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America's 10 Best Places to Grow Up

By Luke Mullins - Money - August 19, 2009

Low crime, strong schools, green spaces, and fun activities are key ingredients for a happy childhood. more >>

Even if Henry Louis Gates' Arresting Officer Is Right, He Was Wrong

By Robert Schlesinger - Robert Schlesinger - July 24, 2009

If the arresting officer's account is true and Gates' is false ... the arrest was still wrong. more >>

Holocaust Museum Shooting Highlights Growth of Hate Groups

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - June 15, 2009

The shooting was most likely an attempt to draw attention to white supremacy. more >>

Florida 18-Year-Old Jailed for Trail of Dead Cats

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - June 15, 2009

Thepet-abuse, mass-murder connection. more >>

Round Up Hate-Promoters Now, Before Any More Holocaust Museum Attacks

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - June 11, 2009

Hate comes from among all peoples and religions. more >>

Holocaust Museum Shooting, Other Recent Attacks Prove Domestic Extremism a Threat

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - June 10, 2009

The Department of Homeland Security warned of the dangers of domestic right-wing extremism. more >>

Holocaust Museum Shooting Threatens to Undermine Right's Pro-Religion Image

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - June 10, 2009

This is the second recent shooting involving a right-wing gunman in a religiously affiliated setting. more >>

Elderly Neo-Nazi Suspect in Guard's Killing at Holocaust Museum

Nation & World - June 10, 2009

An elderly neo-Nazi is suspected of killing a security guard inside Washington's Holocaust Museum. more >>

Tiller's Murder, as Wrong as Abortion, Adds Stigma to 'Pro-Life' Label

By Mary Kate Cary - Mary Kate Cary - June 2, 2009

You can't be pro-life on the one hand and support the death penalty on the other. more >>

A Leading Abortion Foe on the Movement's Anxieties Over Tiller's Murder

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - June 1, 2009

Antiabortion activist and blogger Jill Stanek says murder presents her movement with new challenges. more >>

George Tiller Murder Knocks a Burgeoning Antiabortion Movement Back on Its Heels

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - June 1, 2009

The murder of a prominent abortion provider threatens the antiabortion movement's image. more >>

Tiller Murder Is Terrorism, and All Pro-Life Extremists Are to Blame

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - June 1, 2009

Abortion doctor's murder is an act of terrorism. Inflammatory rhetoric must stop. more >>

Crime and Picasso: The Shadowy Underworld of Art

By Ulrich Boser - Nation & World - May 29, 2009

A special FBI team focuses on one of the world's most lucrative illegal activities. more >>

How Sleep Sex (and Other Parasomnias) Can Get You in Trouble with the Law

By Lindsay Lyon - Health - May 8, 2009

Criminal cases sometimes arise when people with these strange disorders act out while asleep. more >>

7 Criminal Cases That Invoked the 'Sleepwalking Defense'

By Lindsay Lyon - Health - May 8, 2009

Defense lawyers blamed these violent crimes on unconscious acts performed by a sleeping defendant more >>

4 Arrested in Massive E-Mail Spam Sting

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - April 30, 2009

Suspects allegedly gathered 8 million student E-mail addresses from 2,000 universities and colleges. more >>

Weak Gun Control Laws Show America is Crazy, Numb to Violence

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - April 22, 2009

Other countries watch us and think we're nuts, because...we are. more >>

If Polo Horses Were Poisoned, Perpetrator Deserves the Death Penalty

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - April 21, 2009

Anyone cruel enough to kill innocent animals like this is a danger to humans too. more >>

Columbine Was an Easy Target—Guns Protect Schools From Criminals

By Janalee Tobias - Opinion - April 20, 2009

We need guns to protect kids while we work together to solve society's ills. more >>

More Guns, Less Violent Crime as the Bad Guys Run or Die

By Ted Nugent - Opinion - April 20, 2009

More guns, less crime: Thanks to the Founding Fathers, we're as safe as in our mothers' arms. more >>

NRA Gun Control Fight Protects Criminals, and Congress Must Act

By John Mashek - Opinion - March 31, 2009

Scare tactics even as killings mount add to the case against the gun lobby. more >>

Chicago Deals With a Rise in Student Deaths

By Jessica Calefati - On Education - March 20, 2009

28 students have been killed this school year. more >>

Violence in Mexico: A Cause of Concern for Retirees Looking to Travel or Relocate

By Philip Moeller - The Best Life - March 20, 2009

Drug-war carnage and instability raise caution flags along border and in some interior states. more >>

Feds Seek to Seize Ruth Madoff's Assets

By Kimberly Castro - Luxe Life - March 16, 2009

U.S. goes after homes, boats, cars that are in financier's wife's name. more >>

Bernard Madoff, A Con Man for Our Times

By Jonathan Lopez - Opinion - March 16, 2009

The New York con is reminiscent of history's notorious art forgers. more >>