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Hard times aren't only fuel for crimes 3 May 08, 23:25 ET by John Agar | The Grand Rapids Press Press Photo/Dave RaczkowskiGerk's Party Works, on 36th Street SW in Wyoming, was one of stores three hit in one night. ... more Mother of all fashion crimes 3 May 08, 20:17 ET By DZIREENA MAHADZIR THERE is a recent phenomenon, well ... maybe not so recent, that has hit certain sections of society. My editor friend calls it the ibu ... more Elections Plea Over Business Crimes 3 May 08, 18:44 ET By NEIL HODGSON A SMALL business lobby group today urged new Merseyside councillors to make tackling business crime a priority. ... more Chino Man Gets 18-To-Life For Torture Crimes 3 May 08, 18:26 ET YUBA CITY (AP) ― A Chico man who bound, gagged and cut his victims has been sentenced to 18 years to life in prison for torture, robbery and carjacking. ... more Wall of silence hid Josef Fritzl's crimes 3 May 08, 17:55 ET By Bojan Pancevski in Amstetten and Tony Paterson in Berlin Evidence of how a wall of silence hid the crimes of Josef Fritzl mounted on Saturday as it was ... more Olympic relay champion Pettigrew was doping: report 3 May 08, 16:17 ET AFP - Antonio Pettigrew, a four-time world champion who helped the US 4x400 relay win gold at the 2000 Olympics, was named as a user of performance-enhancing drugs in a witness list for the trial of noted coach Trevor Graham. more 2 charged with drug crimes 3 May 08, 16:12 ET By MIA SIMPSON/mia.simpson@austindailyherald.com Arrest warrants have been issued for Austin residents Bonnie Lee Ducak, 49, and Jonathan Allen Buchert, 30, ... more Fugitive financier Robert Vesco reported dead in Cuba 3 May 08, 14:20 ET AFP - Robert Vesco, the fugitive financier who left a trail of alleged bribery, embezzlement and drug trafficking that reached to the White House, died in Cuba late last year, The New York Times reported Saturday. more Overnight Crimes: Guns and Cars 3 May 08, 13:51 ET Guns and cars are in the headlines this morning thanks to several Southland crimes last night that are being investigated in the morning light. ... more PNP: No high profile crimes in Bacolod 3 May 08, 12:21 ET THERE are "no incidence of high-profile crimes such as bank robbery, kidnapping and other terrorist-initiated atrocities" recorded in the city for the first quarter of this year, Bacolod City Police Office declared. more Guilty pleas are entered in local business crimes 3 May 08, 12:08 ET By Kelly Foreman Former City of Berea Codes and Planning administrative assistant Laura K. Brandenburg, 46, of Lincoln County, pleaded guilty to stealing ... more Major crimes see drop in South City 3 May 08, 10:47 ET Thanks to the diligence of residents, authorities say, most major crimes dropped from 2006 to 2007, the most updated results from the Police Department. more Archives expose record of sex crimes 3 May 08, 10:03 ET AS PUBLIC outrage mounted over the Austrian incest abuse case, authorities investigated reports yesterday that "house of horrors" father Josef Fritzl had ... more Newark man charged with 18 sex crimes 3 May 08, 07:03 ET NEWARK -- A 69-year-old Newark man has been charged with 18 sex crimes in connection with incidents stretching back almost a decade, according to an ... more Doubled race-hate crimes 3 May 08, 06:58 ET POLICE and partner agencies have pledged to act after figures released this week showed a huge leap in race hate crimes in Somerset. ... more Root of violence; Horrible crimes are explored in The Boys in the ... 3 May 08, 05:52 ET By Mary Swan Mary Swan's searing first novel is both wonderfully written and profoundly depressing. It is a book reminiscent of Thomas Hardy's Jude the ... more Solving crimes in the cards at jails 3 May 08, 05:24 ET NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Inmates in 58 county jails across New York are getting playing cards with the pictures of missing persons in hopes the photos will jog ... more Analysis: Legal Expert Aims To Chronicle, Publicize Chechen War Crimes 3 May 08, 05:21 ET As large-scale fighting subsides in Chechnya and people attempt to rebuild their lives, the issue of addressing the injustices of the protracted conflict ... more ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT 3 May 08, 04:54 ET Office of Attorney General Environmental Crimes Unit seeking Chief Investigator. Supervisory position responsible for planning/conducting statewide ... more Sex Crimes: 25 - 75 years for former Gaylord resident 3 May 08, 04:01 ET By Michael Jones, Staff Writer GENESEE COUNTY — Former Gaylord resident Kevin Odette will spend a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 75 years in prison after ... more UN seeks retrial in war crimes case 3 May 08, 03:02 ET THE HAGUE — UN prosecutors called Friday for a retrial of a former Kosovo prime minister acquitted last month of war crimes, saying witnesses were ... more Lemen Found Guilty in Sex Crimes Trial 3 May 08, 02:55 ET A former school bus driver accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl has been found guilty. Oscar Lemen was found guilty of forcible sodomy and ... more Hope playing cards help inmates to solve crimes 3 May 08, 02:54 ET Inmates in 58 county jails across New York are getting playing cards with the pictures of missing persons in hopes the photos will jog memories and help ... more China condemns Dalai Lama for 'litany of crimes' 3 May 08, 01:51 ET Beijing, May 3: China prefaced expected talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama on Saturday by condemning the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader as a ... more Another stretch in the life and crimes of Dutchy 3 May 08, 00:03 ET By Shane Phelan NOTORIOUS crime figure Patrick 'Dutchy' Holland has never been far from trouble and is now beginning the fifth lengthy sentence of his ... more

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