US Violent, Property Crimes at 30-Year Low
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Violent and property crime rates in the United States remained at their lowest levels in 30 years during 2003, the US Department of Justice said on Sunday.
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Violent crime fell last year, with only a slight uptick in murders marring the overall trend of fewer crimes across the country, the FBI said Monday in its annual crime report.
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Violent crime against students in schools fell by 50 percent between 1992 and 2002, with young people more often targeted for violence away from school.
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The number of terrorism cases   brought by the U.S. government has dropped steadily in recent   years and an increasing proportion are dropped due to lack of   evidence, according to a new study.
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Overall violence continues to decline in Iraq, although the rate of decrease has slowed since September and a few indicators have actually gone up in recent weeks, according to U.S. military figures released yesterday by the White House.
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Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a US government study suggested on Thursday.
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A 4-year-old program that sends rookie police officers to crime hot spots in New York City has helped the city achieve the lowest crime rate in 17 years and will be doubled in size in 2008, police officials say.
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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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The number of violent crimes increased by a larger amount than expected last year, extending the first significant rise in murders and robberies in 15 years, according to an FBI report released today.
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Long-term mortgage rates aroundthe United States moved up this week, but rates on 30-year mortgages for all of 2004 registered their second-lowest year on record, the mortgage wholesaler Freddie Mac reported Wednesday.
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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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Freddie Mac said Thursday that 30-year mortgages have dropped to the lowest level since April 1, providing more of a boost to the housing industry.
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Rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages in the United States averaged 5.72 percent this week, down slightly from 5.74 percent last week, Freddie Mac reported Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell in May to the lowest level in almost four years, reinforcing concerns about a protracted housing slump.
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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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Nearly 7,500 hate crimes, including  14 murders based on sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, were  reported in the United States last year, the FBI said on  Monday.
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Crime dipped slightly for the first half of 2007, the FBI reported Monday, signaling a stop to a 2-year increase in violence nationwide.