Crime Stories from January 19, 2015 (Change date)
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Challengers want to unseat longtime NY police union leaderJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A slate of challengers is working to unseat longtime New York police union leader Patrick Lynch - including two officers under indictment in a ticket fix...
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Man shot by police was actor Mark Wahlberg's hometown friendJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) - A man fatally shot in an armed domestic confrontation with police was a hometown friend of actor Mark Wahlberg, who helped him get small movie roles. Wahlb...
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Baltimore judge dismisses charges in NC teen's deathJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - BALTIMORE (AP) - A man convicted of killing a North Carolina teenager and putting her body in the Susquehanna River was ordered freed Tuesday by a judge who dismissed al...
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4 years in prison for bitcoin exchanger who helped Silk RoadJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A Florida bitcoin exchanger who admitted he enabled the digital currency to be funneled to the black market website Silk Road for drug sales was sentence...
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La Supreme Court won't hear appeal in UL student's murderJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Supreme Court won't hear Brandon Lavergne's request to overturn his guilty pleas to two murders, including that of 21-year-old univer...
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Kansas lawmakers seek jail time for scrap metal theftsJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas lawmakers considered a bill Tuesday that would toughen punishments for scrap metal theft amid an exponential rise in the crime statewide. Law ...
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Study: More in NYC sent to treatment after drug law reformsJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - More New York City residents arrested on felony drug charges are being sent to treatment instead of jail and prison since harsh state drug laws were refo...
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Turkish graft probe nears final chapter with parliament voteJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - ISTANBUL (AP) - In what could be the final chapter of a graft investigation that once seemed to threaten the inner circle of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's par...
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Judicial candidates' appeals for campaign cash at high courtJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is weighing whether candidates for elected judgeships have a constitutional right to make personal appeals for campaign cash. The jus...
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Myanmar releases prominent Rohingya political prisonerJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Rights groups welcomed the release of a prominent Rohingya Muslim doctor who was arrested while trying to calm rioters during sectarian violence i...