Crime Stories from January 13, 2015 (Change date)
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APNewsBreak: NYC jail guards use of force a record in 2014Jan 14, 2015 11:10 am - NEW YORK (AP) - New York City jail guards reported more use of force against inmates in 2014 than ever before - an average of 11 incidents a day ranging from pepper spra...
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Rhino that survived poaching gives birth in South AfricaJan 14, 2015 10:07 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Thandi the rhinoceros was left for dead by poachers nearly three years ago, meant to be among the 600 rhino killed in South Africa in 2012. She beat ...
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SKorean activist arrested for allegedly praising PyongyangJan 14, 2015 10:05 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean officials on Wednesday arrested a leftist activist for allegedly praising archrival North Korea, just days after an American was d...
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Ex-SC state Sen. Ford pleads to forgery, misconduct chargesJan 14, 2015 11:06 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Former state Sen. Robert Ford pleaded guilty to four of the eight charges against him on Wednesday, but told reporters afterward that he was only d...
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Sniper's widow struggled with having him portrayed in filmJan 14, 2015 4:07 am - DALLAS (AP) - The wife of a famed Navy SEAL sniper said she struggled with the idea of someone playing the movie role of her husband, who was killed two years ago near F...
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Indian court OKs extended medical leave for Italian marineJan 14, 2015 1:06 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - India's top court on Wednesday granted an Italian marine's request for extended medical leave abroad, before he and a fellow marine face expected charge...
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Guards shoot 3 suspected poachers at Indian rhino reserveJan 14, 2015 6:06 am - GAUHATI, India (AP) - Wildlife rangers in remote northeastern India shot three suspected poachers dead in a gunbattle Wednesday morning in a famed rhino reserve. It was ...
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Former therapist to be tried in murder-for-hire caseJan 14, 2015 1:06 pm - CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - A judge ruled there is probable cause for a former Casper therapist to face trial on charges she tried to hire someone to kill her ex-husband. Circui...
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NAACP calls for probe after St. Paul police shoot, kill manJan 14, 2015 6:06 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - St. Paul police Wednesday fatally shot a man who drove his vehicle at officers, police said, and the NAACP immediately called for an independent i...
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Ex-police chief gets reduced sentence in FBI drug stingJan 14, 2015 3:06 pm - PITTSBURGH (AP) - A judge on Wednesday trimmed four years off the 11-year, 3-month sentence she previously imposed on a former southwestern Pennsylvania police chief con...