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13 bodies found in drug-plagued Mexican state

Culiacán :: Mexico | about 9 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Thirteen bullet-riddled bodies were found along a dirt road Thursday in Mexico's Sinaloa state, home to the powerful cartel of the same name. The victims, whose hands were bound, were found near the town of Coyotitlan along with 80 bullet...

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O.J. Simpson faces 6 years to life at sentencing

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 2 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

LAS VEGAS – O.J. Simpson is going to prison; the question is for how long. The former football star who walked away a free man after a celebrated murder trial was due to learn Friday how much time he'll spend...

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Alcohol impaired Pahokee deputy killed in crash, test shows

Fernández :: Mexico | about 16 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Palm Beach Post

Manuel's blood alcohol level of 0.02 is enough to cause impairment, but well below the 0.08 threshold to be considered legally drunk, according to an outside expert's report released today. The revelation ended a tormenting waiting period for the families...

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Police Chief Indicted

Boston :: MA :: USA | about 12 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by pochp

A police chief was indicted on Thursday for involuntary manslaughter in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi submachine gun at a Massachusetts weapons show. Christopher Bizilj lost control of the...

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13 killed in Mexico 'drug state'

Mexico City :: Mexico | about 8 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: BBC

Passersby found the bodies near a stolen truck in the northwest of the state on Thursday. It comes a day after a leading newspaper, El Universal, said that at least 5,000 people had been killed in drug-related violence this year....

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Oxford murder suspect sought in Iowa

Newton :: MA :: USA | about 16 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: The Birmingham News

Iowa authorities are searching for a Georgia man accused of killing a clerk at an Oxford convenience store. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says 22-year-old Jesse Earl Scheuing of Waycross, Ga., may be in central Iowa. Officials say an...

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Committee urges judge be removed from bench

Toronto :: Canada | about 18 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Toronto Star

After 24 years on the bench, Justice Paul Cosgrove was told yesterday that he so abused his powers during a murder trial that he's no longer fit to be a judge. In a 4-1 decision, a committee of the Canadian...

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Accused killer wanted to be cooked and eaten, court told

Winnipeg :: Canada | about 13 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Leader Post Online

I told him the only way I'd do it is if he kept all my bones in a trunk under his bed," Teerhuis, 39, wrote in one of several graphic letters which have now been shown to jurors as part...

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RCMP let Air India bombers escape: Report

Vancouver :: Canada | about 11 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Canada.com

Thursday, saying the report's suggestion that Canadian police tipped off suspects is "outrageous." "This statement is false and misleading," Sgt. Indian government to disrupt the Sikh separatist movement around the world, something former B.C. members have adamantly refuted. Bal Gupta,...

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Man accused in murder-for-hire plot

Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | about 14 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Chicago-Sun Times

Staff Reporter A Des Plaines man is accused of trying to arrange the murder of his business partner and saying he could get a gun from the Ku Klux Klan to do the job...He appeared in federal court where he...

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