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Category: Crime/Violence

A rape survivor tells her story. Think about it when you vote.

October 30, 2012 Sue Evans 2012 Election, Crime/Violence, Missouri region, Politics, Reproductive rights, Women One comment

“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”  U.S. Representative Todd Akin (R-MO). “If

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Can felons vote in your state? You got a problem with that?

October 26, 2012 Bobbi Clemons 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Crime/Violence, Politics, States Leave a comment

One of the core beliefs of our country is that everyone has a right to vote. But what about the people who break our

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Missouri’s Wentzville school district sets anti-bully example

October 10, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal Children, Crime/Violence, Education, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

My pre-teen son is no stranger to bullying, so I was pleased to read the most recent news out of our Wentzville school. Fortunately,

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Deadly leftovers: Unexploded mines and bombs

September 11, 2012 Renee Shur 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Crime/Violence, Foreign Policy, History, International, Military Leave a comment

Imagine this. Dusk is falling. You’re in your kitchen getting ready to put dinner on the table for your family.  The kids are outside

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Nobel Peace Prize winners slam NBC’s “Stars Earn Stripes”

August 29, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Literature/Arts/Film, Media, Military, Violence Leave a comment

NBC has a new un-reality series, featuring celebrities competing in military-style challenges. It’s called “Stars Earn Stripes.”  The series pairs up celebrities with military

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Confusion: The wording of the Second Amendment

August 28, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Crime/Violence, Guns, Police, Public safety, Violence 62 comments

One of the primary arguments of gun advocates in that the Second Amendment guarantees the right for citizens to own and carry guns.  Their

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Dear Todd Akin: Get out of my body

August 23, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Crime/Violence, Missouri region, Politics, Reproductive rights, Women One comment

Eve Ensler, the award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues, was in the Democratic Republic of Congo when she saw Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” interview.

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IL Governor denies press access to prisons

August 21, 2012 Mike Davis Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Illinois/Midwest, Media, States Leave a comment

Past reporting by this writer on prison conditions may have been shocking, but so is the Illinois Governor’s efforts to keep the media from

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Aw, shoot! I missed Glock Days again

August 17, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Guns, Missouri region, Public safety, Violence 4 comments

On July 30, 2012, Catherine Murch shot her two children in her St. Louis-area home and then killed herself, using a 9 millimeter handgun

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Bringing babies to midnight movies

August 10, 2012 Arthur Lieber Crime/Violence, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

The massacre in Aurora, CO stands alone as the largest act of domestic violence in the history of the United States. It took a

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