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CHICAGO — An attorney for a former small-town Illinois bookkeeper who stole a staggering $53 million in public funds is arguing for a lenient prison... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-bellware/

TULSA, Okla. — Two brothers arrested in a quadruple killing in Tulsa lived in the same run-down apartment complex where the four women were found... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

Chris Brown is in hot water on allegations that he faked his community service , and TMZ reports that he showed up at court today to plead his case with a notable fellow celeb: Rihanna. It was, of course, his assault of her in 2009 that got him on probation to...

An animal semen-wielding menace is on the loose in the United Kingdom. A strange man approached two teen girls and smeared a white, sticky liquid... Hilary Hanson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

Judge defends sealing of new documents and hearings in Chandra Levy murder ...
Washington Post (blog)
A D.C. Superior Court judge on Wednesday defended his decision to keep documents and transcripts of hearings in the Chandra Levy murder trial sealed, despite requests from the media and attorneys for the man convicted of killing the former federal ...

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Contractor convicted in 2001 murder of 2 union leaders at Drummond coal mine ...
Fox News
BOGOTA, Colombia – A Colombian judge has convicted a former contractor for the U.S.-based Drummond coal mining company of murder for being the mastermind of the killing of two union leaders in 2001. The judge sentenced food services contractor ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Handwritten notes found under Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes' body after he killed himself contained poetry about superficiality and consumerism in American... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

FUGITIVE FILES The Crime: Wasting Time
WALA-TV FOX10
"We spent a little over a week, investigating a crime that never actually occurred, and it used up a lot of resources, a lot of time for when that detective could be looking for actual suspects," said Mobile Police Corporal Christopher Levy. Coleman is ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is warning U.S. doctors about another counterfeit version of the cancer drug Avastin, the third case involving the... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-l-chan/

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Lawmakers eager to reduce gun violence in their states are proposing mandatory liability insurance for American firearm... Reuters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reuters/

NBC New York
New prosecutor in Pasquale murder case
Philadelphia Inquirer
Two teenage brothers have been charged with her murder and prosecutors have filed motions seeking to have them tried as adults. The prosecutor's office said that while the case was being handed over to Camden County prosecutors, the case will be tried ...
Autumn Pasquale's murder case transferred to Camden County due to conflictHunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
Autumn Pasquale's murder: mom sues dad over memorial fundGloucester County Times - NJ.com

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Two get jail terms in Qatif riot case
Saudi Gazette
Saudi Gazette. QATIF – The Criminal Court here Wednesday sentenced two youths to prison terms for their involvement in riots in the city over the last two years. The sentences were among verdicts issued by the court in the case of five men accused of ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — International advocacy groups urged Haitian authorities on Wednesday not to drop a rights abuse case against former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. Amnesty International... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eleanor-goldberg/

During the third day of testimony at her first-degree murder trial, Jodi Arias told a packed courtroom about the evolution of her sexual relationship with... David Lohr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lohr/

DC crime report
Washington Post
D.C. · Maryland · Virginia · Crime · Education · Obituaries · Traffic · Weather · The Root DC · Blogs & Columns · Blogs & Columns · ian_livingston · PM Update: Calm, quiet and mostly... Capital Weather Gang | Ian Livingston · alex_baldinger · Free ...

Is there an asteroid about to crash into Earth? According to NASA asteroid DA14 will come closer to Earth than any space object previously, but... www.newser.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethan-fedida/

Iraq fails in oil-for-food corruption case
Stuff.co.nz
A US judge on Wednesday (NZT Thursday) dismissed Iraq's lawsuit accusing dozens of companies of conspiring with Saddam Hussein's regime to frustrate the United Nations' oil-for-food programme, and depriving Iraqis of roughly US$10 billion of essential ...

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Vanity Fair
ABC's Upcoming Murder-Themed Reality Series Still Sounds Less Criminal ...
Vanity Fair
The murder-mystery format will make its way to network television this summer with Whodunnit?, a reality series from CSI creator Anthony Zuiker that, despite its subject matter, still sounds less criminal than ABC'S current reality offerings, such as ...
ABC Greenlights Murder Mystery Reality Series From 'CSI' Creator Anthony ZuikerDeadline.com
'CSI' Creator Anthony Zuiker Lands Murder Reality Series With ABCChicago Tribune
ABC Is Planning a Murder-Mystery Reality Show This SummerVulture
Digital Spy
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While food fights may be the hallmark of the quintessential cafeteria scene in many classic films, in reality, the messy brawls often result in arrests.... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-gates/

He's spoken out against Mitt Romney, the recording industry and Britney Spears, and now Moby is taking aim at the National Rifle Association (NRA). In... Huffington Post Music Canada http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joshua-ostroff/