Violent and property crimes fall under budget pressures
FBI data show violent crimes down 5.3 percent and property crimes 4.6 percent last year. Experts weigh explanations as police budgets shrink and slower economies cut routine activity, with unemployed individuals at home and fewer valuables in public.
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Cuba to cut half a million state workers in coming move
Cuba announced it will shed at least 500000 government jobs by early next year and ease private enterprise rules to place workers in new roles. President Raul Castro signaled as many as 1 million Cuban workers could be redundant. Layoffs begin immediately and run through April 2011 per the Cuban Workers Confederation.
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Brussels church acknowledges priest abuse admits broad crisis
The Belgian Roman Catholic church said on Monday it faced widespread clerical sexual abuse over years and pledged to create a system to punish abusers and provide closure for victims. The response came after an independent panel report detailed harrowing accounts from hundreds of victims across the past five decades, including family claims of 13 suicides linked to abuse, with many sufferers enduring trauma for decades.
U.S plans historic sale of warplanes to Saudi Arabia
The Obama administration seeks Congressional approval to sell up to 60 billion dollars of advanced warplanes and could add 30 billion more in naval arms to Saudi Arabia. The package would be the largest U.S. arms sale, permitting top-line helicopters and fighters with broad reach. Opposition from Israel backers is not expected to derail this deal.
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Detroit plane attack suspect hints at plea
Nigerian suspect Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab fired his lawyers and pressed to represent himself in the Christmas bomb plot case. He indicated readiness to plead guilty to some charges, while Judge Nancy Edmunds allowed self representation with a standby attorney for advice.
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GOP vows to resist Obama tax plan in Congress
Republicans in both chambers pledge to block extensions of Bush era tax cuts for high earners and seek to permanently reduce the estate tax. Senate and House leaders cite harm to small businesses and middle class, while Boehner says he may allow expiration to avert a tax hike for most.
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Oil layer found on Gulf floor far from spill site
Scientists report oil deposits about a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico with a two inch thick layer and dead shrimp beneath, suggesting recent contamination distinct from natural seeps. Samantha Joye notes oil presence in samples across 80 miles from the spill and plans chemical fingerprint tests to confirm BP linkage.
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Superbugs in Ul USA uncovered gene resistance fears
A newly identified gene is making bacteria resistant to nearly all antibiotics, with cases in California Massachusetts and Illinois after medical care in India. The spread via gut and urinary bacteria is global, prompting calls for judicious antibiotic use and strict hygiene to limit infections.
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