Crime Stories from January 24, 2015 (Change date)
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Norway frees Iraq cleric after prison term for death threatsJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - HELSINKI (AP) - An Iraqi-born cleric convicted of making death threats against a Norwegian politician and intimidating witnesses has walked free from prison. Mullah Krek...
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Police say Baltimore officer shoots, kills man with knifeJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - BALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore police say an officer has shot and killed a man wielding a knife. Deputy Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez says an officer was on patrol Saturday w...
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Egypt: 15 killed in clashes between Islamists, policeJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - CAIRO (AP) - Anti-government protesters fought street battles with police in Cairo and other cities on Sunday, the fourth anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising, as ...
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Extreme right party headed for 3rd place in Greek electionJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The specter of Neo-Nazism is no longer haunting Greece. It looks like it is here to stay. The extreme right, anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party, whic...
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700 rape kits waiting to be tested in AmarilloJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - Amarillo police have more than 700 rape kits they are waiting to have tested under a state law aimed at reducing similar backlogs across the state...
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Man, 27, convicted of killing alleged teen lover's fatherJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - A McComb man has been convicted of killing the father of a 15-year-old boy with whom he and two other men allegedly were sexually involved. Pike Cou...
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Ex-cop sentenced in attempted murder-for-hire cuts throatJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - COLUMBIA, Miss. (AP) - A former Hattiesburg policeman cut his throat outside the prison where he was taken to serve a 60-year sentence for paying a former cellmate to ki...
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Analysis: Woman wants pardon to wipe out criminal recordJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court has said a pardon granted by the governor is not grounds to wipe clean a criminal record. The case centered on Rebecc...
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Residents: Police shortage is a security risk for Mardi GrasJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Throughout the quieter parts of the French Quarter, residents and businesses have posted signs that read "Caution: Walk in Large Groups. We (heart) N....
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Cuba digs in heels on concessions as part of better US tiesJan 24, 2015 10:00 pm - HAVANA (AP) - The start of talks on repairing 50 years of broken relations appears to have left President Raul Castro's government focused on winning additional concessi...