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Green bullet Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio dismissed prisoners' bellyaching about heat by pointing out that soldiers serving in Iraq cope with similar conditions.

Multi-colored bullet Marcus Dixon, an African-American teenager, was sentenced to ten years in prison for having had sex with a white teenaged girl.

Red bullet Passengers encountered by reporter on airline flight were proved to be terrorists making a dry run at assembling a bomb on-board.

Green bullet A film about serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka is in the works.

Green bullet Two British youths who killed a child named Jamie Bulger have been granted anonymity for life by the courts and were released in June 2001.

Multi-colored bullet Black leaders are planning a big event to honor Stan "Tookie" Williams.

Multi-colored bullet Policewoman Stephanie Mohr was unjustly jailed for loosing her police dog on criminals.

Multi-colored bullet Law enforcement group urges boycott of the video game 25 to Life.

Green bullet E-mail reproduces news account of the stabbing death of 17-year-old Anna Svidersky.

Multi-colored bullet The U.S. Congress includes several dozen members who have committed various crimes and other acts of moral turpitude.

Red bullet Two armed illegal aliens perpetrating a home invasion were killed by an 11-year-old girl.

Green bullet E-mail describes the brutal rape and murder of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian.

Multi-colored bullet Petition seeks to ensure justice is done in case of mother who killed her baby in a microwave oven.

Green bullet E-mail and video describes the fatal abuse case of 2-year-old Kelsey Smith-Briggs.

Green bullet Six black students in Jena, Louisiana, were charged with attempted murder for a beating administered to a white student.

Green bullet E-mail describes the kidnapping, assault, and torture of Megan Williams by six white suspects.

Green bullet Anthony Weakfall, a 15-year-old who killed infant Imani Jennings, has been charged as a juvenile.

Yellow bullet Mug shots demonstrate a preponderance of Obama supporters among arrestees.

Multi-status bullet A new executive order gives INTERPOL license to operate with impunity within the U.S.

Green bullet Article contrasts sentences given to Roy Brown and Paul R. Allen.

Green bullet Account describes the shooting of White Plains resident Kenneth Chamberlain.

Green bullet Bob and Nancy Strait, a Tulsa, Oklahoma, couple, were beaten and robbed in their home.

Multi-status bullet The passage of HR 347 makes it illegal to protest anywhere the Secret Service is present.

Red bullet Koch Industries is paying the legal fees of George Zimmerman, the defendant in the Trayvon Martin case.

Yellow bullet A woman was arrested for trespassing for taking pictures of an airport tourist attraction from a publicly accessible area.

Multi-status bullet Edward Krawetz, a police officer convicted of assault for kicking a handcuffed woman in the head is engaged in hearings to retain his job.

Red bullet A football player at Lancaster High School severely beat a gay student but was not charged with a crime.

Multi-status bullet Photograph shows a woman named Mallory Owens who was severely beaten because she is a lesbian.

Multi-status bullet The series Amish Mafia depicts the real-life exploits of Lancaster County "fixers."
 
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