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A Florida man was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault after allegedly crashing a minivan into a room containing his wife and son. Police... Hilary Hanson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

CBS News
Jodi Arias Trial Update: Woman charged in ex-boyfriend's murder hit with 150 ...
CBS News
The unusual spectacle played out during Arias' murder trial in Arizona where an uncommon law allows jurors to pose their own questions to witnesses in criminal cases. The queries ranged from Mormonism to the definition of "skank," specific details from ...

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Today's reads: The woes of Chavez's successor, crime in Kenya
Washington Post (blog)
This post is part of a recurring feature, in which the WorldViews team shares some of what it's reading today. It's meant to highlight some of the best foreign affairs coverage from other media outlets, blogs, academic institutions and think tanks. It ...

Advocate.com
FBI to see if hate crime pertains in Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
“A hate crime is motivated by animosity toward a particular group of persons rather than a particular person,” said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, a Montgomery, Ala.-based nonprofit group that combats hate, intolerance ...
Sheriff: No Hate Crime Investigation for Slain Gay CandidateAdvocate.com
Family: Miss. mayoral candidate's death a hate crimeUSA TODAY
Mississippi Hate-Crime Law Wouldn't Extend to Murdered Gay CandidateThe Atlantic Wire
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Bell corruption trial: jury asks for testimony to be read back
Los Angeles Times
Jurors in the corruption trial of six former Bell council members ended their deliberations for the day Wednesday but have asked for testimony to be read back to them Thursday morning. The jury has been deliberating the fate of six former council ...

10News
Woman to stand trial for San Diego crime rampage
San Jose Mercury News
SAN DIEGO—An 18-year-old woman will stand trial for a crime rampage that ended with a San Diego police shootout that killed her husband. City News Service says Cindy Garcia was ordered Wednesday to face trial for conspiracy, carjacking, arson and ...
Crime spree suspect Cindy Garcia ordered to stand trial10News
Crime Spree Suspect Goes to TrialNBC 7 San Diego
Young woman to stand trial in crime spreeU-T San Diego

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A one-time employee at Miami pop artist Romero Britto's gallery has been arrested for child pornography. On January 31 Valeriano Torres Jr., 28, of West... Amanda McCorquodale http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-mccorquodale/

The Guardian
Russian officials told to stop using phrases linked to corruption
The Guardian
Targeted arrests, propaganda films, increased fines – nothing has yet brought an end to corruption in Russia. Now, the Kremlin is seeking to ban officials from using certain examples of apparently corruption-inducing language in its bid to overcome the ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut and federal education officials are allowing Newtown students to skip standardized testing because of the school shootings that killed 20 first-graders... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-mcguinness/

A media consultant is suing Al Gore and Current TV, claiming that he was the mastermind behind Al Jazeera's buyout of the struggling network, and was cut out of the deal. John Terenzio alleges that he came up with the idea, approached Al Jazeera, and presented a "step-by-step approach for...

Justice Naidu begins hearing on Kandhamal riot at Phulbani
Daily News & Analysis
Justice A S Naidu Commission, probing the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and the large scale ethno-communal riot in Kandhmal in 2008, today began its hearing at the district headquarters town in Phulbani. Justice Naidu was ...
Justice Naidu visits Laxmanananda ashramDaily Pioneer

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Daily Mail
Hundreds of Goodyear protest factory closure, clash with riot police
Washington Post
Protesters fired paintballs at a line of riot police sheltering behind their shields. There were several brief clashes, as police drove large barriers forward in an effort to push back the protest. One demonstrator tore away a policeman's shield while ...
French workers burn tyres and clash with riot police as last ditch protest to ...Daily Mail

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Jodi Arias Murder Trial: Jury Asks More Than 100 Questions
ABC News
Jodi Arias Murder Trial: Jury Asks More Than 100 Questions. Dan Abrams discusses the trial of the women accused of killing her ex-boyfriend. 02:11 | 03/07/2013. Related Links: Watch: Jodi Arias Answers Jury's Questions in Murder Trial · Watch: Jodi ...

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Daily Mail
French workers burn tyres and clash with riot police as last ditch protest to ...
Daily Mail
Workers at a French tyre-making factory clashed with riot police today as last-ditch protests aimed at saving their jobs turned violent. Staff from the Goodyear factory in northern France gathered outside the company's offices near Paris as they ...
Hundreds of Goodyear protest factory closure, clash with riot policeVictoria Times Colonist
Nineteen police injured in riots by French tyreEurope Online Magazine

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Righteous rapper Rakim moves the Riot Room crowd
Kansas City Star
Updated: 2013-03-07T13:20:10Z. March 7. BY BILL BROWNLEE. Special to The Star. The man revered as The God MC thrilled a capacity audience of about 300 devotees Wednesday at the Riot Room. Order Reprints. More News. Read more Entertainment ...

Independent Online
Sisulu gives info on anti-corruption body
Independent Online
Cape Town - Moves are afoot to amend the Public Service Act to ensure misconduct cases against errant officials do not drag on, Public Service Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Thursday. Briefing journalists, Sisulu said this was one of several projects ...
Sisulu gives some detail on anti-corruption bureauCitizen

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NEWS.com.au
Corruption body lashed as state scrambles to slam lid on Fitzgerald inquiry files
The Australian
Mr Newman told The Australian last night he blamed the anti-corruption body for its failure to properly safeguard the documents, which were discovered as being readily available for public access at the State Archives. A senior government source ...
Another blunder by Qld corruption watchdogNinemsn
Files of Qld corruption inquiry exposedCourier Mail
Thousands of documents from Fitzgerald Inquiry into police corruption ...NEWS.com.au
The Daily Telegraph -Gympie Times
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ABC7Chicago.com
Chicago Crime Commission names new executive director
ABC7Chicago.com
Before that, he was an assistant special agent in charge of white collar crime. The Crime Commission is a non-governmental body that has overseen crime trends in Chicago dating back before Al Capone. Last month, it named Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin ...
FBI's second-in-command named Executive Director of Chicago Crime ...International Business Times (press release)

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Palestinian demonstrator dies two week after being shot at riot
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A Palestinian man reported shot in the head with a rubber bullet by Israeli troops during a West Bank demonstration two weeks ago has died. Mohammed Asfour, 22, was shot during riots to support Palestinian hunger strikers being held in administrative ...

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NDTV
UP cop killing: CBI slaps murder charges on Raja Bhaiya
Hindustan Times
he CBI on Thursday named former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya as an accused in the murder of deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Zia-ul Haq, based on the complaint of his widow Parveen Azad, as it filed four FIRs in ...
Centre hands over Pratapgarh DSP murder case to CBI, books Raja Bhaiya for ...Deccan Chronicle
UP policeman Zia-ul-Haq's murder: CBI registers four casesNDTV
DSP murder: CBI names Raja Bhaiya in FIRIBNLive
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