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Can You Go to Jail for Impersonating Someone Online?
The curious case of Manti Te'o, his fake online girlfriend and a band of alleged hoaxers has brought a new question to the forefront: just what kind of crime is posing as someone else online, if it’s a crime at all?
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Bali drugs: Death sentence for Briton Lindsay Sandiford
A British grandmother has been sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia for drug trafficking.
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Abortion Bill Would Force Rape Victims To Continue Pregnancy As 'Evidence'
A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial.
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Google Tells Cops to Get Warrants for User E-Mail, Cloud Data
Google demands probable-cause, court-issued warrants to divulge the contents of Gmail and other cloud-stored documents to authorities in the United States -- a startling revelation Wednesday that runs counter to federal law that does not always demand warrants.
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Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday
The legal exemption allowing you to unlock your new phone is about to expire.
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Forensics suggest nine-year-old was killed at close range
Police say Kesean Williams’s home was targeted.
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Anonymous wages war on US government
Hacktivist group Anonymous took over the United States Sentencing Service's website earlier today to announce its intention to expose government secrets in response to the US Department of Justice's treatment of Aaron Swartz.
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Dead serial killer leaves investigators a mystery
Israel Keyes is believed to have killed nearly a dozen people around the U.S., but his suicide has left police officials trying to investigate his crimes frustrated.
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Gunmen kill police in Philippines ambush
At least nine people killed in attack in central province; police suspect gunmen are communist insurgents.
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Fire rips through crowded Brazil nightclub, killing 233
Workers combing through the charred wreckage of Kiss nightclub in southern Brazil on Sunday encountered the eerie sound of ringing cell phones.
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Three arrested in connection with deadly Brazil nightclub fire
Police arrested three people and were searching Monday for a fourth in connection with the nightclub fire that killed 231 people in southern Brazil, state media reported.
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Aarushi Talwar murder: Inside story of India’s most controversial trial
Four-and-a-half years, one state police force, two federal investigative teams, two sets of suspects, five arrests and countless fumbles later, the murder remains unsolved.
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Georgia man guns down immigrant after GPS sends him to wrong driveway
A 69-year-old war veteran and former missionary was arrested over the weekend on the suspicion of killing a 22-year-old Cuban immigrant who mistakenly arrived in his driveway because of faulty GPS directions.
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'Destroyed' owner of Brazil fire club attempts suicide
One of the owners of the Brazilian nightclub that burned down this week, killing 235, tried to take his own life while in custody, police said Wednesday.
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The “Cemetery Gun” Designed to Stop Grave Robbers
In the 18th and 19th centuries, grave-robbing was a serious problem in Great Britain and the United States. Because surgeons and medical students could only legally dissect executed criminals or people who had donated their bodies to science (not a popular option at the time), a trade in illegally procured...
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Teen who performed at Obama inaugural events shot dead in Chicago
A teen who performed at events around President Barack Obama's inauguration was shot to death in Chicago this week, and now her story has become part of the debate in Washington over gun violence nationwide.
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Nude-photo hacker charged with victimizing 350 women
A California man is accused of breaking into women's online accounts, and using the nude photos he found there to extort them.
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Bahrain princess accused of torture during anti-government unrest
A Bahrain princess faces several torture charges.
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103 arrested in Europe trafficking sting
Police in Europe arrested 103 people in 10 countries this week, all accused of smuggling in people on boats, freight trains and small hidden compartments in the floors of buses and trucks.
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Fatal blast outside U.S. Embassy in Turkey
Tension is high in Turkey as questions loom Friday over who is responsible for a suicide bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara.
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