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A widening web
The Economist (blog)
AS CANDIDATES start to jockey for position in a presidential contest due in 2016, corruption allegations are swirling. Of the five main potential runners, four have faced accusations of graft, which they deny. The scandals make depressing reading for ...

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Queens Man Convicted of Murder in Robbery That Led to Officer's Death
New York Times
A Queens man who joined a botched drug robbery that led to the shooting death of a New York City police officer was convicted on Friday of second degree murder and burglary, the third conviction to result from the officer's death.

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Abused baby near death after trauma

May 24, 2013, 8 a.m.

A BABY girl just nine months old suffered a cardiac arrest after receiving blunt force trauma to the chest possibly from a punch by her father, a District Court judge was told yesterday.

The Griffith girl was limp and had stopped breathing when her father rang an ambulance about 4.30pm on September 23 last year.

When the ambulance arrived, the child was blue and emergency treatment with CPR was administered in a frantic effort to save her.

The child had no pulse, was rushed to the Griffith Base Hospital and resuscitation efforts continued for 30 minutes until the girl’s heart rhythm returned to normal.

The father gave police two different versions of what happened to the child, claiming she had vomited after having food and stopped breathing.

But thorough investigations by medical staff after she was transferred to the Sydney Children’s Hospital intensive care unit revealed horrendous abuse had been inflicted on the child.

She had in the past suffered a total of 23 separate rib fractures, a fractured skull on the left side and fractured right hand.

A doctor believed the rib fractures had been caused by blunt force trauma or encirclement of the chest with squeezing, causing forceful compression of the chest wall on multiple occasions.

The father, now 33, appeared in the District Court at Albury yesterday and pleaded guilty to four counts of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm.

Judge David Freeman was told police set up covert electronically recorded surveillance between the man and his partner in October.

He had in late September been interviewed by detectives and denied assaulting his daughter.

But on November 1, police attached to the State Crime Command child abuse squad went to the family’s home and advised the father of their covert surveillance.

He was arrested and took part in an electronic interview with his remarks throughout it being: “No comment”.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been remanded in custody since being charged.

Melbourne barrister Ian Crisp claimed yesterday the man’s actions have had significant impact and he is prepared to reform himself both in custody and when released.

Prosecutor Max Pincott said the true impact on the child will not be known for several years.

Judge Freeman adjourned the man’s sentencing until next week. – The Border Mail

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Floridian, 22, faces felony mischief rap for parking lot vigilante act

Natasha Myers, 22, was so angry when a motorist failed to yield to pedestrians she allegedly went on a keying rampage against a defenseless Kia Sportage.

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No scarlet letters
The Economist (blog)
They will likely be unemployed, and given the nature of the crime for which they were convicted, older and perhaps unemployable. Food-stamp benefits are not generous; they will simply help such people—who, again, have served their sentence and been ...

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office West Bank crime report, May 23
NOLA.com
This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods and address inconsistencies, the Sheriff's Office ...

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Arrests made in ECSU crime backlog
The Virginian-Pilot
City police called in to help the campus force found 126 reported campus crimes since 2006 that hadn't been investigated. They've since resolved 60, resulting in eight arrests, 37 closed unsolved after exhausting leads, 14 closed after victims would ...

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Sweden reinforcing police in riot-hit Stockholm
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Reinforcements of specially trained police are being sent to Stockholm after five nights of unprecedented rioting in the capital's suburbs. Police officers are being sent from the cities of Gothenburg and Malmo, both of which saw rioting in recent ...
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Our overincarceration epidemic has a massive and disproportionate impact on people of color. While communities of color suffer, the for-profit prison companies benefit. Carl Takei http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-takei/

A short history of political corruption – and moral corrosion
Montreal Gazette
In Quebec, a corruption scandal involving bribes and kickbacks on rigged construction contracts has ensnared Montreal-area businesses, politicians and municipal officials, giving rise to the Charbonneau Commission and — among other outcomes ...

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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arin-greenwood/

Boy in critical condition, pair held on suspicion of attempted murder
Los Angeles Times
Aguirre was arrested and booked at the Lancaster sheriff's station on suspicion of attempted murder. He is being held on $1-million bail. Fernandez was arrested and booked at the Palmdale sheriff's station on suspicion of child abuse and is being held ...

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Florida murder suspect butt-dialed 911, talked of plans to kill rival
New York Daily News
A Florida murder suspect was busted after he accidentally butt-dialed 911 and was heard talking about how he'd kill a rival, police said. Scott Simon, 24, was allegedly overheard by a dispatcher in the early hours of May 5 saying he would follow ...
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Link Riot: Most Buzzed (and Booed) Movies at Cannes
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... • These are the 6 most buzzed-about (and booed) movies at the Cannes Film Festival. [Buzzsugar]. • Do you think the representation of women in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' was appalling? [Hypable]. • Just face it, this 4 year old girl knows more about ...

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US Man Arrested in Murder of Family in...
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A 20-year-old American named Kevin Dahlgren accused in the grisly murders of a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, the Associated Press reported Friday. The Czech regional police chief in the city of Brno had ...
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Exclaim! (blog)
Listen to Ra Ra Riot and The Darcys cover Constantines' “Time Can Be Overcome”
Consequence of Sound
In the latter category, Ra Ra Riot and The Darcys team up to tackle “Time Can Be Overcome” by Constantines. Taken from the band's one A&C release (incidentally their last before taking a break), Kensington Heights, the original is a sparse alt-country ...
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