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JOLIET, Ill. -- A hearing is set to resume that will determine if former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson gets a new trial on... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Max Shatto's new life began in November, when he and his younger brother left a Russian orphanage with adoptive parents Laura and Alan Shatto. It ended just a few months later on Jan. 21, when the 3-year-old boy died amid accusations of abuse. Texas child welfare authorities are still investigating...

SPRINGFIELD -- Police, probing a triple shooting that took two lives on Wellington Street early Friday, said 27-year-old Anthony Brown fatally shot 26 year-old Julie Treadwell and then took his own life.

Court records show that Treadwell had filed for an abuse prevention order against Brown on Dec. 19, 2012, alleging that a day earlier Brown had broken into her home, kicked a refrigerator door off its hinges and punched her in the face. A section of the document labeled "Notice to Law Enforcement" warned that Brown may have access to firearms.

Under the order, which expired on Jan. 3, Brown was to stay at least 100 feet from Treadwell and two one-year-old children. Brown and Treadwell had been in a relationship and had two children together, according to court documents.

A third victim in this morning's shooting, a 28-year-old city man, was shot at least twice in the incident,. He was taken to Baystate Medical Center and is expected to survive, Capt. Thomas Trites said.

Trites declined to release the name of that victim.

The incident began shortly before 1:30 a.m. when Brown allegedly forced his way through the back door of 108 Wellington St., police said.

Brown, of 51 Dexter St., was confronted at the top of the stairs on the second floor by the 28-year-old male victim and Treadwell's juvenile son. A struggle ensued and Brown produced a gun, Trites said.

The juvenile then locked himself in the bathroom and the 28-year-old was shot in the arm as he jumped out a second floor window to escape, Trites said.

The 28-year-old landed on the lawn and Brown, firing from the upstairs window, shot again, hitting him in the shoulder, Trites said.

Brown then shot and killed Treadwell inside the home before turning the gun on himself, Trites said.

The juvenile and other children who were inside the home were not injured, and are now under the care of relatives, Trites said.

It doesn't get much more down-to-the-wire than this: Warren Hill had already taken an Ativan to calm himself for his imminent death last night. But the convicted Georgia murderer was granted a stay of execution just 30 minutes before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection, the Guardian reports....

LOS ANGELES -- Police say the body of a woman found wedged in a water tank on the roof of a downtown hotel is that... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

CBS News
$50M diamond heist: Behind the crime, potential payoff on black market
CBS News
(CBS News) The intense manhunt continues in Europe for the eight gunmen who pulled off one of the biggest diamond heists in recent memory on Tuesday. They stole some $50 million in jewels from a plane, minutes from takeoff at the Brussels airport.
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Workplace murder trial: Engineer tells of killing three SiPort bosses
San Jose Mercury News
The prosperous life Chinese immigrant Jing Hua Wu had scrimped 20 years to build was already on the brink of collapse when he was fired from his job. On Tuesday, the high tech engineer testified how that loss prompted him to go insane and commit one of ...

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TUSTIN, Calif. -- The early morning commute was just getting under way on suburban Orange County's network of freeways when Melvin Lee Edwards pulled up... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

200 Palestinian Authority Arabs Riot, Hit Two Soldiers with Rocks
The Jewish Press
Wednesday, 2/20/2013. 200 Palestinian Authority Arabs Riot, Hit Two Soldiers with Rocks · News → Eye on Palestine · In Hebrew: 'To Conceal' · Blogs → Ktzat Ivrit · Ancient Liquid Extraction Installation Uncovered in Tel Aviv-Yafo · News ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Qantas director caught up in corruption scandal
The Australian Financial Review
Qantas Airways has been caught off guard by the revelation that one of its non-executive directors, Corinne Namblard, is part of an investigation into the corruption scandal surrounding the world's oldest surviving bank, Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked New York City from getting footage gathered by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns in research for his... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-mathias/

Police arrested a Boulder man after an officer said he tried to strangle her in a fight after she stopped him for riding his bicycle... The Boulder Daily Camera http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-ferner/

WASHINGTON -- The mother of a 15-month-old boy who died on a court-ordered visit to his father filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the psychologist... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

China leader vows to tackle corruption
Aljazeera.com
China's incoming president, Xi Jinping, has promised to make the fight against corruption a priority. Last Modified: 20 Feb 2013 12:23. Email Article. Email. Print Article. Print. Share article. Share · Send Feedback. Chinese state media says more than ...

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Link Riot: Oscar-Nominated Films Reenacted by Cute Kids
NextMovie (blog)
Link Riot: Oscar-Nominated Films Reenacted by Cute Kids. By Bryan Enk | Feb 20, 2013 | 7:00 AM. Amour. • Well, here's the most adorable thing you'll see all century ... or at least this Oscar season. [The Berry]. • And the Oscar goes to ... WTF? The 10 ...

Editorial: NJ State Police posting of crime data online is a good step toward ...
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
New Jersey residents have a new way to keep tabs on their communities as State Police begin posting crime statistics from police departments around the state online in weekly increments. Until now, state officials have compiled that information in a ...

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The Guardian
Papua New Guinea 'witch' murder is a reminder of our gruesome past
The Guardian
Earlier this week, police charged two people from Mount Hagen, in the western highlands of Papua New Guinea, with the murder of Kepari Leniata, a 20-year-old woman and mother. Accused of bewitching a six-year old boy who had recently died in hospital, ...
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New developments in the Chandra Levy case remain veiled in mystery , but emerging details carry some hefty accusations. In much-redacted court documents and transcripts, defense lawyers for convicted killer Ingmar Guandique say the case against him was "predicated on a lie," USA Today reports. The defense also blasted the prosecution...

WXYZ
Jury gets corruption case of former Detroit mayor
Las Vegas Sun
Jurors who sat through a five-month trial now have the corruption case of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. But a judge says formal deliberations won't start until Tuesday, at the jury's request. Monday is a public holiday. Prosecutor Mark Chutkow ...
Ex-Detroit mayor's corruption case in hands of juryReuters
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Oscar Pistorius Case: Murder or Mistake?
ABC News
Transcript for Oscar Pistorius Case: Murder or Mistake? In recent years most of the stories written about Oscar -- centered around his drive to beat the fastest runners in the world despite being born with out functional Lex. Well now all anyone cares ...
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In Affidavit at Bail Hearing, Track Star Denies He Intended to Kill GirlfriendNew York Times
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