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Artist Marc Quinn Makes London Riot Tapestry
Metro
Marc Quinn: The Creation of History (Picture: Marc Quinn). The controversial artist Marc Quinn has turned one of the most iconic press images from the 2011 UK riots into a tapestry. The photograph, which shows a masked and hooded man standing in front ...

JOHANNESBURG -- Chrysler Group LLC says its CEO in South Africa was shot in the abdomen during a robbery in the country and is responding... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carlo-davis/

Wall Street Journal (blog)
Russia to Curb Officials' Holdings
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Corruption Currents, The Wall Street Journal's corruption blog, digs into the ever-present and ever-changing world of corporate corruption. It is a source of news, analysis and commentary for those who earn a living by finding corruption or by avoiding it.

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Unconfirmed police audio from the standoff Tuesday evening with alleged cop-killer Chris Dorner suggests the fire in the cabin where the suspect was holed up... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hunter-stuart/

Crime watch meetings in Taunton on Feb. 20, 21 and 28
Taunton Daily Gazette
Crime watch meetings afford citizens an opportunity to speak directly to a representative of the police department about crime-related issues and concerns. Jennifer Bastille, program advisor of the Safe Neighborhood Initiative, coordinates the meetings.

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The National
Dubai adds UAE's first female anti-riot squad to its team
The National
The general department for protective security and emergency at Dubai Police announced the introduction of a female anti-riot squad in its anti-riot team - the first of its kind in the UAE. The general department for protective security and emergency ...

Local CBS reporter Carter Evans found himself in the center of the shootout between police and Christopher Dorner, the former LAPD officer who is suspected... Jack Mirkinson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-mirkinson/

Man charged with murder in fatal shooting outside Glen Burnie tavern
Baltimore Sun
A 28-year-old man was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the Dec. 30 fatal shooting of 31-year-old Sir Keith English Queen Jones, according to Anne Arundel County police said. Police said Carroll Leon Johnson, 28, of no fixed address, was ...

The Guardian
South Africa searches for solutions after teenage girl's gang rape and murder
The Guardian
The case of 17-year-old Anene Booysen – gang-raped and murdered, her throat slit and body mutilated by a broken bottle – has concentrated minds on a deep-rooted culture of sexual violence. It has led to calls for public protests as seen in India and ...
Anene Booysen's Rape and Murder Becomes a Tipping PointAllAfrica.com
Rape is often the equivalent of murderCitizen

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Two tourists are dead after a bizarre late-night attack in Guam. Chad Ryan DeSoto, 21, is accused of driving his car up onto a sidewalk and crashing into seven tourists in an upscale resort shopping district; police say he then drove into the wall of a store, left the car,...

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is once again calling for more border enforcement, despite data suggesting both violent crime and illegal immigration have dropped in the... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roque-planas/

WHDH-TV
Opening statements underway this morning in Nathaniel Fujita's murder trial
Boston.com
Opening statements got underway this morning in the murder trial of Nathaniel Fujita, a Wayland man accused of murdering his former high-school sweetheart in July of 2011. According to Twitter accounts from the courtroom by WBZ radio, the prosecutor in ...
Wayland man's murder trial gets startedWHDH-TV
Opening statements expected in Nathaniel Fujita's murder trialMy Fox Boston
Opening statements in Wayland murder trial todayMetroWest Daily News

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WASHINGTON — Fighting the problem of fake drugs will require putting medications through a chain of custody like U.S. courts require for evidence in a... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-l-chan/

Crime Watch: Clay County Property Crimes Feb. 11-12
Florida Times-Union
All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. A rash of license plates and registration decal thefts was included in the latest Clay County Sheriff's Office property crimes report. Here is the full ...

Maine murder suspect wants statements thrown out
MiamiHerald.com
BELFAST, Maine -- The attorney for a Maine man charged with fatally shooting a Florida firefighter over a drug debt wants a judge to throw out statements his client allegedly made to police. Jeffrey Silverstein told a Waldo County Superior Court judge ...

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A pregnant 16-year-old in Texas has won a temporary restraining order after taking her parents to court to stop them from forcing her to get an abortion, reports Fox News . The unnamed girl, identified only as REK, claims in her lawsuit that her father said "the decision was his, end...

NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Police say a second suspect wanted in Saturday night's quadruple shooting during Mardi Gras celebrations on Bourbon Street has been... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Free Trade or Penalty-Free Crime? - by Roger Bate
Foreign Policy (blog)
Perhaps not surprisingly, organized crime often fills the power vacuum left by the absence of regulation: The environment of "no rules" becomes one of rule by the most brutal. For example, laissez-faire and corruption allowed Aruba to become a haven ...

CHICAGO — A jury has convicted a Chicago attorney of murdering former NBA center Eddy Curry's ex-girlfriend and infant daughter four years ago. Fredrick Goings... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has disciplined a service member and five civilian employees for allegedly engaging in sex acts on... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-wing/