Crime Stories from January 19, 2015 (Change date)
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UN worker kidnapped in C. African Republic is releasedJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - Armed militia fighters abducted a foreign U.N. staffer near the capital's airport on Tuesday and then released her hours later in...
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Ohio forums seek to heal divide between blacks, policeJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND (AP) - Gov. John Kasich and others are hoping public discussion at forums around the state will help build trust between minorities and law enforcement after a...
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Mom accused of setting baby afire held on $500K bailJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey woman accused of dousing her newborn daughter with accelerant, setting her on fire and leaving her in the middle of a road said lit...
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Australia raises terror threat level to 'high' for policeJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's main domestic security agency on Tuesday raised the terrorist threat level against police from "medium" to "high" in response to r...
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Obama's memorable State of Union moments aren't about ObamaJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The big moments in President Barack Obama's State of the Union speeches are rarely about what he said. On Tuesday, the emotional highlight was a chambe...
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Pike County police brutality complaint dismissedJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - A brutality complaint against a Pike County deputy for allegedly roughing up a teenager at the county fair last fall has been dismissed. Judge Brela...
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Woman says boxing champ Taylor threatened to kill childrenJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - A Little Rock woman said Tuesday that boxer Jermain Taylor threatened to shoot her three small children, and that she knocked the gun away after the cursing middleweight...
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Suspect in Powell County rape faces charges in standoffJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) - A man who was being sought on suspicion of rape and resisting arrest in Powell County faces charges after a weekend standoff in Ravalli County. Da...
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1 of Mark Wahlberg's victims says he shouldn't be pardonedJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) - A victim of one of Mark Wahlberg's racially motivated attacks as a teenage delinquent in segregated Boston in the 1980s insists he shouldn't be granted a p...
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Japan weighs ransom in Islamic State threat to kill hostagesJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - CAIRO (AP) - The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages within 72 hours, demanding a $200 million ransom in a video posted online Tuesday that show...