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As Pope Benedict steps down, the future of the Catholic Church depends on the next pope forcefully dealing with child sex abuse in its ranks.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Rescuers have stopped searching the cold Pacific Ocean for a couple, two young children and a sinking sailboat as questions of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

Christian Science Monitor
Mexico arrests powerful teachers union boss on corruption charges
Christian Science Monitor
Mexico City. Mexican authorities Tuesday announced the arrest on corruption charges of Elba Esther Gordillo, the mighty head of the national teachers' union, striking a blow against one of the country's most despised, but also most powerful political ...
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CBS News
Whistling a Crime? Not if Maine man keeps right on walking
CBS News
Whistling a Crime? Not if Maine man keeps right on walking. By: Barry Leibowitz; Topics: Daily Blotter. Some residents of Portland, Maine would welcome a "whistle stop"... by a man who just won't stop whistling. / AP Graphics. (CBS/AP) PORTLAND, Maine ...

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Corruption Chronicles: Questionable school contracts, a bad judge and a mayor ...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
School administrator on leave during corruption investigation Bud Bullard, the Denver schools' deputy chief information officer, is on leave as the district investigates allegations that he accepted bribes and kickbacks in exchange for awarding ...

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The surreal theft of a Salvador Dali painting in broad daylight came to a realistic conclusion in court when publicist Phivos Istavrioglou recently pled guilty... Priscilla Frank http://www.huffingtonpost.com/priscilla-frank/

El Cerrito Crime: How Much Do You Need to Be on Guard?
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Have you fallen victim to some sort of crime because you let your guard down? Or do you blame your actual surroundings being unsafe to begin with? How safe do you feel in El Cerrito? What safety tips can you offer other readers? Tell us in the comments ...

MEDIA, Pa. -- A third defendant has pleaded guilty in the videotaped beating by a group of teenage girls of a mentally disabled Philadelphia-area woman... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

A 23-year-old Bronx man was in custody Tuesday in connection with the grisly killing and dismemberment of his mother, whose body parts were found in... Newsday http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

Police are investigating the death of an unidentified man found Tuesday night in a Libby Hall dormitory room on the University of Colorado campus, officials... The Boulder Daily Camera http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

CHARDON, Ohio — One day after the teen gunman at their northeast Ohio school pleaded guilty, students at Chardon High School marked the anniversary of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

She's known as Mexico's most powerful woman, and she's currently sitting in prison. Elba Esther Gordillo was arrested on corruption charges last night after landing near Mexico City in a private plane, reports the AP . It's things like private planes that appear to be the problem: The 68-year-old heads the...

By ALAN FRAM AND PHILIP ELLIOTT, The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Neil Heslin says it's all about his slain son, Jesse. Heslin, a 50-year-old construction... Nick Wing http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-wing/

ABC News
Aggressive cross-examination in Arias murder trial as prosecutor attempts to ...
Fox News
He has worked to poke holes in each of her stories and noted the duplicity of her portrayal of Alexander as both a beautiful person who blessed the world and a violent, womanizing sexual deviant, aiming for a first-degree murder conviction and the ...
Jodi Arias is seen during her court trial, Feb. 25, 2013. (ABC NEWS)ABC News
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NEW YORK -- Cheerful written exchanges between a police officer and women from his past appeared in a sinister new light when an FBI agent... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

Cleopatra murder-mystery solved?
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A Viennese archaeologist lecturing in North Carolina this week claims to have identified the bones of Cleopatra's murdered sister or half-sister. But not everyone is convinced. That's because the evidence linking the bones, discovered in an ancient ...

A shooting at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland today left three people dead and seven injured, some of them seriously, say prosecutors. The shooting occurred shortly after 9am at the premises of Kronospan, a company in the small town of Menznau, west of Lucerne. The assailant was among the...