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    German bishops sabotage pedophile sex abuse investigation

    JANUARY 8, 2013 4:54PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: germany, catholic church, christianity, lower saxony, sex abuse, pedophiles, crime

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 5894 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    What Can We Learn From Anders Breivik's Sentence?

    NOVEMBER 16, 2012 3:51PM

    By Steve Curless


    Topics: anders breivik, norway, free will, restorative justice, insanity, crime, punishment

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 4116 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    George Zimmerman: I am Sorry Your Son Ran Into My Bullet

    APRIL 23, 2012 4:39PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: trayvon martin, george zimmerman, race, crime, law, civil rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 25486 Views
    • 85 Comments
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    Ten Reasons to Repeal Stand Your Ground Laws

    APRIL 11, 2012 5:24PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: open call, stand your ground watch, second chance at shoot first campaign, crime, politics, gun safety, repeal stand your ground, gun laws, trayvon martin killing, george zimmerman, stand your ground laws, shoot first laws, expanded castle doctrine laws, sanford florida, police chief bill lee, marco rubio, south carolina’s state sen. robert ford, rev. markel hutchins, orlando sentinel, rev. jesse jackson, sen. charles schumer, buddy jacobs, florida prosecuting attorneys association, sybrina fulton, tracy martin, change.org petition to arrest george zimmerman, national rifle association, nra, wrcb tv, nbc miami, 2nd amendment

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2115 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    I Was Arrested for a Petty Crime, but Nepotism Saved Me

    APRIL 10, 2012 10:24AM

    By crg80


    Topics: police, fake id, underage drinking, crime, petty crime, open call, my petty crime arrest

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 2076 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Hope In a Jail Cell

    MARCH 9, 2012 1:34PM

    By jlsathre


    Topics: crime, criminals, defense attorneys, hope

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 2554 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Are NYC cops too aggressive? Duh?

    FEBRUARY 22, 2012 8:08AM

    By ManhattanWhiteGirl


    Topics: life stories, subway, police, crime, cops, pedestrians, bike lanes, bikes, nyc, nypd, bronx teacher, high school

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1189 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Artful Forger

    OCTOBER 19, 2011 2:08AM

    By Christine Schoenwald


    Topics: trusts, improv, comedy, perpetrator, forgery, crime

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 1450 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Little Boy Lost -- And Murdered

    JULY 15, 2011 8:29AM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: news, family, strangers, trust, predators, murder, crime, parents, kids

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 2385 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Burnt Cars and Distant Fireworks

    JULY 15, 2011 10:14AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: crime, urban issues, urban culture, belleville, 20th arrondissement, diversity, bastille day, fireworks, eiffel tower, july 14, paris

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1280 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Her Smile is Gone

    JULY 14, 2011 8:21PM

    By Constant Calliope


    Topics: domestic violence, murder suicide, abuse, spousal abuse, crime

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 1142 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    This Family's got Issues: The Anthony Family

    JULY 1, 2011 5:38PM

    By Dr. Julie Armstrong


    Topics: caseyanthony, crime, court, family, gossip, news, jose baez, anthony, murder

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 5126 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    A Man Needs a Maid: DSK, Arnold and the Invisible Women

    MAY 31, 2011 11:01AM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: women's work, housekeeper, maids, women, crime, sexual assault, arnold schwarzenegger, dsk, dominique strauss-kahn, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1954 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Doin' Time in the High School Police State

    MAY 27, 2011 5:41AM

    By Tony Kelso


    Topics: security, school, police, guns, youth culture, prison system, crime, life stories, high school, education

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 4838 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    I Was Turned Down For Food Stamps

    MAY 18, 2011 12:00AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: ticket, happy thanksgiving, thanksgiving, 911, attack, metal detector, inspection sticker, old tanta, new york city, president obama, american, rasmussen report, hoarding food, food pantry, salvation army, divorced, president bush, walmart, hudson valley, new york, hyundai, social services, mercedes benz, caprice, chevy, food stamps, politics, health, food/drink, family, crime, bonnie bernstein, politics, police, economy

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    • 0 Ratings
    • 1240 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Shame and Blame: the NYT's Coverage of Sexual Assault

    MARCH 11, 2011 8:20AM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: sexual assault, victim blaming, rape, gang rape, crime, guilt, reporting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 1993 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    "You Need to Live in the Real World"

    FEBRUARY 18, 2011 9:04AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: belief/religion, news, sociology, real world, crime, patriarchy, hatred, misogyny, rape

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 3457 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    A Connecticut Serial Killer?

    DECEMBER 3, 2010 1:31PM

    By Chuck A. Stetson


    Topics: alfred swinton, news, crime, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 4834 Views
    • 72 Comments
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    Revisiting Herbert Asbury's "The Gangs of New York"

    OCTOBER 29, 2010 10:23AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: new york, herbert asbury, the gangs of new york, martin scorsese, crime, bill the butcher, marm mandelbaum

    • Editor's Pick
    • 54 Ratings
    • 2168 Views
    • 111 Comments
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    56 Reasons why some Horror Stories have Tragedy

    OCTOBER 26, 2010 3:29PM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: news, crime, drugs, death, shooting, another lost father

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