Experts say that the mayor’s dramatic arrest in connection with a 2011 murder is part of a larger Kremlin crackdown on the anarchic Caucasus region ahead of the Sochi Olympic Winter Games. By Fred Weir
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UPS to pay $40 million for illegal drug deliveries
UPS agrees to $40 million fine to end US probe into deliveries for illegal online pharmacies. UPS also agrees to block further deliveries from suspect pharmacies. FedEx is still under investigation. By Paul Elias Article
Read moreTexas Police Officers Charged for Selling Drugs
webindia123.com Article Reprint Five police officers in the US state of Texas have been charged for selling the drugs they seized from drug traffickers. The men were members of the Panama unit, a joint task
Read moreThe Jamaican Shower Posse: A Family Business
By David Amoruso Article Reprint Christopher “Dudus” Coke controlled a state within a state on the poor west side of Kingston, Jamaica. He was the man who provided his underlings with free electricity. With schooling
Read moreTime stands still in Cook County Jail for some inmates
BY FRANK MAIN Article Reprint Accused rapist Andre Holmes has been locked up in the Cook County Jail for more than a decade — and he is still waiting to go to trial. Holmes, 48,
Read moreThe 10 Most Dangerous Cities In America In 2013
curiosityaroused.com Article Reprint Heading into 2013, the list of the 10 most dangerous cities in the US per capita didn’t include America’s largest cities. The most dangerous major American cities were Atlanta (26th), Baltimore (27th),
Read moreRussia admits no new life form found in Antarctic lake
By Agence France-Presse Article Reprint Russian scientists on Saturday dismissed initial reports that they had found a wholly new type of bacteria in a mysterious subglacial lake in Antarctica. Sergei Bulat of the genetics laboratory
Read moreUndercover agent sneaks past TSA at Newark Airport with ‘bomb’ in pants
By Stephen C. Webster Article Reprint Despite undergoing a pat-down search, a federal agent was able to sneak past Transportation Security Administration agents at Newark Airport last month with a simulated explosive device in his
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