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1 hr ago | KIVI

Women should be on alert; sexual assault suspect is still on the loose

Jennifer Auh reports on suspect in recent sexual assault case, still on the loose.

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Related Topix: Life

5 hrs ago | WCNC-TV Charlotte

Homeowners shoot armed home invader in Union Co.

A home invasion in Union County turned deadly when the people inside shot and killed the armed intruder.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Union County, NC, Marshville, NC, Life

Thu May 23, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Bartitsu: The Sherlock Holmes Way of Self-Defense

At the Steampunk World's Fair in Piscataway, NJ, Mark Donelly demonstrated the obscure art of Bartitsu, a Victorian system of self defense practiced by Sherlock Holmes.

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Related Topix: Life, Piscataway, NJ, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal

WLNS-TV Lansing

Prosecutor Rules 2012 Homicide A Case Of Self Defense

Police believe two sisters are the brains behind a home invasion in Holt earlier this month.

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Related Topix: Life, Holt, MI, Lansing, MI

WIS-TV Columbia

Defense begins calling witness in Ascot Estates murder trial

Attorney Dave Fedor told the jury prosecutors have shown "not one scintilla" of evidence that Parker fired the gun that killed his wife, Tammy, and business associate Bryan Capnerhurst at the Parker's Ascot Estates home in April of 2012.

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Related Topix: Parker, SC, Violent Crime, Life

KVOR-AM Colorado Springs

Obama Lays Out Strategy for 'New Phase' in Terror Fight

In a wide-ranging speech at the National Defense University, in Washington D.C., Thursday, President Obama launched a spirited defense of his administration's efforts to pursue terrorists overseas, even while he outlined a more limited path forward in the fight against terror.

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Related Topix: National Defense University, Life, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Terrorism

WHAS11

Obama lays out strategy for 'New Phase' in terror fight

MAY 23: U.S. President Barack Obama listens as Medea Benjamin, an activist from the organization called Code Pink, shouts at him while he speaks at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, National Defense University, Life, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

Seattle Times

Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin

George Zimmerman's defense attorneys on Thursday released photos and text messages from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cellphone ahead of a hearing that will determine whether they can be used at Zimmerman's murder trial.

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Related Topix: Life

WFTV Orlando

Trayvon Martin cellphone photos, school records released by Zimmerman defense

Attorneys for George Zimmerman have released another round of evidence that include multiple photos taken from Trayvon Martin's cellphone, as well as school records and videos.

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Related Topix: Life

The Atlantic

Why Is Twitter Letting Jose Canseco Set Another Example of Rape Victim Shame?

Jose Canseco spent Wednesday tweeting and deleting the personal information of a woman - including her name, telephone number, and work address - at the center of an incident in which the former baseball player was apparently questioned.

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Related Topix: Twitter, Steubenville, OH, Life, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WHIO

Trustee, attorney offer legal help for armed self-defense

A local attorney and a township official have started a business venture offering legal and financial resources for armed self-defense. Both say they are filling a need in response to thousands of Ohioans obtaining or renewing conceal and carry permits annually and rising gun and ammunition sales.

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Related Topix: Life, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Butler County, OH, Hamilton, OH

Examiner.com

Jodi Arias was she battered before or after the murder

A number of battered women eventually kill their batterers, and that number is increasing.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Life

Wed May 22, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

'Snitch killing' or self-defense? Murder trial opens in 2011 case

While jurors saw pictures of Devante Jordan's autopsy in an Anchorage courtroom Wednesday, the sound of his mother's sobbing filled the hallway outside.

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Related Topix: Life, Anchorage, AK

Bellingham Herald

Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state

In this May 19, 2013 photo, Hipolito Mora, leader of a local self-defense movement, stands with a side-arm as residents protest extortion fees and kidnappings by the Knights of Templar drug cartel in La Ruana, Mexico.

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Related Topix: Life

Click2Houston

Local 2's Domique Sachse shares tips for self defense

Every year in Houston, nearly 6,000 people are victims of assaults. They happen at home, while people are jogging or even in public parking lots at shopping centers or malls.

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Related Topix: Life

CBS Local

Off-Duty Cop Convicted Of Assault Terminated

A police SWAT team leader who was convicted of assaulting a man while off-duty at a bar has been fired by Minneapolis Police Chief JaneA© Harteau.

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Related Topix: Life, Offbeat

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Official: Man killed by FBI tied to killings

Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, was "directly involved" in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Waltham, MA, Life

10News

Turn your smartphone into a stun gun

It seems everywhere you go these days, everyone has a case on their smartphone to protect it from just about anything.

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Related Topix: Life

WTOP-FM Washington

Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview

Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix.

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Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ, Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Life

The Montgomery Advertiser

Jury finds Scoggins not guilty of murder

The family of Erik John Scoggins shouted with relief while Brandon Headley's family screamed in anguish Friday morning when the jury foreman announced Scoggins had been found not guilty of murdering Headley.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Autauga County, AL, Life, Prattville, AL