Murder, robbery on rise in big cities
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Big-city murders rose sharply in 2006 as violent crime increased nationally for the second straight year, the FBI reported Monday.
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Crime has been a serious social problem for a long time.  Many crime-fighting methods have been tried, from more police on the streets to education to family values but none have been able to totally eliminate the problem.
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Sharp drop is marred by a 4% rise in gun crime and a 21% rise in recorded drug offences, figures show
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Criminals do not normally monitor commodities markets, but high metals prices have grabbed their attention, fuelling more thefts of copper wire and other items whose metal components can be sold for scrap.
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A series of bank heists in metro Atlanta -- from the "Barbie Bandits" to "Grandpa Bandit" -- has earned the region the dubious distinction as the bank robbery capital of the nation. It's the first time in years that Los Angeles hasn't topped the list.
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A buddy of mine who once worked as a New York City assistant DA shared the following insight with me: Most criminals are not very bright. He and I had just seen a heist movie -- something where an evil genius and his sharp-as-tacks cronies had pulled of an inordinately complex scheme to knock over a bank, grabbing millions in the process. In truth, however, most criminals are more "Fargo" than "Oceans 13," and that goes for cyber criminals, as well.
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Robberies at highest level for three years, according to government figures.
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TORONTO (CP) - Two-thirds of banks around the world have reported an increase in the volume of suspicious activities that they report to police, a new report by KPMG suggests.
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Gangs torched buses and attacked banks and police stations across South America&#039;s biggest city Thursday, deepening crime fears as a wave of rampant violence entered its third day.
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NEW YORK  - Crime rates might be dropping nationwide, but you wouldn't know from the latest wave of vigilante-themed films.
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A number of cities are seeing a rise in drug users taking heroin and crack together, a charity says.
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For one hot, bloody weekend in July, it was like old times in the nation's former murder capital. Eleven people died violent deaths over a 48-hour period. One was a hospital worker gunned down by muggers near Chinatown. Another was shot and killed in a drug-related dispute.
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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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A woman fatally shot in an upscale suburb and a teenager gunned down on a New Orleans street are the latest people killed in a metropolitan area that has seen violent crime rebound much faster than its population since Hurricane Katrina.
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Criminals do not normally monitor commodities markets, but high metals prices have grabbed their attention, fueling more thefts of copper wire and other items whose metal components can be sold for scrap.
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As street-corner slayings and drug turf drive-bys have melted away in New York City, police are collecting more data than ever on the remaining few hundred murders.
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As the country prepares for local elections on Sunday, many are finding that the murder and intimidation that once defined politics here are diminishing.