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NEW ORLEANS — As Mike Ainsworth walked his two sons to a school bus stop, he heard a woman being carjacked scream, and ran to help. The woman was not hurt, police said, but the Good Samaritan was shot to death by a suspect who fled.
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When police gave out the details of Ainsworth‘s killing, they also announced
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ATLANTA — For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation’s top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often develops in elderly people who have choked on their food.
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The 2010 list, released by the government Wednesday, reflects
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New Orleans is in the midst of a violent murder spree unlike anything the city has seen before or since Hurricane Katrina.
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According to an excellent piece in today’s New York Times, New Orleans’ murder rate in 2010 was 10 times the national average, “long before shootings on Halloween night in the crowded French Quarter
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A gas station owner is gunned down at the pump. Now, a manhunt is underway for the person who pulled the trigger. Police have released surveillance video in hopes of catching the gunman.
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A man serving eight years for vehicular homicide because of a fatal crash involving his Toyota Camry is hoping for exoneration amid concerns over unintended acceleration in some of Toyota’s vehicles.
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It’s been a month since someone shot Victor Johnson’s wife, and the elderly man she cared for, then burned their bodies. A month later, and no answers, no leads. So now he’s decided to search for clues himself.
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A Macomb County toddler dies in the bathtub while in a relative’s care. Police believe it was more than just an accident.
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One of three youths charged in the Oct. 15, 2008, slaying of a night manager at Rib Rack restaurant in Lathrup Village was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with no chance of parole.
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A 20-year-old Detroit woman who police say had a strained relationship with her mother is accused of talking her 22-year-old boyfriend into shooting the older woman to death.
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