Murders

Why Would NRA Denounce Media Coverage of Trayvon Martin Case?

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon Martin Media, Murders, NRA Trayvon Martin, Crime News

There's no doubt that both those who love guns and those who detest them want to lower the number of people killed by guns each year. However, comments by the NRA's Wayne LaPierre simply do not help us reach our common goal.

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PHOTOS: 10 Grisly Unsolved Murders

Maureen Walsh | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Unsolved Mysteries, Jack the Ripper, Slidepollajax, The Town, Murder Mysteries, Rasputin, Unsolved Murders, Murders, Murders History, Books News

And as if the more than half a million real-life murders a year around the globe (some 17,000 in 2010 in the United States alone) somehow constituted a lack of violent death, fiction novels add a never-ending supply of made-up stories of murder and mayhem to the count.

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My Female Colleagues Told Me Not To Talk About The Abuse. I Did It Anyway

Michele Weldon | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Violence Against Women, Topeka, Salon Murders, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Texas, Northwestern University, Murders, I Closed My Eyes, Love Is Not Abuse, Pennsylvania, Wife Beaters, Domestic Violence, Illinois, Kansas, Women News

She told me I would never escape the label of a battered woman. We hung up that afternoon and never spoke again.

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Hooray for Hollywood's Dearly Departed

Jane Minogue | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Shirley Temlple, Michael Jackson, Jack Cassidy, Jane Russell, Sharon Tate, Bela Lugosi, Bugsy Siegel, River Phoenix, Larry Edmunds Bookshop, Beverly Hills, Marie Prevost, Lupe Velez, El Coyote, Hollywood, Dearly Departed Tour, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Murders, George Michael, John Belushi, Menendez Brothers, Charles Manson, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Brian Donnelly, Scott Michaels, Travel News

The tour included the drug overdose sites of Janis Joplin, John Belushi, Michael Jackson and River Phoenix.

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Cops: Son Couldn't Conceal Parents' Murders With Car Crash Cover-Up

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Randolph, Colin Abbott, Murder, Butler County, Kenneth Abbot, Car Crash, Father, Celeste Abbott, Murders, Stepmother, Slippery Rock, Cover-Up, Parent Murder, Parents, Crime News

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — A man killed his father and stepmother in western Pennsylvania, then tried to cover up the slayings with a story claiming t...

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Rio de Janeiro: 60,000 Unsolved Murders In 10 Years

AP | Posted 09.09.2011

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rio de Janeiro's public defenders' department says the Brazilian state has accumulated more than 60,000 unsolved murders in the last...

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New York City Murder Rate On Pace For Big Spike

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — New York City could see a double-digit increase in the murder rate by the end of the year. The latest numbers provided to The Associ...

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Army:Â U.S. Soldiers Killed Afghan Civilians For Sport, Dismembered Bodies

Washington Post | Craig Whitlock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hashish, Calvin Gibbs, Kandahar, Kill Team, 2nd Stryker Brigade, Civilians, 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, Army, US Military, Afghanistan, 2nd Infantry Division, Murders, La Mohammed Kalay, World News

According to charging documents, the unprovoked, fatal attack on Jan. 15 was the start of a months-long shooting spree against Afghan civilians that r...

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Michael Simpson Gets 72 years For Murder At Child's Birthday Party

Grand Junction Sentinel | Paul Shockley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Simpson, Handgun, Clifton, Valium, Murders, Grand Junction, Denver News

Dressed in pajamas and armed with a handgun for a night walk with a friend in his Clifton neighborhood, Michael Simpson was unprovoked when he stormed...

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Deception: Jonathan Kellerman's Latest Is Not Up To His Usual Standards

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ivy League Schools, Murders, Jonathan Kellerman, Private High Schools, Books News

Kellerman's fans have been very patient with this author but their patience is wearing thin. He had better come up with something more substantive with his next book or all bets are off.

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Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Nidal Hasan May Have Been Transfered To Jail

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Bell County, Military, Shooting, Army, Police, Fort Hood, San Antonio, Nidal Hasan, Brooke Army Medical Center, Murders, Discharge Physical, Texas, Home News

SAN ANTONIO — The Army officer accused in the Fort Hood shooting rampage is apparently being moved from a hospital to jail. An attorney for Maj...

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Acapulco Killings: 13 Killed In Drug Gang Violence As Spring Break Tourists Arrive

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Gang Violence, Tuncingo, Beheadings, Drug Gangs, Police, Mexico, Drugs, Guerrero, Acapulco, Murders, Killings, Calderon, World News

ACAPULCO, Mexico -- At least 13 people have been killed in a Mexican Pacific coast state plagued by drug gang violence. Guerrero state police say th...

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The Latino Community Wants Accountability in 2010

Clarissa Martinez De Castro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American People, Advocates, President Obama, Congressman Luis Gutierrez, Solutions, Exploitation, Values, Immigration, CIR ASAP, Hate Crimes, Immigration Reform, Progressive Caucus, Immigrant Families, Demonization, Increase Tax Revenues, Latino Voters, Nclr, Congress, Level the Playing Field, Pennsylvania, Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009, New York, Moral Obligation, Separation of Families, Murders, Lift Wages, Asian Pacific American Caucus, Dream, The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus, Economy, American Workers, Politics News

The promise of change that energized voting and participation in 2008 is bringing hundreds of Latino community leaders to Washington today.

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Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

Clarissa Martinez De Castro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hate Crimes, Congress, American People, Washington Times, Separation of Families, Solutions, President Obama, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Poll, Immigration, Dream, Murders, Wall Street Journal, Haiti, Moral Obligation, Immigration Reform, Demonization, Values, Exploitation, Desperate, Nclr, Faith Community, American Principles Project, Advocates, Washington Post, Mark Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies, Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Blame Game, American Workers, Immigrant Families, Home News

As if blaming immigrants for global warming, the financial crisis, and every other ill that is currently affecting our society wasn't enough, Mark Kri...

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Chicago Murders Down 11 Percent In 2009: Strong Reversal From 2008

chicagotribune.com | Annie Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homicides, Murders, Killings, Crime, Chicago, Chicago Murders, Chicago Homicides, Study, Chicago News

But nearing the end of this year, homicides in the city have dropped by 11 percent, apparently reversing the 2008 spike and bringing the city more in ...

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Clutter Murders "In Cold Blood" Leave Lasting Impact In Kansas

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clutter Family, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, Murders, Kansas, Holcomb, Crime, Clutter Murders, Death, Home News

Fifty years ago, on Nov. 15, 1959, four members of the Clutter family were brutally murdered at their rural farmhouse in Holcomb, Kansas, a crime whic...

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Chicago Once Again The US "Murder Capital"

CBS 2 Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Violence, Chicago Murder Rate, Murders, Chicago Murders, Chicago News

Chicago is the Second City in nickname and the third in population, but when it comes to murder, the city has the dubious distinction of being second ...

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