U.S. Secret Service Scandal

April 18, 2012

The news wires have been flooded with information/speculations on a scandal in Cartagena, Columbia, since U.S. Secret Service agents and military personnel were allegedly caught with escorts in their hotel rooms last week. Before President Barack Obama’s arrival in Cartagena for the Summit of the Americas, 11 Secret Service Agents and 10 or more military [...]

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Medunjanin on Trial for Alleged Plan to Bomb NYC Subway

April 16, 2012

The trial of Adis Medunjanin began today at a Brooklyn federal courthouse. Attorney General Eric Holder stated that the charges against him, if they had successfully been carried out, were some of the most serious threats against homeland security since 9/11, reports Reuters’ Jessica Dye. Medujanin reportedly went to Pakistan in 2008, along with Najibullah [...]

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U.S. Coast Guard’s International Ice Patrol Remembers Titanic

April 14, 2012

One hundred years ago today (April 14, 1912) at 11:40pm, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg approximately 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. According to Philip R. Devlin (LedyardPatch), the ice that made up the berg was between 3,000 and 6,000 years old. Of the approximately 2,200 passengers and crew aboard the Titanic, less than [...]

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Zimmerman’s Arrest and First Courtroom Appearance

April 12, 2012

George Zimmerman made his first court appearance in a jailhouse courtroom earlier today. He turned himself in on Wednesday, after being issued an a capias arrest warrant, and has been charged with second degree murder in the slaying of 17-year old Trayvon Martin. Also on Wednesday, a new defense attorney, Mark O’Mara, officially took on [...]

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Become a Criminal Intelligence Analyst through IALEIA

April 9, 2012

Following 9/11, law enforcement agencies nationwide determined that more priority had to be given to criminal intelligence as a tool to deter and solve crime. For example, prior to September 11, 2001, there were only 35 JTTFs (Joint Terrorism Task Forces) across the country; now there are over 100 of these organizations comprised of local, [...]

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Will Connecticut Abolish the Death Penalty?

April 6, 2012

Currently there are 16 U.S. states plus Washington D.C. that do not practice capital punishment. Connecticut could become the 17th, and the fifth state in five years, to abolish the death penalty. In the last 50 years, Connecticut has only executed one inmate. Yesterday, after ten hours of debate, Connecticut’s Senate’s voted on the matter [...]

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U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Sailors Competing in International Race

April 3, 2012

It takes determination and guts to embark on a round-the-world race, for almost an entire year and a total of 40,000 miles at sea. It takes even more will to finish the longest leg of the race (from Qindao, China to San Francisco) after your yacht has been pummeled by a wave knocking off your [...]

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March for Florida Teen

April 1, 2012

Thousands participated in a march organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People through the streets of Sanford, Florida. They held signs bearing words such as “Mother’s Tears Have No Color,” “I Am Not a Hoodlum – I Just Wear Hoods” and “How Many Must We Lose to Ignorance”. Civil rights leaders [...]

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Security Risks aboard JetBlue and US Air Flights

March 28, 2012

Something strange was happening in American skies yesterday. Not one but two people on airplanes had to be detained mid-flight due to the risk they posed to crew and passengers. On a JetBlue flight heading to Las Vegas from New York City Tuesday morning, Captain Clayton Osbon started exhibiting erratic behavior which prompted flight crew [...]

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Man Charged with Five Murders in San Francisco

March 26, 2012

According to Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries, a serial killer is someone who commits three or more murders as part of three or more distinctive events; whereas a mass murderer is someone who kills a group of people as part of a single incident. Yesterday, 35-year old Binh Thai Luc was arrested and charged with [...]

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