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US Military May Strike Pirates on Land

In Jefferson's time, US hit land bases

(Newser) - One way for the US to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden is to cut it off at the source, targeting Somali pirate land bases. Coupled with economic and food aid for Somalia’s citizens, this plan is the only “silver-bullet solution,” an analyst tells Bloomberg. Such...

Drunken Cyclists Face the Slammer in Poland

2,000 Poles are in prison for drunken cycling

(Newser) - Polish courts have left intact a law that allows two-year prison terms for drunken cyclists. Critics say bikers—2,000 of whom sit behind bars—should be treated like pedestrians, who face only fines for being drunk in public. The Constitutional Court dismissed that argument, saying the speedier transport uses...

Woman Dies Trying to Stop Family Sword Fight

Grandson charged with murder after bizarre altercation

(Newser) - A woman is dead in Indianapolis after trying to stop her grandson and brother-in-law from fighting with swords early this morning, the Star reports. Christopher Rondeau, 39, faces preliminary murder charges after 77-year-old Franziska Stegbauer was stabbed in an altercation between him and Adolf Stegbauer, 69. Authorities are unsure if...

Subway Groper Nabbed After Victim Snaps Cell Phone Pic

(Newser) - A cell phone photo of a groper on a New York City subway snapped by his victim helped nab him two days later, according to police. He harassed a woman again yesterday and she recognized his picture from news reports and called 911, reports the New York Daily News. Turns...

Economy Sparked Recent Killing Sprees: Experts

57 kllled in mass murders in past month

(Newser) - With mass murderers having gunned down some 57 people in the last month, many observers say the troubled economy may be triggering the increase in such attacks, the Washington Post reports. “It could be the loss of a job, the loss of a lot of money in the stock...

Calif. Gunman Kills 1 at Christian Retreat

Shooter targeted wife, according to calls to cops

(Newser) - At least one person was killed and four seriously injured last night when a gunman opened fire at a Korean Christian retreat in southern California, reports the AP. The gunman was believed to be one of the injured. It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the carnage, but a phone call...

G20 Cops Caught on Tape Shoving Protester Who Died

(Newser) - Ian Tomlinson, who died during last week’s G20 protests in London, was clubbed and pushed to the ground by police minutes before he suffered a fatal heart attack, the Guardian reports. The paper has obtained video, which shows Tomlinson walking away from riot cops with dogs before he was...

Economic Crisis Triggers Global Crime Wave
Economic Crisis Triggers Global Crime Wave
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Apr 7, 2009 8:35 AM CDT

Economic Crisis Triggers Global Crime Wave

Crisis gives globalized crime gangs opportunity to flourish

(Newser) - The global economic crisis has been a massive stimulus package for violent crime worldwide, Michael Klare writes in Salon. Crime syndicates are finding it easy to recruit from the growing ranks of the unemployed and desperate, the professor writes, and their increasing power is weakening the governments of "narco-states"...

Missing Girl's Body Found in Suitcase

Trunk in irrigation pond on California dairy farm

(Newser) - The body of a missing 8-year-old Northern California girl has been found stuffed in a suitcase in an irrigation pond on a dairy farm, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Second-grader Sandra Cantu vanished after leaving home last month to visit a friend. FBI officials have joined an investigation by Tracy...

Tearful Stanford 'Madder Than Hell' at Ponzi Charges

Tycoon expects indictment in 2 weeks

(Newser) - Sir Robert Allen Stanford expects an indictment from the feds in a couple of weeks, but maintained his innocence in an interview with ABC News. The disgraced financier cried and told his interlocutor, “I will punch you in the mouth” if he mentioned reports that Stanford laundered drug money....

Astor Trial Crawls as Lawyers Squabble

Would-be jurors plan for 3-month commitment

(Newser) - As the second week of jury selection in the Brooke Astor trial began today, with potential jurors being asked if they can sit still for a 3-month trial, the judge upbraided the lawyers for bickering and grandstanding as if they never wanted it to end, the New York Times reports....

Dad Killed 5 Kids After Wife Dumped Him

He was going to kill her, too: cops

(Newser) - The dad who killed his five children and himself near Tacoma, Wash., did so after discovering his wife was leaving him for another man, reports the Seattle Times reports. James Harrison, 34, confronted his wife at a convenience store Saturday before returning home to shoot each child multiple times. Four...

Big Apple Is Easy Target for Bank Robbers

444 robberies last year due to poor security, says commish

(Newser) - Crime in New York's five boroughs was down again last year, but Police Commissioner Ray Kelly isn't happy. That's because bank robberies have gone up by 57% in that same time, which amounts to daily heists in downtown Manhattan. Kelly blames the trend on banks' reluctance to enact security measures...

Madoff's Taste in Home Decor Full of Bull

(Newser) - While seizing Bernie Madoff's Palm Beach possessions yesterday, US Marshals got an eyeful of the fraudster's home furnishings, reports the Palm Beach Post. And they weren't impressed. "I've never seen so much bull in my life," said one deputy. "Pictures of bulls, bull statues, even bulls on...

Judge Blasts Juror-Seducing Mom

Undercover recordings outing juror won't vacate murder trial verdict

(Newser) - A judge has put a halt to efforts by a convicted murderer to have his verdict vacated—because the man's mom acted as a "vigilante" when she flirted with a juror in an attempt to get information out of him, the New York Times reports. After plying Juror...

Feds Seize Madoff's Boats
 Feds Seize Madoff's Boats 
Apr 1, 2009 12:41 PM CDT

Feds Seize Madoff's Boats

Yacht, motorboat part of his $823M fortune

(Newser) - US Marshals seized two boats belonging to jailed schemer Bernie Madoff today, the AP reports. The vessels—a 55-foot yacht and a 24-foot motorboat that were docked at separate Florida marinas—were part of the $823 million in assets Madoff and his wife had accumulated by the end of last...

Subway Workers Who Witnessed Rape Not Liable

Calling cops as woman was assaulted sufficient, judge rules

(Newser) - A woman raped in the New York City subway while MTA employees looked on will get no relief from the courts, the New York Post reports. Both a conductor and a station agent saw the woman being assaulted in 2005; they called police and did nothing more. A judge today...

Email Scam May Be Behind Murders at NFL Player's House

Vilma not suspected in deaths at NY condo

(Newser) - Investigators suspect two African immigrants slain at a Long Island condo owned by an NFL player may have been killed as revenge for an Internet scam, police said today. Sekou Sakor and Ansu Keita were each shot in the head sometime Thursday night at a condominium in Woodbury, NY, owned...

8 Dead in NC Nursing Home Shooting
 8 Dead in NC 
 Nursing Home Shooting 
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Mar 29, 2009 2:02 PM CDT

8 Dead in NC Nursing Home Shooting

(Newser) - A gunman opened fire at a North Carolina nursing home early today, killing at least eight people and wounding several others, police said. The local police chief says the shootings happened around 10am at Pinelake Health and Rehab in the town of Carthage. Authorities say the gunman, who's in custody,...

'Colombia Fritzl' Fathered 11 Kids With Daughter

Man accused of imprisoning girl, raping her from age 9

(Newser) - A Colombian man has been accused of imprisoning his daughter and raping her from the age of 9 and fathering 11 children with her, the BBC reports. He denies incest and rape charges, insisting his daughter was adopted and that the two “agreed to have a romantic relationship because...

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