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A dealer's checkered career throws light on murky global trade in ancient treasures
Associated Press WritersMUNICH, Germany (AP) _ Leonardo Patterson made his first archaeological find at age 7 in a yam field in his native Costa Rica — a piece of clay pottery his cousin said could be thousands of years old. It launched a lifelong fascination with pre-...Tags: Punishment, John Paul II, Police, Natural Resources, Tom Bradley
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Mozambique's former first lady Graca Machel says schools must act against child trafficking
Associated Press WriterMAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) _ Graca Machel, a Mozambican human rights campaigner and the country's former first lady, appealed to schools Saturday to take more action to prevent children being kidnapped and sold into prostitution. Machel, who is married to...Tags: Prostitution, Crimes, Employees, Police, Abusive Behavior
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Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura found dead in jail cell
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to have his wife murdered 27 years ago in Los Angeles hanged himself in his jail cell overnight, a few hours after he arrived in the United States to face charges, police said this morning. Kazuyoshi Miura,...Tags: Medical Staff, Extradition, Crimes, Police, Prisons
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Report: Faulty eyewitnesses caused leading number of wrongful convictions in Dallas County
DALLAS (AP) _ Faulty eyewitness testimony that helped secure wrongful convictions in Dallas County, which leads the nation in DNA exonerations, sent the innocent to prison as police and prosecutors ignored safeguards and built cases with flimsy...Tags: Prosecution, Police, Prisons, Lawyers, Justice System
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Strange murder case of Japanese businessman ends blocks from where it began in Los Angeles
AP Special CorrespondentLOS ANGELES (AP) _ A strange cold case murder story that stretched halfway around the globe and back over a span of nearly 30 years ended this weekend a few blocks from where it began, with the shocking suicide of Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura in a...Tags: Summer Olympics, Crimes, Extradition, Punishment, Police
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FBI files detail Hoover's loathing for columnist Jack Anderson, efforts to debunk reporting
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) _ In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles for errors and hints about...Tags: Government, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Police, Drew Pearson, Jack Anderson
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Ex-Head Bank Teller Charged With Larceny
5.Police have charged the former head teller at the New Alliance Bank on Buckland Road with first-degree larceny after they said an investigation found that he took $9,400 in cash and checks made out to himself. Jermaine Leggett, 23, of 58 Bunce Drive,...Tags: Theft, Alliance Bank Corporation, Crimes, Police
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Police Sergeant Placed On Leave
2.A police sergeant who is the subject of a criminal investigation has been placed on administrative leave. Sgt. Michelle Wagner has been interviewed by department detectives, according to several sources. Neither Police Chief James Berry nor Sgt. Edwin...Tags: Police
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Rockford has 17th homicide of the year
Police in Rockford are investigating that city's 17th homicide of the year, the bludgeoning death of A 67-year-old neighborhood watch block captain. Joe Ann Meyer died early Friday at SwedishAmerican Hospital, six days after she was found by a friend in...Tags: Murder, Crimes, Police
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Fight At High School Under Investigation
4.Police and school officials are investigating a fight at Windsor High School that landed a female student in the hospital Friday. Elizabeth E. Feser, superintendent of schools, said the fight involved a male student and a female student who knew each...Tags: Police, Schools
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2 killed in head-on collision in DeKalb County
A man and a woman were killed when their car crossed the center line of U.S. Highway 30 near Waterman and struck a semitrailer truck head-on Thursday morning, DeKalb County sheriff's police said Friday. The accident remains under investigation and police...Tags: Vehicles, Police, Illinois
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Worker who died in explosion asked for transfer
A Con Edison worker who died in a manhole explosion asked for a transfer to a less dangerous job two weeks ago. George Dillman was killed in the blast in Brooklyn's East New York section on Thursday while he and another worker were splicing high-voltage...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Brooklyn (New York City), East New York, Police, Consolidated Edison Incorporated
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