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US Crime Rate Falling, Despite Recession

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 12.21.2009 | Home


WASHINGTON – High unemployment. More folks on food stamps. Fewer owning their homes. Yet for all the signs of recession, something is missing: M...

Homicides Down In Some Large US Cities

AP | CARRIE ANTLFINGER | Posted 02.03.2009 | Home


MILWAUKEE — Killings dropped by a third here last year, making Wisconsin's largest city among the nation's most successful in tackling its 2008 ...