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Bulgarian anti-corruption protester dies after setting himself on fire
euronews
A 36-year-old Bulgarian man has died after setting fire to himself allegedly in protest over poverty and corruption. Plamen Goranov had been on life support for 12 days after suffering severe burns. Thousands of people have taken to the streets since ...
Bulgarian who set himself on fire to protest corruption dies, the second in a ...The Province
Bulgarian man dies of self-immolationPress TV
AFP: Bulgarian who set himself ablaze in protest dies: hospitalFocus News

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Utah man charged with mother's murder in court today
Salt Lake Tribune
Oral arguments are scheduled in 2nd District Court for Jeremy Jacob Hauck, 23, who was ruled competent to stand trial last February on charges of first-degree felony murder and second-degree felony theft. Photos. Jeremy Jacob Hauck enters the courtroom ...

Leesburg woman charged with murder appears in court
Washington Post (blog)
Dae Hwang, a 57-year-old Leesburg woman charged with fatally stabbing her husband, was arraigned Monday morning in Loudoun County juvenile and domestic relations court. Dae, handcuffed and clad in an orange and white-striped jumpsuit, appeared ...

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Leesburg woman charged with murder appears in court
Washington Post (blog)
Through a Korean interpreter, Dae said she understood that she faces a charge of first-degree murder in the death of her husband. She appeared somber but otherwise showed little emotion during the brief appearance, often keeping her eyes lowered.
Dae Hwang charged with murder of her husband, minister Kyung HwangWJLA
Leesburg Woman Faces Murder Charge In Husband's Stabbing DeathLeesburg Today
Va. Woman Charged With Murder in Husband's DeathCBS Local

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Player hit in face by police during Argentina fan riot
Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)
A visiting Belgrano player was hit in the face by a truncheon (1:01 in the video) as riot police tried to control rioting fans near the end of his team's 2-0 defeat at Newell's Old Boys in Rosario. Defender Gaston Turus intervened as Belgrano players ...

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New Pemex CEO Opens Corruption Probe, El Universal Say
Businessweek
Petroleos Mexicanos Chief Executive Officer Emilio Lozoya found “serious” and “worrisome” corruption within the state-owned oil producer after taking the helm three months ago, according to newspaper El Universal. Lozoya opened a probe after becoming ...

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'Staircase' Murder Documentary: An Update On A Bizarre And Fascinating Case
Huffington Post
After Peterson was tried and convicted of Kathleen's murder in 2003, Le Strade released the quietly devastating documentary "The Staircase," a haunting chronicle of Peterson's trial that kept me glued to my chair when I first watched it, despite its ...

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Gita Hall May, a model and actress in the 1950s and 1960s, says Mad Men used her image in its title sequence without her permission, and now she's suing Lionsgate. May, who was known as just Gita Hall when the photograph was taken by Richard Avedon more than 50 years...

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Riot police join in with the fans in Argentina
JOE
Crowd trouble in South America is nothing new and riot police have their work cut out to keep order among the 'passionate' supporters. Unless they get involved themselves. By Declan Whooley. Nueva Chicago travelled to play Gimnasia La Plata yesterday ...

New Pemex CEO Opens Corruption Probe, El Universal Say
Bloomberg
Petroleos Mexicanos Chief Executive Officer Emilio Lozoya found “serious” and “worrisome” corruption within the state-owned oil producer after taking the helm three months ago, according to newspaper El Universal. Lozoya opened a probe after becoming ...

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Live chat replay: Day 10 of jury deliberations in Kilpatrick public corruption ...
Detroit Free Press
For the past few months, Free Press staff writer Jim Schaefer has blogged live every day from the courthouse during the federal public corruption trial of Kwame Kilpatrick and two others. Now that the case has gone to the jury, Jim will continue to blog.
Jurors on Day 10 of deliberations in the Kilpatrick corruption trialWXYZ
LeDuff: A Kwame Kilpatrick acquittal translates to more corruption in DetroitMLive.com

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What sort of person drives off after hitting a young child? Detroit Police are looking to answer that very question after a hit-and-run driver killed... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sands/

The Best Defense: Corruption and Afghanistan: Do we really understand what is ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
In this book, Allen, looking at the roots of the industrial revolution, argues that the more a society is subject to the whims of nature (drought, flood, wind, and such), the more likely it will appear to modern man to be corrupt. The last sentence in ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)
Pratt Reveals Faulty Testing
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Corruption Currents, The Wall Street Journal's corruption blog, digs into the ever-present and ever-changing world of corporate corruption. It is a source of news, analysis and commentary for those who earn a living by finding corruption or by avoiding it.

A Maryland second-grader has been suspended after officials claim he chewed his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun and said "bang, bang." According... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cavan-sieczkowski/

'If Daryl dies we riot!' Fans keeping Norman Reedus's character alive on ...
Calgary Herald
Many in the crowd showed their support for Reedus's crossbow-wielding character, Daryl Dixon, with their "If Daryl dies we riot!" T-shirts. The 44-year-old actor says his vocal fan base is responsible for his character's impressive longevity in a ...

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Special courts in Bihar to deal with corruption cases
Hindu Business Line
Replying to a starred question by the JD(U) MLA Jai Kumar Singh, Yadav said the need for constitution of the special courts for handling corruption cases was felt in view of the fact that judges of district courts have to carry out other judicial works ...

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A Texas police department terminated an officer who killed an unarmed suspect by shooting at him 41 times following a car chase last summer. Disgraced... Michael McLaughlin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

Heard on the Street: Crime and trauma clean-up firm extends coverage to SE Minn.
Post-Bulletin
When customers call Aftermath Inc., they are usually dealing with a traumatic and stressful event, and they need help quickly. The national biohazard cleanup company handles the unpleasant but necessary duties of cleaning up after a violent crimes ...

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Rockridge Crime Log: Battery, Vehicle Thefts, Vandalism
Patch.com
Incidents highlighted in the crime log below were reported by the Oakland Police Department its incident reports for Feb. 18-24. Time of day may indicate the time that an incident was reported rather than when it occurred. Information was supplied by ...

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