Violent Crime Dips in First Half of '07
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The number of violent crimes reported nationwide dipped slightly in the first half of 2007, signaling the first notable decline in violence in two years, the FBI said today.
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The number of violent crimes in the United States rose for a second straight year in 2006, marking the first sustained increase in homicides, robberies and other serious offenses since the early 1990s, according to an  FBI report to be released Monday.
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The Home Office is falling behind its five-year target for reducing crime, a government report shows.
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Violent crime rose by double-digit percentages over the last two years, reversing the declines of the 1990s.
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Streeters are getting a little less than they did in the past.
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Violent crime in the United States rose more than previously believed in 2006, continuing the most significant increase in more than a decade, according to an FBI report released yesterday.
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Was getting the lead out of gasoline a factor in the drop in crime?
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The poverty rate dipped in 2006, the first significant decline in the Bush presidency. Median household income bumped up slightly.
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Deaths among Iraq civilians, police and soldiers dropped slightly last month but the number of wounded rose, indicating little easing of violence since the killing of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, government figures showed Monday.
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MORE police are be deployed during full moons after officers made a link between the level of violent crime and the lunar cycle.   Full moons and paydays were identified as particular times when aggressive behaviour rose among drinkers in pubs and nightclubs in Brighton and Hove.
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Violent crime in the United States  declined 2 percent in the first half of 2004, but there was an  increase in the number of rapes, the FBI said on Monday.
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Violent crime kept climbing in 2006, a top FBI official said Wednesday, previewing a report detailing nationwide increases in murders, robberies and other felonies for a second straight year.
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Anti-gang legislation and police crackdowns are failing so badly that they are strengthening the criminal organizations and making U.S. cities more dangerous, according to a report being released Wednesday.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi civilian deaths dropped to their lowest level since the start of the Baghdad security operation, government figures showed yesterday, suggesting signs of progress in tamping down violence in the capital.
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The economy grew at a 0.7 percent annual pace in the first three months of this year, the weakest in more than four years but slightly better than previously estimated, data showed  on Thursday.
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Killings at U.S. schools have not risen in recent years, despite some highly publicized crimes, and are far lower than in the early 1990s, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Gang killings in the city dropped sharply last year after local, state and federal agencies worked together to crack down on street violence