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1 min ago | Real Clear Politics

After Terrorism, Fools Rush In

The pattern is sickeningly familiar: After every atrocity committed in the name of Islam, left-wing intellectuals and celebrities, scarcely bothering to conceal their schadenfreude, start lecturing us on the West's moral failings.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Life, US News

4 hrs ago | News Tribune

Police, sheriff offer rape defense course

As part of a joint training effort by the Jefferson City Police Department and Cole County Sheriff's Department, a no-cost Rape Aggression Defense course is being offered to the public.

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Related Topix: Jefferson City, MO, Cole County, MO, Life

8 hrs ago | HeraldNet

SWAT justified in fatal Hoquiam shooting

The Grays Harbor County prosecutor says Thurston County SWAT officers were justified in fatally shooting a man during a standoff in March in Hoquiam.

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Related Topix: Hoquiam, WA, Grays Harbor County, WA, Life, Olympia, WA

Fri May 24, 2013

The Olympian

Olympia man avoids jail for November shooting

A 47-year-old man who shot his friend at his Olympia home during a brawl after an evening of drinking in November pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault Friday as part of a plea deal and will serve no time in jail.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Life

The China Post

In tense Mexico state, vigilantes refuse to let go of guns

Farmers wearing bulletproof vests and toting assault rifles ride in pick-up trucks emblazoned with the word "self-defense" to protect this rural western Mexico town from the Knights Templar drug cartel.

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Related Topix: Life

KGWN

Neb high court upholds new trial in murder case

The Nebraska Supreme Court says Nebraska's self-defense law, which says a person does not have to retreat from his home before using deadly force in self-defense, covers those fending off an attack from a roommate.

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Related Topix: Nebraska Government, Nebraska, Life

KRVN-AM Lexington

Jodi Arias Jury Foreman: '18 Days of Testimony Hurt Her'

The man in charge of the jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder, but could not reach agreement on whether her life should be spared, described the process as "gut-wrenching" and said he and his fellow jurors struggled to contain their emotions.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Life

KIVI

Women should be on alert; sexual assault suspect is still on the loose

Jennifer Auh reports on suspect in recent sexual assault case, still on the loose.

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Related Topix: Life

WCNC-TV Charlotte

Homeowners shoot armed home invader in Union Co.

A home invasion in Union County turned deadly when the people inside shot and killed the armed intruder.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Union County, NC, Marshville, NC, Life

Thu May 23, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Bartitsu: The Sherlock Holmes Way of Self-Defense

At the Steampunk World's Fair in Piscataway, NJ, Mark Donelly demonstrated the obscure art of Bartitsu, a Victorian system of self defense practiced by Sherlock Holmes.

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Related Topix: Life, Piscataway, NJ, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal

WLNS-TV Lansing

Prosecutor Rules 2012 Homicide A Case Of Self Defense

Police believe two sisters are the brains behind a home invasion in Holt earlier this month.

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Related Topix: Life, Holt, MI, Lansing, MI

WIS-TV Columbia

Defense begins calling witness in Ascot Estates murder trial

Attorney Dave Fedor told the jury prosecutors have shown "not one scintilla" of evidence that Parker fired the gun that killed his wife, Tammy, and business associate Bryan Capnerhurst at the Parker's Ascot Estates home in April of 2012.

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Related Topix: Parker, SC, Violent Crime, Life

KVOR-AM Colorado Springs

Obama Lays Out Strategy for 'New Phase' in Terror Fight

In a wide-ranging speech at the National Defense University, in Washington D.C., Thursday, President Obama launched a spirited defense of his administration's efforts to pursue terrorists overseas, even while he outlined a more limited path forward in the fight against terror.

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Related Topix: National Defense University, Life, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Terrorism

WHAS11

Obama lays out strategy for 'New Phase' in terror fight

MAY 23: U.S. President Barack Obama listens as Medea Benjamin, an activist from the organization called Code Pink, shouts at him while he speaks at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, National Defense University, Life, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

Seattle Times

Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin

George Zimmerman's defense attorneys on Thursday released photos and text messages from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cellphone ahead of a hearing that will determine whether they can be used at Zimmerman's murder trial.

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Related Topix: Life

WFTV Orlando

Trayvon Martin cellphone photos, school records released by Zimmerman defense

Attorneys for George Zimmerman have released another round of evidence that include multiple photos taken from Trayvon Martin's cellphone, as well as school records and videos.

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Related Topix: Life

The Atlantic

Why Is Twitter Letting Jose Canseco Set Another Example of Rape Victim Shame?

Jose Canseco spent Wednesday tweeting and deleting the personal information of a woman - including her name, telephone number, and work address - at the center of an incident in which the former baseball player was apparently questioned.

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Related Topix: Twitter, Steubenville, OH, Life, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WHIO

Trustee, attorney offer legal help for armed self-defense

A local attorney and a township official have started a business venture offering legal and financial resources for armed self-defense. Both say they are filling a need in response to thousands of Ohioans obtaining or renewing conceal and carry permits annually and rising gun and ammunition sales.

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Related Topix: Life, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Butler County, OH, Hamilton, OH

Examiner.com

Jodi Arias was she battered before or after the murder

A number of battered women eventually kill their batterers, and that number is increasing.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Life

Wed May 22, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

'Snitch killing' or self-defense? Murder trial opens in 2011 case

While jurors saw pictures of Devante Jordan's autopsy in an Anchorage courtroom Wednesday, the sound of his mother's sobbing filled the hallway outside.

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Related Topix: Life, Anchorage, AK