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    • 53 Ratings
    • 35827 Views
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    HLN: 'Wearing a Bikini on Spring Break is Asking for Rape'

    MARCH 22, 2010 8:11PM

    By Colleen Claes


    Topics: news, feminism, television, hln, jane velez-mitchell, rape, crime, spring break

    • Editor's Pick
    • 51 Ratings
    • 3269 Views
    • 117 Comments
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    WHEN I WAS REQUIRED TO SMACK KIDS WITH A PADDLE

    AUGUST 23, 2010 7:48AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: suspension, detention, ankle bracelets, personal story, crime, education

    • Editor's Pick
    • 54 Ratings
    • 1821 Views
    • 111 Comments
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    56 Reasons why some Horror Stories have Tragedy

    OCTOBER 26, 2010 3:29PM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: news, crime, drugs, death, shooting, another lost father

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 10991 Views
    • 84 Comments
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    Ten Reasons to Repeal Stand Your Ground Laws

    APRIL 11, 2012 5:24PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: 2nd amendment, nbc miami, wrcb tv, nra, national rifle association, change.org petition to arrest george zimmerman, tracy martin, sybrina fulton, florida prosecuting attorneys association, buddy jacobs, sen. charles schumer, rev. jesse jackson, orlando sentinel, rev. markel hutchins, south carolina’s state sen. robert ford, marco rubio, police chief bill lee, sanford florida, expanded castle doctrine laws, shoot first laws, stand your ground laws, george zimmerman, trayvon martin killing, gun laws, repeal stand your ground, gun safety, politics, crime, second chance at shoot first campaign, stand your ground watch, open call

    • 25 Ratings
    • 1192 Views
    • 84 Comments
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    FBI: CRIME RATES ARE DOWN IN THIS RECESSION. YES? NO? WHY?

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 7:45AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: fbi, anomalies, crime rates, crime, news, environment, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 87 Ratings
    • 31374 Views
    • 83 Comments
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    For Trayvon and Emmett: My "Walking While Black" stories

    MARCH 21, 2012 3:51PM

    By Keka


    Topics: trayvon martin, racism, hate crimes, crime, murder, social issues, racial issues

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 3204 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    George Zimmerman: I am Sorry Your Son Ran Into My Bullet

    APRIL 23, 2012 4:39PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: trayvon martin, george zimmerman, race, crime, law, civil rights

    • 43 Ratings
    • 1027 Views
    • 73 Comments
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    Dining and Drugs at the Dollar Store

    NOVEMBER 30, 2010 10:50AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: food/drink, ontario, canada, meth, crime, dollar stores, drugs, carleton place, ontario

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 4444 Views
    • 73 Comments
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    There is a light that never goes out

    JANUARY 10, 2009 1:55PM

    By Dave Cullen


    Topics: robbery, crime, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3135 Views
    • 72 Comments
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    Revisiting Herbert Asbury's "The Gangs of New York"

    OCTOBER 29, 2010 10:23AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: new york, herbert asbury, the gangs of new york, martin scorsese, crime, bill the butcher, marm mandelbaum

    • 43 Ratings
    • 2955 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Raymond Chandler's Pulp Fiction Noir Mother's Day Cake

    MAY 3, 2011 10:03AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: rachel ray, murder, mothers day, 1-800- flowers, whiskey, recipe, cooking, cookbook, linda seccaspina, blogging, blogger, blog, video, youtube, kahlua, private detective, philip marlowe, crime, mother, booze, liqour, 40's films, black and white, slammer, jail, hershey's chocolate cake, noir fiction, cooking, chocolate cake, hershey's, recipe, food, fiction, blogging, blogger, blog, video, youtube, the big easy, mother's day, raymond chandler, crime novels, cigarettes.fiction, pulp, humphrey bogart, digg, facebook, yahoo, stumbleupon, pulp fiction, noir film, noir, food/drink

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 6419 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Roman Polanski Speaks Out: Privilege Over Justice

    MAY 4, 2010 12:30AM

    By Colleen Claes


    Topics: polanski, crime, documentary, feminism, france, free polanski petition, hollywood, rape, switzerland, women, minors, film, movies, filmmaker, roman polanski, free polanski

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 4375 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    A Man Needs a Maid: DSK, Arnold and the Invisible Women

    MAY 31, 2011 11:01AM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: women's work, housekeeper, maids, women, crime, sexual assault, arnold schwarzenegger, dsk, dominique strauss-kahn, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 2700 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    A Connecticut Serial Killer?

    DECEMBER 3, 2010 1:31PM

    By Chuck A. Stetson


    Topics: alfred swinton, news, crime, open call

    • 22 Ratings
    • 2162 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    Torture’s Slippery Slope Slides Home in New York

    JUNE 13, 2009 6:00PM

    By Rick Lucke


    Topics: obama, sotomayor, politics, torture, society, culture, law, rule of law, crime, terror, taser, death, dna, human rights, evidence, rules of evidence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 2596 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Dashboard Confessional

    JUNE 8, 2009 5:17AM

    By apache savage


    Topics: crime, confessions, truth, lies, jim morrison, the doors, mafia, mob, accident, love, hate, more lies, humor, satire, comedy, fiction

    • 34 Ratings
    • 768 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    It Was a Noir of a Big Easy Garage Sale!

    MARCH 29, 2012 8:52PM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: movies, phillip marlowe, photography, photos, handcuffs, s&m, sex, humor naked girls, sex, raymond chandler, garage sale, detectives, crime, noir

    • Editor's Pick
    • 60 Ratings
    • 2439 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Living on a Prayer--Homeless Heroine

    AUGUST 1, 2010 12:34PM

    By Keka


    Topics: self-help, spirituality, crime, street crime, social service, women and violence, violence, women's issues, women, bravery, homelessness, poverty

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 2619 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    17 Horses

    JULY 29, 2009 9:34AM

    By Jodi Kasten


    Topics: animal cruelty, crime, florida, horse, horses

    • 32 Ratings
    • 964 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Has My Right Foot Killed My Verve?

    MARCH 1, 2011 12:02PM

    By L in the Southeast


    Topics: life is difficult, foot injuries, lisfranc fracture, challenges to life, children's challenges, bullies, crime, long-term effects of the recession

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