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Senate legislation targets cyberstalking software
For around $50, a jealous wife or husband can download software that can continuously track the whereabouts of a spouse better than any private ...
Chicago vows to fight concealed carry ruling
With parts of the city in the grip of gang warfare and spiking homicide rates, Chicago aldermen are urging state officials to appeal an appellate ...
Sao Paulo awarded Copa Sudamericana final
The image of Brazilian soccer in the lead up to the 2014 World Cup took a hit Wednesday when the final of the Copa Sudamericana was abandoned after ...
Police: Ore. mall shooter used stolen rifle
Gunfire rang out in the mall food court, instantly transforming a casual afternoon of holiday shopping into a nightmare. The shooter, armed with a ...
Court ruling on Ill. gun ban sets stage for fight
Backers of Illinois' ban on concealed weapons vowed Wednesday to fight for continued controls on gun possession, a day after a federal appeals court ...
Fast and Furious gun buyer sentenced to prison
A man who purchased two rifles found at the scene of the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced ...
Trading soccer for wickets in Nigeria cricket boom
Near the parade ground that Queen Elizabeth II once toured when Nigeria was still under British rule, the sharp crack of a ball against a bat marks ...
Egypt opposition fears violence from Brotherhood
They showed a military-style precision: Crowds of bearded Islamists proclaiming allegiance to Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi and chanting "God is ...
UN: Despite law, Afghan women still suffer abuse
Afghan women are frequent victims of abuse, despite some success by authorities in prosecuting rape cases, forced marriages and domestic violence ...
New tragedy rocks NFL's regularly scheduled world
The games go on. For the second straight weekend, tragedy rocked the regularly scheduled world of the NFL. It left families, friends, teammates and ...
Bahrain: Shiite clerics must 'prohibit' violence
Bahrain's Shiite religious leaders must more forcefully denounce violence as a key step to ease the kingdom's 22-month uprising, the country's crown ...
Protestant militants target Northern Ireland party
Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm Thursday after Protestant militants attacked offices and a home connected to the most compromise-minded ...
Riots hint at potential chaos in Tunisia's future
Five days of riots last week in a town in Tunisia's impoverished interior wounded hundreds of people and deepened the rift between the two most ...
Colo. shooting suspect: Brief romance, few friends
It didn't take long for suspicions to surface at a Colorado university that the man who just hours earlier shot up a midnight movie was a student who ...
Ky. school shooter seeks to take back guilty plea
A man who killed three of his classmates at a Kentucky High School in 1997 is fighting to take back his guilty plea and get a trial, arguing that his ...
3 youths to be charged after fatal soccer attack
Richard Nieuwenhuizen was doing what he loved: watching his son play soccer and volunteering as a linesman. On Monday, the 41-year-old father's ...
Chiefs owner Hunt: 'So many people are hurting'
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt offered his condolences Sunday to the families affected by the murder-suicide involving one of his players, calling it "an ...
KC fans observe moment for violence victims
Before the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off their game Sunday, fans at Arrowhead Stadium observed a moment of silence for the victims of domestic ...
Aid group raises concern on South Sudan violence
An international aid group says the increasing level of violence in South Sudan's Jonglei state is causing a humanitarian emergency. Medecins Sans ...
Tourists trickle into violence-hit western Myanmar
It was dusk in a corner of Myanmar recently shaken by some of the bloodiest sectarian violence in a generation, and a dozen Canadian tourists climbed ...
After 'Psycho,' a shower of violence in movies
For his first professional acting job, a 22-year-old Anthony Hopkins took a train from South Wales to Manchester. With time to kill on a rainy day, ...
DC on pace for fewer than 100 homicides in 2012
The crack epidemic that began in the 1980s ushered in a wave of bloodletting in the nation's capital and a death toll that ticked upward daily.
2 dead in violence at South Africa gold mine
A South African gold mining company says two of its workers have been killed and another injured in violence at one of its mines as unrest continues ...
Movie attack suspect got guns despite psych issues
A southwest Missouri man accused of plotting attacks at a movie theater and Walmart store legally bought the guns he allegedly planned to use, despite ...
Boy charged in fatal shooting on Florida bus
A South Florida teen was charged with fatally shooting a girl in front of her younger sister and several other students while riding the bus to school ...