The Gun Report: May 22, 2013 - New York Times (blog)

The Gun Report: May 22, 2013 New York Times (blog) A 54-year-old man was was shot and killed Tuesday morning in east Oakland, Calif., making him the city's 40th homicide victim of 2013. Police said the man was shot during an attempted robbery on the street at 11:18 a.m. No arrests have been made ...

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Visitation Slights: How Two Policies Stack the Deck Against DC Inmates Washington City Paper (blog) On a late July weekend, Andre and his family dined at Phillip's Seafood & Restaurant on the Southwest waterfront to mark two milestones: Andre's 18th birthday and the impending start of his freshman year at Virginia Union University in Richmond ...

Measure to require more job efforts from food stamp recipients advances ... Richmond-News Tornados of the magnitude that wreaked destruction in Oklahoma earlier this week have struck Wisconsin at least six times -- including the epic 1899 storm that destroyed lives and property in New Richmond. Talk about it. MADISON .... Delores is also ...

Broken Arrow Police arrest reports and offense summary, May 22 Broken Arrow Ledger •John Joseph Tonkovic IV, 39, was arrested May 16 at 1300 N. Elm Place for warrants (fugitive from justice; failure to appear: theft (2) and criminal mischief). ... •Robert Thomas Swanfeld Jr., 33, of 20949 E. 37th St., was arrested May 17 at 2301 W ...

National Briefs Richmond Times Dispatch Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Solid, 21, were booked Saturday into the Clark County jail on charges of open murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, police said. Coast Guard hearing set on Shell grounding. ANCHORAGE, Alaska The Coast ... and more »

Chicago Teens Accused Of Gang-Raping Girl, Posting Video To Facebook, Will ... Huffington Post Defendants Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, who were found guilty Mar. 17, will serve sentences in youth prison until they turn ... a sentence of life in prison with possible parole. As of July 2006, however, a Texas jury found her not guilty by reason ...

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Facebook “like” on trial in Virginia Salon “Any suggestion that such communication has less than full constitutional protection would result in chilling the very valued means for communication the Internet has made possible,” Facebook's legal representative Aaron Panner told the Richmond, Va., ...

Toots and the Maytals member injured at Va concert Salon Richmond-based Sports Backers says in a news release that the incident occurred around 10:20 p.m. Saturday as the reggae and ska band was performing at the Dominion Riverrock outdoor sports and music festival. The news ... Lisa Montgomery embraces her ... and more »

Texas inmate executed for fatal drug-deal robbery WRIC HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas death row inmate convicted of killing a fellow drug dealer while robbing him outside of a Waco convenience store 10 years ago was executed Tuesday evening. In the seconds before being injected with a lethal dose of ... and more »

Craig Lowndes fastest in final practice at Texas V8 Supercars race Herald Sun ... into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said. Baby's death a tragic mystery. HOMICIDE squad detectives have questioned a woman and man about the suspicious death of a 12-month-old boy in Richmond.