U.S. violent crime rises in 2006
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The number of U.S. violent crimes increased in 2006 for the second consecutive year, with more than 17,000 murders nationwide, the FBI said on Monday.
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The number of violent crimes reported nationwide appears to have fallen modestly in the first half of 2007, signaling the first notable decline in violence in two years, the FBI said yesterday.
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Triads are fuelling a trade that has seen a surge in violence in the aready crime-riddled Cape, writes Sam Kiley.
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The bloodiest city in the country in 2006, reeling from crime in its struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina, got even worse in 2007.
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Violent crime by state for 2002 and 2003, including total crime numbers and crime rates per 100,000 people, according to the FBI&#39;s annual crime report.
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Visitor numbers were up at major British tourist attractions in 2006, following a troubled 2005 when London was attacked by suicide bombers, tourism chiefs announced.
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Every type of violent crime fell last year with one notable exception: Murders were up for the fourth straight year, according to an annual FBI report released Monday.
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New figures show violent crime rising in the third quarter of last year and an increase in firearms offences.
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Public transportation use was up 3.2   percent in the first half of 2006, more than double the   increase in the first half of 2005, according to the American   Public Transportation Association.
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Los Angeles saw a 14 percent jump in gang-related violent crime last year.
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More murders and robberies in 2006 sent U.S. violent crimes higher for the second straight year, the FBI said on Monday, with the increase blamed on gangs, youth violence, gun crimes and fewer police on beats.
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The number of violent crimes in the   United States jumped 2.3 percent in 2005 and a senior Justice   Department official said on Monday it may keep rising this   year.
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The number of security attacks reported by mobile phone operators in 2006 jumped fivefold over the year before, a McAfee study reports.
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Suicides among children and young adults rose by an alarming 8 percent in 2004, the largest rise in 15 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
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Prisons and jails added more than 42,000 inmates last year, the largest increase since 2000.
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Terrorist threat levels were lowered in the financial sectors of Washington, New York City and Northern New Jersey Nov. 10. Threat levels were raised from elevated to high in these areas in August because
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Over the last decade gangs have spread across Central America, Mexico and the U.S., setting off a catastrophic crime wave.