza
Japan Times - 3 Hours ago
ATLANTA The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world by sea, air or land. An
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