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• Taser Bandit Gets Rude Shock

  
  Pestiside.hu — Authority: 128
  2009 ended with a rude shock for a robber who attempted to stick up a jewelry shop in Győr on Thursday using a Taser, or some other variety of electroshock weapon. After lurking around the store pretending to use the gizmo as a phone, the robber grabbed a salesgirl by the hair and threatened to give her a jolt unless ...
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• QUESTION OF POWER, A - Michelle Schwarz

  
  AustCrimeFiction - Crime Fiction from Australia, New Zealand and everywhere — Authority: 122
  Cover Image Author Michelle Schwarz Publisher Black Inc Books Copyright 2008 ISBN 9781863952477 No of Pages 212 Price Book Synopsis A gripping courtroom drama and a fearless work of investigative journalism, A Question of Power is the story of a man who spent his life ...
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• Question of Power, A

  
  AustCrimeFiction - Crime Fiction from Australia, New Zealand and everywhere — Authority: 122
  ISBN  9781863952477 Blurb from the Book A gripping courtroom drama and a fearless work of investigative journalism, A Question of Power is the story of a man who spent his life gaining power only to be accused of its ultimate abuse. Geoff Clark was once the most powerful Aboriginal man in Australia. As ...
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• THIS DAY IN CRIME HISTORY: JANUARY 3, 1791

  
  Nobody Move! — Authority: 125
  On this date in 1791, a posse in Stephentown, NY attempted to arrest local resident Whiting Sweeting on a warrant for theft. Sweeting resisted, and in the process of arresting him, Albany County Constable Darius Quimby was stabbed. Quimby later died of his wounds. He is commonly believed to be the first law ...
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• The Thanatos Archive

  
  The Mystery of the Haunted Vampire — Authority: 109
  Happy New Year! Today we have a ghoulish visual treat for those of you who feel like you’re dead (or simply wish that you were) this fine New Year’s Day: an online archive of Victorian mourning photos and medical imagery to be found at Thanatos.net . Definitely one to add to the “Curious Exhibits” section of ...
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• Triangulating The Truth

  
  Eclecticity — Authority: 485
  When bloggers as different as the Advice Godless and the Execupundit point their readers to the same article by Christopher Hitchens we might do well to read it. Sobering to say the least.
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• THIS DAY IN CRIME HISTORY: DECEMBER 29, 1975

  
  Nobody Move! — Authority: 125
  On this date in 1975, a bomb was detonated in a baggage claim area at New Yorks LaGuardia Airport. Eleven people were killed and seventy-five were injured. The identity(ies) of the bomber(s), and the motive for the bombing, were never discovered. The case remains unsolved to this ...
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• The Dana Pretzer Show On Scared Monkeys Radio - Monday, December 28, 2009: Special 2009 Year End Show - Special Guests: Robin Sax, Blink from Blink on Crime and RED Discuss the Year in Review

  
  Scared Monkeys Radio — Authority: 126
  LISTEN TO THE DANA PRETZER SHOW TONIGHT LIVE AT 9 PM ET ON SCARED MONKEYS RADIO Tonight Dana Welcomes Special Guests: Author, Pundit and former LA County ADA Robin Sax , Crime Blogger Blink from Blink on Crime and Red from Scared Monkeys discussing the the stories that made the news during 2009. Some of the ...
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• THE NO-TIME-FOR-CRIME RECESSION

  
  Population Statistic — Authority: 488
  As alluded to when we learned that U.S. prison populations are poised for their first-ever drop, it seems that this Great Recession has been accompanied by a counter-intuitive drop in crime rates.With more people out of work, why wouldn’t at least a small percentage get desperate enough to turn to criminal ...
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• NYC District Attorney Retiring At 90

  
  Eclecticity — Authority: 485
  Talk about staying power. Talk about a successful career. When you are 90 and leaving a job you can pretty much say anything you want about anything you want. WSJ interviews Robert Morgenthau. Worth a read. Everyone has dropped the ball on [Iran sanctions]. The president is smoking pot or something if he ...
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• Catch Me If You Can…

  
  The Smoking Section — Authority: 625
  This past Christmas, there was one amongst us that was infinitely more glee than the rest. This guy not only escaped from prison and had his holidays in freedom. He also spent his time on the run taunting police on Facebook to applause and advice of thousands. An escaped prisoner has taunted police by posting ...
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• Provenance--Art Forgery Worth 2 Million Pounds

  
  BASIL & SPICE — Authority: 126
  By Loyd Eskildson Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art  (Penguin Press HC/ 2009) is the account of one of the greatest cons in the history of art. About 240 forged paintings were produced, many selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and netting overall about 2 million ...
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• The Christmas Cleanser

  
  The Virtual Dime Museum — Authority: 472
  People have been eating a lot at Christmas dinner for a very long time, it would seem. In 1824 a book called The Oracle of Health published its version of a remedy for the overstuffed stomach, called Christmas Cleanser for the Stomach, a cure for "Holyday Fevers" in which ...the young patient feels hot and ...
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• THIS DAY IN CRIME HISTORY: DECEMBER 22, 1984

  
  Nobody Move! — Authority: 125
  On this date in 1984, self-employed electronics repairman Bernhard Goetz just said no to subway mugging. Letting his gun do the talking, Goetz shot four unarmed men he claimed were trying to rob him. He fled the state after the shooting, but turned himself in nine days later in New Hampshire. Goetz was tried for ...
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• LAST MINUTE GIFT IDEAS - UPDATED

  
  Nobody Move! — Authority: 125
  Hey, if youre still looking for gift ideas for that historical true crime fan in your life, check out these two from my Christmas list. First up is a Classic Cars of the Depression Era Wall Calendar, pictured above. It features beautiful, detailed drawings of some of the cars used by depression-era gangsters. You ...
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• Final Fantasy Fans Bolster Sony PlayStation Sales - BusinessWeek

  
  Nintendo Wii Game and Accessories Review — Authority: 158
  PC World Final Fantasy Fans Bolster Sony PlayStation Sales BusinessWeek Japans best-selling console title this year is Nintendo " Wii Sports Resort," which has sold 1.4 million units since going on sale June 25, according to ... Ultra Combo News Report 12.21.2009: Final Fantasy XIII, True ...
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• Is Parole Officer Eric Christiansen shirking his duties?

  
  Canada Free Press — Authority: 164
  LAS VEGAS - This email inspired me to break my rule of not writing a column during the week before Christmas.
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• BOOK ‘EM, KLEPTO

  
  Population Statistic — Authority: 488
  The good news: People still love the printed book. The bad news: They don’t want to pay for it.Fiction is the most commonly poached genre at St. Mark’s Bookshop in the East Village of Manhattan; the titles that continually disappear are moved to the X-Case, safely ensconced behind the counter. This library of ...
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• POSSIBLE PRISON POPULATION PLUNGE

  
  Population Statistic — Authority: 488
  …Well, “plunge” is a real stretch. But I’m invoking alliterative license — four P’s in a row, zing! — to headline the news that the number of inmates in America looks to go down this year, for the first time since 1972.Not surprisingly, it’s not because there are fewer crimes being committed:Instead, ...
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• From Russia with Love: Russian Organized Crime

  
  Canada Free Press — Authority: 164
  (The following is an analysis by the National Association of Chiefs of Police Organized Crime Control Committee.) In the two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world has become the target of a growing global crime threat from criminal organizations and criminal activities that have poured over the ...
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