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IBNLive
Anti-corruption officers to monitor IPL play-off teams
The Hindu
In the wake of the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian Premier League, the organisers of the cash-rich T20 tournament has stepped up security for the remaining four teams by providing them officers from its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit ...
Anti-corruption security beefed up for top-four teamsIBNLive
IPL spot-fixing scandal: BCCI's anti-corruption unit chief Ravi Sawani meets ...Daily News & Analysis
IPL spot-fixing: BCCI's anti-corruption unit chief meets Delhi PoliceNitiCentral
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NEW YORK -- The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-mathias/

PHOENIX -- Jodi Arias returns to court Monday for the continuation of the penalty phase of her trial after being convicted of first-degree murder in... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Prison booze could play role in Calif murder trial
San Jose Mercury News
Guerrero and Joseph Cabrera Sablan, who were both serving life sentences, have been charged with first-degree murder in Rivera's death. The filings were made in federal court in Washington, D.C. A trial is scheduled to begin next year ...
Prison booze could play key role in Atwater murder trialFresno Bee

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KERRVILLE, Texas -- The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

A University of Maryland, Baltimore County student was stabbed early Saturday in a residence hall on campus, police said. About 6 a.m., two men who... The Baltimore Sun http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arin-greenwood/

SAN FRANCISCO -- Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

The Atlantic Cities
How Your State Capital's Location Influences Political Corruption
The Atlantic Cities
Absolute power may corrupt absolutely, but remote power seems to encourage a pretty crooked job, too. So says an ongoing study of government corruption led by Harvard researcher Filipe Campante and updated in a new working paper (via Brad Plumer at ...

New York Daily News
NYC Man Charged For Murder In Gay Hate Crime
Fox News Latino
The man who police say hurled homophobic slurs at a gay man on a Manhattan street before firing a single fatal shot to his head appeared in court Sunday, charged with committing murder as a hate crime. Elliot Morales, 33, who appeared in Manhattan ...
Suspect in West Village anti-gay murder laughed while confessingNew York Daily News
Man Charged With Murder as Gay Hate CrimeWall Street Journal
Suspect in NYC bias shooting appears in court, charged with murder as a hate ...Fox News
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CBC.ca
Arias jury to weigh possible death sentence in Arizona murder trial
Chicago Tribune
death penalty for the murder of an ex-boyfriend in Arizona, was. due back in court on Monday for the final phase of a four-month-long trial. Arias, 32, was found guilty of murdering Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his ...
Jodi Arias returns to court for sentencing in...The Mercury

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SIRV to crack down on crime
KSDK
A new group wants to target crime in neighborhood hot spots. SIRV to crack down on crime. A new group known as SIRV will work to reduce crime in the St. Louis-area. Couples who work opposite schedules need to make time for daily physical touch.

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LAS VEGAS — The latest high-stakes court hearing for O.J. Simpson in the glitzy capital of big gambles has come to a close with the... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

Irish Times
Vigilante' editor seeks out corruption and abuse in French political and ...
Irish Times
French journalist Edwy Plenel founder and managing editor of French online newspaper Mediapart. He will testify tomorrow at a French parliamentary commission into the Jérôme Cahuzac affair, in which Mediapart revealed that the socialist minister of the ...

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Philly.com
Review: A crime drama in search of a 'Motive'
Los Angeles Times
Even so, the means by which they get from crime scene to arrest requires some baffling bits of logic and not a whole lot of police work. Still, it's fun to watch Lehman nail her lines; she just needs a different show in which to do it. mary.mcnamara ...
Who Cares Who Did It? Why Is More the IssueNew York Times

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Daylight Saving Time spurs drop in crime rate - Science News
Phys.Org
Some observers have speculated that the decrease in crime rates in spring is tied to warmer weather and the morale boost that comes along with it, rather than the extra hour of daylight. Sanders says they can address the warm-weather theory, thanks to ...

Yahoo! News
China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
Yahoo! News
But while the government tolerates such anti-corruption vigilantism, it is also extremely leery of the threat the Internet can pose to Communist Party rule. The Internet is the new tool in the fight against corruption - a cornerstone policy of new ...

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China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
Yahoo!7 News
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses. But while the government tolerates such anti-corruption vigilantism, it is also extremely ...

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China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
Reuters
But while the government tolerates such anti-corruption vigilantism, it is also extremely leery of the threat the Internet can pose to Communist Party rule. The Internet is the new tool in the fight against corruption - a cornerstone policy of new ...

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New York Daily News
Gov. Cuomo's popularity on the rise despite rash of corruption scandals out of ...
New York Daily News
Siena finds half of the electorate agrees with Cuomo's assertion that "New York State government is working again" — but asked about the recent wave of political corruption cases, 67% say the government's actually getting more dysfunctional by the day.
Poll: Two-thirds think corruption is getting worseAlbany Times Union (blog)
Siena Poll: Corruption tops list for end of session agendaWRGB
Poll: Corruption sours NYers' view of state governmentstatepolitics.lohudblogs (blog)
Auburn Citizen (blog)
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CBS News
Can a rise in crime increase your property value?
CBS News
So naturally, a city with a low crime rate can command higher prices than a city with a high crime rate because demand for homes is higher in the city with lower crime. And when crime rates start soaring, demand for homes in those areas drops -- and so ...