Crime Newswire

Indy Parks drops Crime Prevention program
WISH
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Crime Prevention money is becoming a hot topic after the Indianapolis Parks Foundation recently decided to no longer oversee the grant. “It simply did not fit our mission any more,” said Lori Hazlett, Interim Parks Foundation ...

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DETROIT — A lawyer for Kwame Kilpatrick attacked the credibility of three key witnesses who testified at the former Detroit mayor's corruption trial, telling jurors... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-abbeylambertz/

WASHINGTON -- The Senate easily passed its Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill on Tuesday, officially punting the issue to the House, where Republican leaders... Jennifer Bendery http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-bendery/

Digital Trends
Raytheon Riot Software Predicts Behavior Based on Social Media
PC Magazine
"The power of Riot to harness popular websites for surveillance offers a rare insight into controversial techniques that have attracted interest from intelligence and national security agencies," The Guardian said, "at the same time prompting civil ...
Raytheon Riot: Defense spying is coming to social networksZDNet
Raytheon's “Riot” Social-Network Data Mining SoftwareAmerican Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
Raytheon's Riot could make online stalking more efficient for governments (video)Engadget
Digital Trends -BostInno (blog)
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Police charge seven with inciting to riot after fight at Staten Island's ...
SILive.com
CURTIS.jpg Seven teens were charged after a brawl at Curtis High School in St. George, according to police. Staten Island Advance. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police have charged seven teenagers with inciting to riot after a brawl at Curtis High School in St.

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1984 riot victims seek further probe against Jagdish Tytler
Zee News
1984 riot victims seek further probe against Jagdish Tytler New Delhi: Victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Tuesday alleged in a Delhi court that the CBI had conducted an "unfair probe" in a case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and sought further ...

MIAMI BEACH -- She was as drunk as a witness described. Blood alcohol test results shows Nikki Beach bartender Karlie Tomica was three times over... Janie Campbell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janie-campbell/

Police say they were horrified to find more than 200 dead dogs and 45 dogs in "very poor condition" in the backyard of Loney L.... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Mass. Company Has the Technology to Track & Predict Your Every Move via ...
BostInno (blog)
It's no surprise that as technology advances, and more people keep their smartphones in their hands at all times, personal privacy when using social media sites becomes a concern. That worry was magnified this week, however, after The Guardian revealed ...

The University of Maryland student who shot and killed his roommate before taking his own life has been identified as 23-year-old Dayvon Maurice Green. According... Carly Schwartz http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carly-schwartz/

Wall Street Journal (blog)
White House to Announce Cybersecurity Order
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The White House is expected to announce an executive order on Wednesday establishing voluntary cybersecurity standards that would create a federal government-led group to work with the private sector to create and implement voluntary standards for ...

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Digital Trends
Raytheon Riot: Defense spying is coming to social networks
ZDNet
With Riot, a user -- typically a government official -- will be able to pull together your life-history; your relationships with other people; and the places where you're most likely to be found. These tracking profiles are based not just on obvious ...
Raytheon Riot Software Predicts Behavior Based on Social MediaPC Magazine
Raytheon's “Riot” Social-Network Data Mining SoftwareAmerican Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
Raytheon's Riot could make online stalking more efficient for governments (video)Engadget
Digital Trends -BostInno (blog)
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Significance Magazine
Raytheon's “Riot” Social-Network Data Mining Software
American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
As best as I can tell from the video and Gallagher's reporting, Raytheon's “Riot” software gathers up only publicly available information from companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare. In that respect, it appears to be a conceptually ...
Raytheon Riot: Defense spying is coming to social networksZDNet
Raytheon Riot Software Predicts Behavior Based on Social MediaPC Magazine
Does RIOT foretell the end of privacy?Significance Magazine
RedOrbit -Digital Trends
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Police in the United States say a man bit off his cousin's ear lobe and swallowed it during a fight over loud music. Officers in Connecticut charged 27-year-old Emilio Mendoza with first-degree assault and other crimes early yesterday in connection with the attack on his cousin, 29-year-old Ruiz Clemente-Perez.

WRAL.com
Milemarkers will help Raleigh track greenway crime reports
WRAL.com
Crime mapping through geographic information system (GIS) technologies is a popular form of crime analysis that allows police to pinpoint high-crime areas and allocate additional resources as necessary. Crimes are “tied through GIS to address locations ...

Monroe's overall crime rate decreases in 2012
Monroe News Star
The 2012 overall crime rate for the city of Monroe decreased 5.06 percent compared to the previous year, according to Monroe Police Chief Quentin Holmes, who released Monroe's statistics Monday. During 2012, Monroe police recorded a total of 13,254 ...

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The Guardian
2 charged in Hadiya Pendleton's murder to appear in Chicago court
Los Angeles Times
The two men accused of shooting Hadiya Pendleton will appear in a Chicago courtroom on the first-degree murder charges Tuesday, hours before her parents are to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama for the president's State of the Union speech. Pendleton ...
Hadiya Pendleton shooting: two on murder chargesThe Guardian
Two charged over murder of Chicago teenagerAljazeera.com
Two gang members charged in murder of Hadiya PendletonMSNBC
USA TODAY -WGNtv.com -The Atlantic Wire
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CBS News
Elizabeth Marriott Murder Case: Judge grants new extension for Seth Mazzaglia ...
CBS News
With the extension, the state now has until April 18 to present its case against Mazzaglia, who is charged with second-degree murder, Patch.com reports. Marriott, a University of New Hampshire sophomore from Westborough, Mass., who was living with ...
Extension OK'd in UNH student murder caseSeacoastonline.com
State Gets More Time in UNH Murder CasePatch.com
Court Grants 2nd Delay In Lizzi Marriott Murder CaseThe Daily Voice
UNH The New Hampshire
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CBS Local
Pelosi: Link Between Hollywood And Violent Crime Weak, Gun Laws The Real ...
CBS Local
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that Hollywood and video games can't be blamed for violent crimes as much as poor gun control laws. (Photo by Freddie Lee/Fox News via Getty Images) ...
US politician defends games in gun crime debateVG247

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Boston murder victim's mom invited to State of the Union
Boston Herald
The mother of 13-year-old Dorchester murder victim Steven Odom will be U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's special guest at tonight's State of the Union address by President Obama. The Rev. Kim Odom, 50, is co-pastor of True Vine Church in Dorchester with her ...

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