crime You will be helped! Research using real-world situations fails to replicate the "bystander effect" Cory Doctorow

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Weird FBI seeks 'bad wig bandit' on the lam in North Carolina Xeni Jardin

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crime New Jersey woman mad at long lines in vehicle office smashes computers and kicks cops Xeni Jardin

Weird Kentucky man who wished to go to jail to support jailed girlfriend gets wish Xeni Jardin

Weird Florida woman flings poo at landlord, covers herself in it, charged with battery Xeni Jardin

crime Harvey Weinstein hit by Los Angeles prosecutors with 2 new sex crime charges, hours after his rape trial began in New York Xeni Jardin

trump Everything you wanted to know about money-laundering but were afraid to ask Cory Doctorow

law Mystery of the vanishing bird seed solved Rob Beschizza

Weird Police nab 'Carjacking-goatnapping' suspect, goat and human released unharmed Xeni Jardin

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crime Kentucky's ex-governor Matt Bevin defends pardon of child rapist by claiming 9-year-old girl had 'intact hymen' and 'she made it up' Xeni Jardin

law Mass convictions of local warlords for 2009 massacre revive faith in Philippines' justice system Cory Doctorow