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A middle school principal in the Freeport School District has been arrested and charged with having sex with a then-16-year-old boy he met online in... Newsday http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

Deputies handcuffed singer Bobby Brown and led him from a courtroom to a jail cell Wednesday morning, as Whitney Houston's ex-husband began serving time for a drunken driving conviction.

Dr. Drew looks at video of Jodi Arias mirroring her lawyer's movements at during trial.

Former Bell, California, Mayor Oscar Hernandez was found guilty Wednesday on five felony charges for the misappropriation of funds, with more such verdicts possible as the jury continues to weigh several counts in the case.

LIVE VERDICTS: Bell council members guilty of corruption
Los Angeles Times
Here is live coverage of the Bell corruption trial verdicts. The Times will update the verdicts as they are read: Oscar Hernandez, Luis Artiga, Victor Bello, George Cole, Teresa Jacobo and George Mirabal were arrested in September 2010 in a far-ranging ...

The Steubenville rape case is shocking, but should we really be surprised that none of the teens who witnessed the crime helped the victim? Two columnists today argue that modern culture, from social media to shows like Family Guy , contributed to just such a situation: This is basically a modern-day...

Talk to a Democrat about crime, and he or she is likely to try to change the subject. They're convinced that conservatives, "who want to fight crime by hurting people who commit it," have the upper hand, UCLA professor Mark Kleiman writes at the Democracy Journal . "On this theory, the...

The judge in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting case said the defense failed to show that pretrial publicity would unfairly prejudice a jury.

West Coast rap pioneer Too Short appeared to be too slow Wednesday morning when, police say, he tried to run from an officer in Hollywood.

The Guardian
Joss Stone murder plot trial: police officer recounts suspects' arrest
The Guardian
The prosecution alleges that Bradshaw, 32, and Kevin Liverpool, 35, conspired to rob and murder the 25-year-old singer. The men deny both charges and an allegation of conspiring to cause Stone grievous bodily harm. Notes found by the police allegedly ...
'I often left door open', pop star Joss Stone tells murder plot trialManchester Evening News

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David Ranta has been in prison since 1991 for the murder of a Brooklyn rabbi in a high-profile city slaying. Ranta is now packing up his cell, however, because prosecutors plan to ask a judge this week to set him free, reports the New York Times . No physical evidence tied...

Third Trenton man charged with murder in 2011 drive-by shooting on Route 29
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Romero is charged with first degree murder, weapons offenses and receiving stolen property in an indictment handed up by a grand jury last week. Anthony Marks, 24, and William Mitchell, 25, both of Trenton, were arrested in June on the same charges.

Two 18-year-old high school football players in Connecticut stand accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, in a case that has disturbing echoes of Steubenville . Edgar Gonzalez and Joan Toribio are each charged with sexual assault and two other felonies; the investigation into both cases began Feb. 10, but it's...

WASHINGTON -- As much as $170 million is needed to improve facilities for the troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay detention center that President Barack... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabrielle-dunkley/

Hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug offenders are "wasting their lives away in prison at our expense," and more than 60,000 people have been killed... Simon McCormack http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

Recent shootings in the LA area have police wondering if a new California law is to blame for the outbreak of gun violence. LA County... Kathleen Miles http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-miles/

Deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border spiked 28 percent last year, according to a report released Tuesday that calls for the implementation of a guest worker... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roque-planas/

Gone Home sets the stage with two original Riot Grrrl bands
Joystiq
For Gone Home's narrative, a teenage girl discovering herself in the 90s Pacific Northwest, this means Riot Grrrl. Riot Grrrl is a feminist punk movement that hit Washington and Oregon beginning in 1991, which spawned an influx of new bands and written ...
Gone Home to feature classic riot grrrl tunesEurogamer.net
Gone Home trailer rocks riot grrrlShacknews
IGF finalist Gone Home to include music from Heavens to Betsy, BratmobilePolygon

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The Los Angeles Police Department is continuing to grapple with accusations that the institution is racist and corrupt after the manhunt and death of fugitive... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-almendrala/

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Murder suspect captured in Mexico after 20 years
Houston Chronicle
In August 1993, Alfredo Ramirez-Rosas, who is from a small village near Monterrey in northern Mexico, was charged with the murder of Mildred Stallones. He fled to Mexico days after Stallones was raped and strangled to death in her Tomball house.
20-Year-Old Tomball Murder Case Yields ArrestNews 92 FM
Tomball murder suspect captured in Mexico after 20 years on the runabc13.com

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