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Chicago killings cost $2.5 billion a year

Bloomberg News: Shootings cost Chicago $2.5 billion a year, or about $2,500 per household, according to Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab.

Many of those costs are intangibles, Ludwig said, like keeping people from going outside or letting their children walk to school. Reducing even a fraction of the carnage, though, would free up more money than the city expects to save each year from the closing of 49 elementary schools approved yesterday by the school board.

Soldier in sexual assault office accused of abuse

AP:

The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for “abusive sexual contact” and other alleged misconduct. He has been suspended from all duties.

The Army said a sergeant first class, whose name was not released, is accused of pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates.

Ohio man charged with kidnap, rape as women found AP: Authorities have announced that they have filed kidnapping and rape charges against a Cleveland man arrested after three women missing for about a decade were found at his home on Monday. Homeowner Ariel Castro has been charged, while his brothers Pedro and Onil Castro are being held. The brothers face no charges at this time. Photo: A missing poster still rests on a tree outside the home of Amanda Berry Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Tony Dejak) View high resolution

Ohio man charged with kidnap, rape as women found

AP: Authorities have announced that they have filed kidnapping and rape charges against a Cleveland man arrested after three women missing for about a decade were found at his home on Monday.

Homeowner Ariel Castro has been charged, while his brothers Pedro and Onil Castro are being held. The brothers face no charges at this time.

Photo: A missing poster still rests on a tree outside the home of Amanda Berry Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Tony Dejak)

Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months in prison for failing to pay taxes AP: Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings. She has also been sentenced to three additional months of home confinement. Before the sentencing, her attorney said Hill had paid more than $970,000 to satisfy state and federal tax liabilities. It’s not clear when or where she’ll report to prison. Photo: Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill exits Federal Court in Newark, New Jersey, in June 2012 after pleading guilty to three counts of failing to file federal income tax returns. ( Eduardo Munoz / Reuters) View high resolution

Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months in prison for failing to pay taxes

AP: Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings. She has also been sentenced to three additional months of home confinement. Before the sentencing, her attorney said Hill had paid more than $970,000 to satisfy state and federal tax liabilities. It’s not clear when or where she’ll report to prison.

Photo: Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill exits Federal Court in Newark, New Jersey, in June 2012 after pleading guilty to three counts of failing to file federal income tax returns. ( Eduardo Munoz / Reuters)

Report: Female DNA found on Boston attack bomb

A report from the Wall Street Journal says investigators have found female DNA on at least one of the bombs used in the Boston Marathon attacks. However, they haven’t determined whose DNA it is or whether that means a woman helped the two suspects carry out the attacks, according to US officials briefed on the probe.

Officials warn that there could be multiple explanations for why the DNA of someone other than the two bombing suspects could have been found on the remains of the exploded devices. For example, genetic material could have come from a store clerk who handled materials used in the bomb or a stray hair that ended up in the bomb.

Charges dropped against man in ricin letters case AP: Charges were dropped Tuesday against the Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, while authorities searched at another man’s home in connection with the case.The surprising move was announced in a brief document filed in federal court in Oxford hours after Paul Kevin Curtis was released from custody. Photo: Federal agents wearing hazardous material suits and breathing apparatus inspect the home and possessions in the West Hills Subdivision house of Paul Kevin Curtis in Corinth, Missippi, Friday, April 19, 2013. (Rogelio V. Solis)

Charges dropped against man in ricin letters case

AP:

Charges were dropped Tuesday against the Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, while authorities searched at another man’s home in connection with the case.The surprising move was announced in a brief document filed in federal court in Oxford hours after Paul Kevin Curtis was released from custody.

Photo: Federal agents wearing hazardous material suits and breathing apparatus inspect the home and possessions in the West Hills Subdivision house of Paul Kevin Curtis in Corinth, Missippi, Friday, April 19, 2013. (Rogelio V. Solis)

Tweeting Turkish pianist given suspended sentence for blasphemy Reuters: A world-renowned concert pianist was given a suspended jail sentence in Turkey for insulting religious values on Twitter, a case which has become a cause celebre for Turks alarmed about creeping Islamic conservatism. Fazil Say, also a leading composer, went on trial in October for blasphemy - a crime that can carry an 18-month sentence - for a series of tweets including one citing a thousand-year-old poem. Photo: Turkish classical pianist Fazil Say performs during a concert in Ankara October 14, 2010. (Reuters/Stringer)

Tweeting Turkish pianist given suspended sentence for blasphemy

Reuters: A world-renowned concert pianist was given a suspended jail sentence in Turkey for insulting religious values on Twitter, a case which has become a cause celebre for Turks alarmed about creeping Islamic conservatism.

Fazil Say, also a leading composer, went on trial in October for blasphemy - a crime that can carry an 18-month sentence - for a series of tweets including one citing a thousand-year-old poem.

Photo: Turkish classical pianist Fazil Say performs during a concert in Ankara October 14, 2010. (Reuters/Stringer)

Colorado court apologizes for slaying suspect’s early release

Denver Post: A district court has confirmed that a clerical error resulted in the early release of Evan Ebel, who was tied to the March 19 slaying of prison chief Tom Clements and the killing two days earlier of Denver pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon.

The court says the error resulted in releasing Ebel four years too soon. The court will review its practices to make sure such a mistake won’t happen again. Condolences have been extended to the families of the victims.

Quebec inmates escape jail, hijack helicopter

CTV News: A manhunt is underway for two Quebec prisoners who broke out of jail and hijacked a helicopter to escape Sunday afternoon. Officials say the inmates escaped from a correctional facility about 50 kilometers northwest of Montreal. Police located the helicopter and the pilot about 85 kilometers away. The pilot was to be taken to the hospital and then questioned by the police.

Russia delays dead man trial

Reuters: A Russian court postponed until March 22 the start of the posthumous trial of a whistleblowing lawyer which human rights groups says is politically motivated and absurd.

Judge Igor Alisov announced the delay after no legal team showed up to defend Sergei Magnitsky at Moscow’s Tverskoy Court, more than three years after he died in custody.

Police say Delhi gang rape suspect commits suicide NDTV: Jail officials say Ram Singh, the main accused in the Delhi, India, gang rape case has committed suicide in jail. Singh was the driver of the bus on which a 23-year-old student was attacked in December. Singh was among five men and a juvenile put on trial for the assault, which triggered nationwide protests. The victim died of her injuries approximately two weeks after the attack. Photo: Indian students and activists carry candles at India Gate during a protest following the gang-rape of a student in New Delhi on Dec. 19, 2012. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP - Getty Images) View high resolution

Police say Delhi gang rape suspect commits suicide

NDTV: Jail officials say Ram Singh, the main accused in the Delhi, India, gang rape case has committed suicide in jail. Singh was the driver of the bus on which a 23-year-old student was attacked in December. Singh was among five men and a juvenile put on trial for the assault, which triggered nationwide protests. The victim died of her injuries approximately two weeks after the attack.

Photo: Indian students and activists carry candles at India Gate during a protest following the gang-rape of a student in New Delhi on Dec. 19, 2012. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP - Getty Images)
‘Batman’ delivers wanted man to police in England BBC News: A man dressed as Batman has handed over a wanted man at a Bradford, England, police station before disappearing into the night. Police said: ‘The person who brought the man in was dressed in a full Batman outfit. His identity remains unknown.’ Photo via West Yorkshire Police

‘Batman’ delivers wanted man to police in England

BBC News: A man dressed as Batman has handed over a wanted man at a Bradford, England, police station before disappearing into the night.

Police said: ‘The person who brought the man in was dressed in a full Batman outfit. His identity remains unknown.’

Photo via West Yorkshire Police

BREAKING: Oscar Pistorius granted bail in murder caseSouth African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius is accused of murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day.Updates on BreakingNews.com: http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/oscar-pistorius-charged-with-murderPhoto: Oscar Pistorius appears at the Magistrate Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on Feb. 19, 2013. (Stephane De Sakutin / AFP - Getty Images)

BREAKING: Oscar Pistorius granted bail in murder case

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius is accused of murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day.

Updates on BreakingNews.com: http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/oscar-pistorius-charged-with-murder

Photo: Oscar Pistorius appears at the Magistrate Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on Feb. 19, 2013. (Stephane De Sakutin / AFP - Getty Images)

Prosecutor charges Pistorius with premeditated murder CBS News, AP: Olympian Oscar Pistorius fired into the door of a small bathroom where his girlfriend was cowering after a shouting match on Valentine’s Day, hitting her three times, a South African prosecutor said Tuesday as he charged the sports icon with premeditated murder. In an affidavit revealed during the bail hearing, Pistorius said he was “absolutely mortified” over his girlfriend’s death, and that he shot through the door thinking it was a burglar on the other side who had broken into his home through the bathroom window. He claims he then broke down the door with a cricket bat. Photo: Oscar Pistorius awaits the start of court proceedings in the Pretoria Magistrates court on Feb. 19, 2013 (Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters) View high resolution

Prosecutor charges Pistorius with premeditated murder

CBS News, AP: Olympian Oscar Pistorius fired into the door of a small bathroom where his girlfriend was cowering after a shouting match on Valentine’s Day, hitting her three times, a South African prosecutor said Tuesday as he charged the sports icon with premeditated murder.

In an affidavit revealed during the bail hearing, Pistorius said he was “absolutely mortified” over his girlfriend’s death, and that he shot through the door thinking it was a burglar on the other side who had broken into his home through the bathroom window. He claims he then broke down the door with a cricket bat.

Photo: Oscar Pistorius awaits the start of court proceedings in the Pretoria Magistrates court on Feb. 19, 2013 (Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters)

Armed men steal $50 million worth of diamonds

AP: Eight armed and masked men made a hole in a security fence at Brussels’ international airport, drove onto the tarmac and snatched millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds from the hold of a Swiss-bound plane without firing a shot, authorities said Tuesday.