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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Big-city murders rose sharply in 2006 as violent crime increased nationally for the second straight year, the FBI reported Monday. Homicides committed in small towns and mid-size cities took a dramatic downswing &#151; resulting in an overall 0.3 percent increase in the murder rate across the country, the new preliminary data show.
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Alcohol-related auto accidents increase sharply during the holidays compared with other times in December, a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Association shows.
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Sport/utility vehicle registrations in the United States increased 56 percent in just five years, according to a report released Thursday by the US Census Bureau.
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BAGHDAD, May 23 -- More than three months into a U.S.-Iraqi security offensive designed to curtail sectarian violence in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq, Health Ministry statistics show that such killings are rising again.
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A study published by the Lancet says the risk of death by violence for civilians in Iraq is now 58 times higher than before the US-led invasion.
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Police killings of suspects rose dramatically in Sao Paulo in 2006, the year a notorious gang unleashed a wave of violence that some human rights activists say prompted revenge executions.
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been  killed in violence since the U.S.-led invasion last year,  American public health experts have calculated in a report that  estimates there were 100,000 "excess deaths" in 18 months.
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The Christian Science Monitor - In 2006, agents of Al Qaeda, as well as those inspired by its ideology, continued their attacks. Violence in Iraq intensified, and Afghanistan saw its most violent year since 2001.
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Philadelphia on Wednesday announced a crackdown on violent crime in an effort to curb one of the highest homicide rates among major U.S. cities.
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Violent gangs with roots in U.S.  crime culture are spreading through Mexico, with some setting  up shop in the capital, the government said on Thursday.
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Violent crime dropped 3 percent last year even as the number of murders rose, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday in a report that had immediate reverberations in the presidential campaign.
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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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Murder rates for 2004 decline in many cities, but gang violence leads to some exceptions.
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The FBI says violent crime was down by a fraction in Florida last year compared to 2002. Nationally, every type of violent crime fell last year with one notable exception: Murders were up for the fourth straight year.
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From celebratory gunshots to drunken driving, behavior is getting closer scrutiny than ever.
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US mortgage delinquencies rose in the second quarter of 2004 from the first quarter, but an improving US economy and strong home price appreciation should keep the downward trend in delinquencies intact, a US mortgage industry