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Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and her children move out of their home as her husband denies a report that he attacked her.

A former Chicago alderman appears to be heading back to prison after a jury convicted him on a federal bribery charge in court Monday. Jurors... Joseph Erbentraut http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-erbentraut/

Voice of America
Corruption Scandal Ousts Czech PM
Voice of America
Following the raid, the prime minister's chief of staff, Jana Nagyova, was charged with corruption and abuse of power. Police said she is accused of ordering the military intelligence to spy on people including, it is believed, the outgoing prime ...
Czech PM Petr Necas resigns over major corruption scandalDeutsche Welle
Czech PM Quits Over Aide's Corruption ArrestSky News
Czech Prime Minister To Step Down Amid Corruption ScandalRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Telegraph.co.uk -ABC Online
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Transparency laws give citizens tool against Mexican corruption
MiamiHerald.com
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- One day this year, citizen activist Jose Manuel Arias Rodriguez was told by the state of Tabasco that his request under the state's sunshine-in-government law had been granted. Sprawled before him were 14 boxes of receipts and ...

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Ex-Tory adviser Saulie Zajdel arrested in corruption probe
CBC.ca
The Conservative election candidate was picked up along with Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum and slapped with five charges from acts allegedly committed back in his days as a municipal councillor — including breach of trust, fraud and corruption.

Katelyn Wolfe Update: Drug deal led to Ind. teen's murder of "opportunity" by ...
CBS News
(CBS) BLOOMFIELD, Ind. - Two drug dealers, who were childhood best friends, killed their 19-year-old customer, Katelyn Wolfe, after a plan to rape and murder just "popped in their heads," according to an affidavit obtained by Crimesider. Jordan Buskirk ...

St. John Parish crime report, June 17
NOLA.com
Brandy C. Miller, 20, Heron Court, LaPlace, LA, was arrested on 6/14/2013 and booked with simple criminal damage to property and contempt of court. Keith Lesaicherre, 42, West Eight Street, Reserve, LA, was arrested on 6/14/2013 and booked with simple ...

MSN News
Chief uses Facebook fame to fight crime
MSN News
I do not comment on their education, social status, color, sex, origin or who they marry. I care about crime and character. If you come to Brimfield and commit a crime we are all going to talk about it. The easiest way to not be called a criminal is to ...

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The Independent
The corruption deal of the century: How Guinea lost billions of pounds in ...
The Independent
Mr Condé – who is being advised by Tony Blair and George Soros on how to curb corruption, build the country's economy, and enact a “national transformation” – believes that the Simandou scandal has its roots in Western countries, and they must play a ...

A Pennsylvania bank robbery suspect fatally shot a supermarket customer who ran after him and tried to stop his getaway car, police say. Vincent Kelley, 46, was shopping with a friend at the Giant Eagle in Strabane Square when the man robbed an in-store Citizens Bank branch about 2:30pm...

Technology can help kill corruption
Financial Times
As the Group of Eight's leaders meet this week in Northern Ireland, they will discuss some issues that should concern all countries: tax evasion and corruption, job creation and security. They are also looking at some issues that largely affect ...

Yahoo! News
Riot police target pockets of Istanbul protesters
Yahoo! News
Associated Press - Police fire tear gas as riot police spray a water canon at demonstrators who remained defiant after authorities evicted activists from an Istanbul park, making clear they are taking a hardline …more stand against attempts to ...
Turkish riot police blast protesters with water cannons, tear gas in IstanbulCTV News
Turkey unrest: Mass rally for Erdogan amid new clashesBBC News
Riot police rush to crush renewed Turkey protestsCBS News

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UPI.com
Martorano calls Bulger his 'partner in crime'
UPI.com
This FBI compilation shows one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, James "Whitey" Bulger, who was arrested on June 22, 2011. Bulger was on the run for 17 years and is wanted for a variety of crimes in the Boston area including 19 different murders ...
Brothers in CrimeTown Hall

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The Supreme Court is about to hand down a major decision on affirmative action, based on the case of Abigail Fisher, who claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas because she's white. Which is kind of ironic, writes Sally Kohn at Time , because "Abigail Fisher is exactly...

ThinkProgress
STUDY: Throwing Kids In Jail Makes Crime Worse, Ruins Lives
ThinkProgress
Mass incarceration of American youth is actually making the country's crime problem worse, according to a new study of Chicago youth incarceration. The study, conducted by Anna Aizer of Brown University and Joseph Doyle, Jr. of the Massachusetts ...

Turkish Riot Cop Screaming About Tear Gas At Photographer Sums Up Soaring ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
This clip here from LiveLeak shows a police officer approach a photographer asking for proper identification. Moments later his colleague walks up and totally loses his mind. He yells about how the press always 'shoot' the police, and not the ...

Turkish Riot Cop Screaming About Tear Gas At Photographer Sums Up Soaring ...
San Francisco Chronicle
This clip here from LiveLeak shows a police officer approach a photographer asking for proper identification. Moments later his colleague walks up and totally loses his mind. He yells about how the press always 'shoot' the police, and not the ...

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Evening Standard
Riot police target pockets of Istanbul protesters
Fox News
ISTANBUL – Riot police in Istanbul fired water cannon and tear gas Monday to disperse pockets of protesters on the sidelines of a demonstration called by labor groups who hope to capitalize on weeks of initially small-scale activism to register broader ...
Turkey unrest: Mass rally for Erdogan amid new clashesBBC News
Riot police in Turkey use water cannons, tear gas to disperse labour union ...National Post
Turkish riot police blast protesters with water cannons, tear gas in IstanbulCTV News
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Headlines & Global News
Ex-hit man John Martorano ties Whitey Bulger to murder as federal trial ...
Boston.com
Former hit man John V. Martorano today became the first witness in James “Whitey” Bulger's federal trial to tie the notorious gangster to a murder. Martorano testified that he fatally shot Alfred “Indian Al” Notorangeli from a car in 1974, while Bulger ...
Boston mob boss: Ex-Bulger gunman set to testify in murder trial prosecution dealThe Province
Whitey Bulger Trial: 'Broken Hearted' Hitman Connects Mob Boss to MurderHeadlines & Global News

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It was a bloody Father's Day weekend in Chicago, but police said murder and shooting rates are significantly below those at the same time last year.