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Hashimoto to retract sex suggestion for U.S. military
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto aims to retract his remark that U.S. servicemen in Okinawa should use the local adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex crimes.
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Crime May 13, 2013
Before the Cleveland nightmare, hints of darkness
by Luz Lazo
Shorty needed a ride home. She got confused sometimes, the result of some undefined mental condition, and wasn’t always sure where she’d wandered. Her family knew this about Michelle “Shorty” Knight, all 139 cm of her, and that’s why they worried. She got in ...
Crime May 13, 2013
For freed Cleveland women, ordeal of recovery now begins
Year after year, the clock ticked on and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper into an isolated nightmare. Now, for the women freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house, the ordeal is not ...
Crime May 9, 2013
Rescuer becomes Internet sensation
The Internet exploded with virtual cheers Tuesday for the colorful U.S. dishwasher who helped three young women flee a decade in captivity. Videos of Charles Ramsey telling reporters how he helped Amanda Berry escape went viral on YouTube, as did a not-safe-for-work recording of ...
Crime May 8, 2013
Handgun made with 3-D printer passes test
Computer files to create a handgun almost entirely from parts made with a 3-D printer went online Monday, alarming gun control advocates after it was successfully test-fired by its inventor. The single-shot .380-caliber Liberator bears a vague resemblance to its namesake, the FP-45 Liberator ...
Crime May 8, 2013
USAF general's promotion blocked over her dismissal of sex-assault verdict
An air force general has run afoul of Congress for granting clemency to a convicted sex offender without any public explanation, the latest case to raise fundamental questions about how the military justice system handles sex crimes. The case is the second this year ...
Crime May 8, 2013
TSA confiscates 25 guns from fliers in a week
Twenty-five would-be fliers learned an expensive lesson at the nation’s airports last week: It’s not a good idea to pack a gun in your carry-on bag. In addition to 25 handguns — 21 of them loaded and six with a chambered round — the ...
Crime May 6, 2013
Deputy speaker of U.K. Parliament arrested on gay rape charge
A deputy speaker of Britain’s lower house of Parliament was arrested Saturday on suspicion of raping one man and sexually assaulting another, according to media reports. Nigel Evans, a lawmaker in Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party, was reportedly questioned over the alleged attacks ...
Crime May 4, 2013
5-year-old Kentucky boy kills sister with 'My First Rifle'
The accidental shooting death of a 2-year-old at the hands of her 5-year-old brother has revived the perennial gun debate in the United States, where weapons are made just for kids. The .22 caliber rifle used in Tuesday’s tragedy is marketed by Crickett to ...
Crime May 4, 2013
Fugitive leader of baby-killing cult found dead
The fugitive leader of a Chilean cult accused of sacrificing a baby to save the world from December’s supposed Maya apocalypse has been found dead in Peru, authorities said Thursday. Ramon Gustavo Castillo Gaete — the dead baby’s father — was found hanged in ...
Crime May 4, 2013
Maryland scraps death penalty, OKs medical marijuana
Maryland became the sixth state in as many years to abolish capital punishment Thursday when Gov. Martin O’Malley signed legislation repealing the death penalty. The new law could face a challenge at the ballot box next year, however. A group that has led successful ...
Crime May 2, 2013
Three 'hid evidence for Boston suspect'
Three 19-year-old friends of one of the alleged Boston bombers were charged Wednesday with trying to cover his tracks by throwing out fireworks and a laptop and then lying to U.S. police. The three teenagers — two Kazakhs and an American — were fellow ...
Crime May 2, 2013
Ricin linked to suspect in Obama letters case
Federal investigators found ricin on a dust mask discarded by the man suspected of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other public officials, according to an FBI affidavit released by a federal court judge on Tuesday. James Everett Dutschke, 41, of Tupelo, ...