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The Guardian
Woolwich murder: police arrest two men over tweets
The Guardian
Two men have been arrested for allegedly tweeting remarks inciting racial or religious hatred following the murder of a soldier in Woolwich, south-east London. Police made the arrests in Bristol in the early hours of Thursday, just hours after the ...
Two Men Arrested For Tweets After Murder of British SoldierReason (blog)
Two bailed after arrest over Twitter comments about Woolwich murderThe Independent
Two men arrested for mocking gruesome murder of soldier on TwitterIrish Independent

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Hindustan Times
Corrupt officer's advice against corruption
Hindustan Times
The railway officer, under whose name messages for fighting corruption still adorn the walls of Ratlam railway station, was involved in one of the biggest Railway scams of the country! Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar after his arrest by CBI on ...

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First Jodi Arias said she wanted the death penalty; then, she made a long case against it . Now, it seems, the jury can't make up its mind either: It split 8-4 in favor of the death penalty. That left the judge to declare a mistrial, with another effort set for...

The father of Ibragim Todashev , Tamerlan Tsarnaev's friend killed during FBI questioning , says he thinks authorities "tortured my son and that he suffered a painful death," he tells Reuters . Abdulbaki Todashev, who works for the mayor of Grozny, Chechnya's main city, plans to visit the US "and get to the...

Adding to what's becoming a lengthy list of run-ins with the law, New York police arrested actress Amanda Bynes on Thursday night after she allegedly tossed drug paraphernalia out the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment.

Times of India
We have a long-term plan to curb corruption: Jitendra Singh
Times of India
NEW DELHI: He did not go into the details of it but Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said he has a "long-term plan" to curb corruption in cricket after the game was thrown into disarray by the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Speaking at the conference ...

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Crime lab lapses scrutinized
The Spokesman Review
Investigators never found anyone to charge with the arson, but the case is now part of a different investigation – into the Washington State Patrol crime lab in Cheney. The arson is one of 20 cases in which a crime lab worker failed to process evidence ...

Police in Montague County, Texas, released dash cam video of Deputy James Boyd being shot by murder suspect Evan Ebel.

An army Sgt. 1st Class is charged with allegedly secretly videotaping female cadets in the showers and bathrooms.

Scottish Daily Record
Family funeral descends into riot as 120 police officers in 52 vehicles are ...
Scottish Daily Record
And Airdrie sheriff Robert Dickson told them: “This disgraceful disturbance would probably be regarded as a riot by most members of the public. “Police officers trying to restore order were threatened, challenged to fight, punched and kicked, as well ...

Times of India
India should legalise betting to stop corruption: Geoffrey Boycott
Times of India
"It doesn't mean because you've caught three or four people doing this stuff... there might be two or three more who might come out of the woodwork when we get into it, but it doesn't mean everybody in the IPL are (corrupt). You can't taint everybody ...

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The Hindu
Bhutia feels legalising betting would stop corruption
The Hindu
Describing the IPL spot-fixing scandal as unfortunate, former India football captain Baichung Bhutia said betting should be legalised in the country to stop corruption in cricket. “In Europe betting is legalised and you don't come across such scams ...
Betting in India should be legalised to stop corruption: Baichung BhutiaCricket Country

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India should legalise betting to stop corruption: Boycott
The Hindu
India should legalise betting to stamp out corruption in cricket, says former England captain Geoffrey Boycott who feels the menace of fixing, which has currently dented the IPL's reputation, emerges more frequently in the Asian countries. “The way to ...

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By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - New U.S. guidelines for conducting armed drone operations overseas set a higher bar for... Reuters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-gentilviso/

The jurors in the Jodi Arias trial have had a rough day, to say the least. After 13 hours of deliberations, they were unable to... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/braden-goyette/

Winston Peters warns of corruption from China
TVNZ
The former foreign affairs minister said China's own premiere cited that corruption was a problem for the country, and that could become a problem in Auckland. "Corruption can be exported and imported," he said. Peters said there were plenty of ...

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Dallas man sentenced to 50 years in prison for 1984 murder of Frisco teen
Dallas Morning News
A Dallas man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of a Frisco teen nearly 30 years ago. Alonzo Grayson Jr., 50, was convicted Thursday in the shooting death of 18-year-old Bobby Ray Taylor, whose body was found at a rock pit along Preston ...
Texas man found guilty of murder in 1984 caseKHOU

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Toronto Star
Canadian businessman on trial for corruption in Cuba
Toronto Sun
Cuba corruption Men arrive at a court during the trial against Sarkis Yacoubian and Krikor Bayassalian in Havana May 23, 2013. The trial of Yacoubian, a Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials, began on Thursday, almost two ...
Canada Businessman's Corruption Trial on in CubaABC News
Canada businessman involved in Cuba corruption probe apparently on trial 2 ...Fox News
Canada's ambassador to Cuba to attend Toronto man's corruption trial in HavanaToronto Star
The Star Online
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Just before Lois Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions in front of a House committee investigating wrongdoing in the IRS tax-exempt office she ran, she gave an opening statement insisting her innocence.

In Review of Brooklyn Cases, So Many Obstacles
New York Times
To determine whether Shabaka Shakur was wrongfully convicted of double-murder almost 25 years ago, investigators need to locate an elusive eyewitness, a parolee with a history of substance abuse whom nobody has been able to find. Enlarge This Image ...