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(Newser) - Gunmen killed 11 people and injured 12 in a southern Thailand mosque today, AFP reports. Officials said between two and five armed men entered the mosque and fired “indiscriminately.” It’s the latest incident in a 5-year guerrilla war that has killed 3,700 in Narathiwat province. The... More »

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More Violence Looms, Warns Suspect in
Tiller Slaying

'Many other similar events planned'

Jun 7, 09 2:16 PM CDT
(AP) - The man charged in the shooting death of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller warned today that more violence is possible. Scott Roeder, being held on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated assault in Tiller's killing one week ago, called the AP from jail. "I know there are many other... More »

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(AP) - The suspect in Sunday's shooting death of Dr. George Tiller was charged today with first-degree murder. Scott Roeder, 51, made a brief appearance in a Kansas court via video link from jail. "OK," he responded when Judge Ben Burgess read the charges in the slaying of the abortion... More »

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Abortion Doc
Was Dedicated Despite Dangers

Kansas physician believed passionately
in right to choose

Jun 1, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. George Tiller persevered as one of the nation’s highest-profile abortion providers despite decades of violence against him and his clinic because he was a staunch believer in a woman’s right to choose, reports the Wichita Eagle. The Kansas physician—who was shot to death yesterday in the... More »

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 Police Arrest 
 Suspect in 
 Murder of 
 Abortion Doc 

Obama 'shocked and outraged' by killing

May 31, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Wichita, Kan., have arrested a 51-year-old male suspect in the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller, who was gunned down today as he walked into church, the Wichita Eagle reports. Wichita police Capt. Brent Allred did not name the suspect but did say other agencies, including the FBI,... More »

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abortion • Wichita • church shootings • shooting • pro-life • anti-abortion activists • George Tiller

(Newser) - A Los Angeles judge today sentenced Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison in the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. The legendary music producer, whose first trial in the case ended in a mistrial, plans to appeal, KTLA-TV reports. Spector, 69, listened impassively as he drew... More »

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entertainment • Phil Spector • Lana Clarkson • crime • murder • Los Angeles • shooting

Student Booted in Shooting Says Harvard Racist

Friend of accused shooter's girlfriend denies involvement

May 27, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Harvard student ordered off campus in the wake of the fatal shooting earlier this month has accused the university of singling her out because she is black, the Boston Globe reports. Chanequa Campbell has been banned from campus and told she will not graduate. She is friends with the... More »

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racism • Harvard • shooting • Jabrai Jordan Copney • Justin Cosby • Chanequa Campbell

 Gun Battle in Vienna 
 Temple Wounds 6 

Shooters stormed into temple with knives, gun

May 24, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mid-afternoon shootout between members of two families at an Indian religious temple in Vienna left nine people seriously injured, Reuters reports. Authorities arrested six men who barged into the Sikh temple with knives and a gun. The men, who number among the wounded, apparently were extremists who opposed the... More »

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Austria • Vienna • Sikh • shooting • shootout • temple • gunfire

Dolla's Shooting 'Sparked by Strip Club Brawl'

Sources believe Atlanta dispute followed rapper to LA

May 20, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dolla's shooting in a Los Angeles mall yesterday may have been the result of a fight at a strip club in the rapper's hometown of Atlanta the week before, police sources tell the Los Angeles Times. Accused killer Aubrey Louis Berry, an events promoter, had a row with the 21-year-old... More »

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Atlanta • hip-hop • rapper • shooting • Dolla • Aubrey Louis Berry

Dolla Shooting Suspect Held
on $1M Bail

Cops questioning 2 persons of interest in rapper's LA slaying

May 19, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles police have charged 23-year-old Aubrey Louis Berry with the murder of Roderick Anthony Burton II, better known as up-and-coming rapper Dolla, E! reports. Berry is being held on $1 million bail. Police have questioned two other persons of interest as well, a man and a woman, but neither... More »

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Los Angeles • hip-hop • rapper • shooting • Dolla

(Newser) - The man shot at Harvard University yesterday has died, the Boston Globe reports. The still-unidentified victim was shot in the entrance of a residence hall, and taken to a hospital in what police described at the time as stable condition. The university says the suspect has likely fled the area.... More »

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 Rapper Dolla 
 Shot Dead 
 at LA Mall 

Man arrested at airport after Atlanta-based star gunned down

May 19, 09 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Up-and-coming Atlanta-based rapper Dolla was shot dead in the parking garage of LA's Beverly Center mall yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 21-year-old musician, shot in the head, had arrived in the city earlier that day. A suspect fled the scene in a silver Mercedes and was later arrested,... More »

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Los Angeles • hip-hop • rapper • shooting • Jay-ZTV • Dolla

 Man Shot at Harvard Dorm 

Victim hospitalized as shooting incident shakes campus

May 19, 09 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are hunting several suspects after a man was shot and wounded outside Harvard University's Kirkland House residence yesterday, the Harvard Crimson reports. The victim—described as a "college-age" African-American—is not a student, according to university officials. The shooting came as students were cramming for final exams, and... More »

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 Stress 'Broke' 
 Soldier Shooter: Dad 

Father of sergeant in Iraq 'fratricide' case speaks out

May 13, 09 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The stunned father of the soldier accused of killing five fellow service members in Iraq tells a local TV station his son snapped under stress. John Russell—a technician who used robots to detonate roadside bombs—thought the military was trying to force him out, and told his wife that... More »

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Iraq • Texas • Baghdad • John Russell • shooting • Jay-ZTV • Wilburn Russell

Soldier Charged With 5 Murder Counts in Iraq Clinic Shooting

Sgt. John Russell was asked to seek help

May 12, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Army today identified Sgt. John Russell as the man being held in the shooting deaths of five soldier at a stress clinic on a US base in Baghdad yesterday, CNN reports, as details of the assault emerged. Commanders had asked Russell, a 44-year-old Texan on his third tour... More »

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(Newser) - A US soldier has been charged today with killing five in a shooting at the stress clinic at an American base in Baghdad today, the AP now reports; earlier bulletins said the shooter died of self-inflicted wounds. A US officer said the clinic is for soldiers seeking relief from combat... More »

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(Newser) - Stephen Morgan, the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting of a Wesleyan University student, was arraigned on a single count of murder today and held on $15 million bail, the Hartford Courant reports. Morgan—who turned himself in last night to police in Middletown, Conn.—was brought into court barefoot... More »

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bail • arraignment • shooting • Wesleyan • Middletown, Conn. • Johanna Justin-Jinich • Stephen Morgan

 Killer Harassed 
 Wesleyan Student 
 2 Years Ago 

Two were in summer program at New York University

May 8, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Morgan sent slain Wesleyan student Johanna Justin-Jinich 38 “insulting” and “unwanted” emails during a brief summer program the two attended at New York University in 2007, according to a police report that quoted an expletive-tinged email as reading, “You’re going to have a lot more... More »

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crime • harassment • New York University • shooting • Wesleyan • Johanna Justin-Jinich • Stephen Morgan

(Newser) - The suspect in the fatal shooting of a female student at Wesleyan University has turned himself in to police, the Hartford Courant reports. Police say Stephen Morgan, 29, donned a disguise and shot Johanna Justin-Jinich, 21, several times at point-blank range in a bookstore. The two knew each other from... More »

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suspect • shooting • Wesleyan • Middletown, Conn. • Johanna Justin-Jinich • Stephen Morgan

Wesleyan Shooter Could Strike Again: Police

Journal reveals threats to students, Jews

May 7, 09 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Morgan, the man suspected in the shooting death of a Wesleyan University student yesterday, may still be in the area, police said today, and could strike again. Based on his personal journal, police believe Morgan is targeting the Connecticut campus and its Jewish community, the Hartford Courant reports. They’... More »

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shooting • Wesleyan • Middletown, Conn. • Johanna Justin-Jinich • Stephen Morgan

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