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image - FY2011 Edward Byrne Memorial Assistance Grant FY2011 Edward Byrne Memorial Assistance Grant 7/12/2011
The Department of Justice has partnered Maricopa County; the Cities of Avondale, Chandler, Glendale, Goodyear, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Surprise, and Tempe; and the Town of Gilbert to receive $1,841,662 through the FY2011 Edward Byrne Memor ....More Details

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Band camp, other clubs suspended
The president of Florida A&M University said the college is canceling its summer band camp program a......
Champion remembered at event
A major national college event pauses to remember FAMU drum major Robert Champion.
More members accused of hazing
Four members of Florida A&M University's fabled Marching 100 band have been arrested on hazing charg......
Sandusky urged to stay inside
Prosecutors are blasting Jerry Sandusky's recent request to see his grandchildren saying the former ......
Words matter in Penn State case
Sitting in a Pennsylvania courtroom last month, listening to how allegations of child molestation we......
Out-of-county jury for Sandusky?
Prosecutors in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case asked Tuesday that jurors be selected from an......
4th accuser drops abuse allegations
One of four men to accuse former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting them a......
Accuser pleads guilty to child sex
Zachary Tomaselli, the third man to publicly allege that former Syracuse University coach Bernie Fin......
Attorney: Victims to sue university
Two men who accused a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach of sexually abusing them......
Miss. high court considers pardons
The Mississippi Supreme Court gets ready to determine fate of some 200 pardoned criminals. CNN's Ed ......
UVA's lacrosse murder trial
George Huguely and Yeardley Love's story seems like a familiar college relationship. But something w......
Powell family tragedy timeline
CNN's Dan Simon reports on events leading up to the deaths of Josh Powell and his two boys.
Search for missing sex offenders
U.S. Marshals are on the hunt for registered sex offenders skirting the law. CNN's Sandra Endo repor......
Cop bristles during interrogation
Twenty-three years after the murder of Sherri Rasmussen, a Los Angeles police officer is questioned ......
Family convicted in 'honor' murders
CNN's Paula Newton reports on the conviction of three family members over the "honor" murders of fou......
Judge to rule on Sandusky house arrest
A Pennsylvania judge is on Monday expected to rule on a number of issues regarding former Penn State......
Not guilty plea for fake Rockefeller
A German-born man known for masquerading as a Rockefeller will be arraigned Thursday after a judge r......
Calif. sets trends in health laws
Beyond skateboards, Silicon Valley and hippies, California has a trendsetting streak of a different ......
Victim attacked then walked home
The man whose brutal beating was videotaped and posted online says the men who beat him ran away whi......
'Suge' Knight faces pot charge
Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was charged with marijuana possession after he was pulled over ......
UF frat suspended for hazing
The University of Florida has temporarily suspended its chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity af......
Love triangle guilty verdict
A jury delivers a second-degree murder charge against Jennifer Trayers, who stabbed her naval doctor......
Victim in video beating speaks out
The victim of a vicious beating by a gang of men shouting anti-gay slurs plans to speak out Wednesda......
A bite, a broken heart, a murder
The prosecutor sounded like the narrator of a hard-boiled police drama as he carefully laid out piec......
Appeals court rejects Prop 8
A three-judge pannel with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule Tuesday on wheth......
Military rape victims need justice
Jackie Speier: Rape in the military is epidemic, yet only a few cases go to trial -- largely because......
Norway suspect: I deserve a medal
A Norwegian court concluded Monday that Anders Behring Breivik -- the man charged with killing 77 pe......
Immigration law led to death
CNN's Jim Spellman reports on how U.S. immigration laws and violence in Mexico led to the death of a......
When a neighbor becomes a hero
Rick Martin says he cried after interviewing the sister of Harry "Mike" Ainsworth, who was gunned do......
Prisoners pull pig prank on police
It's one thing to call a cop a pig, but it's another to put a pig on a decal for police cars. CNN's ......
Supreme Court arguments on TV?
Joe Mathewson says the Supreme Court should start by televising the planned five hours of argument o......
'Honor murders' ruling appealed
Three members of a family of Afghan immigrants found guilty of murder in what the judge called "a co......
Lesbian veteran sues for benefits
An Army veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is suing the government, claiming she and her wife ......
Father of would-be NYC subway bomber to be sentenced
The father of the convicted would-be suicide bomber who planned to detonate explosives in New York C......
Woman to plead guilty in baby-snatching case, documents say
A woman who faces a federal kidnapping charge will plead guilty Friday in the case of a baby snatche......
Dougherty sister pleads guilty in multistate crime spree
One of three siblings accused of robbing a bank and trying to kill police officers last year, accept......
Murder trial jurors hear lacrosse player's interrogation
The prosecution will call a new witness to the stand Friday in the murder trial of former University......
Madonna stalker escapes from mental hospital
A man convicted of stalking singer Madonna, and who once threatened to knife her, has escaped from a......
Miss. court hears pardon challenge
The Mississippi Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday about the legality of scores of controversial......
Attempted Walmart abduction caught on video
A 7-year-old Georgia girl fought off a man who'd grabbed her in the aisle of a Walmart, with police ......
Embattled L.A. school reopens
A Los Angeles school at the center of a shocking child abuse scandal reopens Thursday with an entire......
Hinckley hearing ends; judge to rule later
A lawyer for presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. made an impassioned plea to a federal judge Th......
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