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VCU certified a 'crime prevention campus' 05/09/2014 04:28am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Commonwealth University says it's the first public institution of higher education in the state certified as a crime prevention campus. The distinction comes from the Virginia Criminal Justice Services Board. VCU Police Chef John Venuti accepted the honors on Thursda Doctors nationwide victimized in ID theft fraud 05/08/2014 07:20pm • DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Many doctors and other health care professionals nationwide have been victimized this year by identity theft used to fraudulently obtain federal and state tax refunds -- and their numbers are growing, medical industry and government officials say Watchdogs urge Palestinians to turn to world court 05/08/2014 02:14pm • MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Leading international human rights groups urged the Palestinians on Thursday to seek access to the International Criminal Court and end what they say is a lack of accountability for serious crimes by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinia House panel OKs $601 billion defense bill 05/08/2014 01:30pm • DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The A-10 Warthog, military bases scattered around the country and the generous housing allowance for service members survived the budget knife early Thursday morning as a House panel rebuffed Pentagon pleas and approved a $601 billion defense bill th House panel backs Pentagon on sex assault cases 05/08/2014 04:44am • DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon posted a narrow win Wednesday as a House panel endorsed leaving the authority to prosecute rapes and other serious crimes with military commanders.In an emotionally charged debate, the House Armed Services Committee rejected a measure th White House official urges Mideast talks continue 05/07/2014 01:04pm • ARON HELLER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser opened a visit to Israel by telling leaders Wednesday that peace with the Palestinians can only be reached through direct negotiations leading to the establishment of an independent Palestinian sta Sex crime inquiry against Israeli minister closed 05/07/2014 12:28pm • JERUSALEM (AP) -- A sex-crimes investigation into a senior Israeli government minister and presidential hopeful was shut Wednesday, the justice ministry said, citing the country's 10-year statute of limitations as the main reason.The ministry said Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein decided to end the Vatican: 848 priests defrocked for abuse since '04 05/07/2014 03:06am • JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) -- The Vatican revealed Tuesday that over the past decade, it has defrocked 848 priests who raped or molested children and sanctioned another 2,572 with lesser penalties, providing the first ever breakdown of how it handled the more than 3,400 cases of abus UN chief: South Sudan's warring leaders will meet 05/06/2014 12:50pm • CHARLTON DOKI Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- The leaders of South Sudan's two warring sides are likely to meet face to face this week, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said during a visit to the country on Tuesday.Ban said that President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar Man freed in Missouri delayed imprisonment case 05/06/2014 12:04pm • JIM SALTER Associated Press CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) -- Cornealious "Mike" Anderson spent 13 years free from prison due to a clerical error, then nearly a year behind bars when the mistake was caught. On Monday, he walked out of a southeast Missouri courtroom a free man again -- this time with no need t Presidential push combats campus sexual assault 04/29/2014 02:43pm • WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is cracking down on an issue that affects thousands of college women throughout the country: sexual assault. One in five women is sexually assaulted during her college years, and a new report issued Tuesday by a White House task force calls for more attent Crime Report: Man Crashes into Boulders, Assaults Cops 04/24/2014 04:30pm • An 18-year-old Arlington resident was arrested early Tuesday morning after police say he drunkenly ran his car into two small “boulders” at Henry Clay Park, then assaulted two police officers as he was being taken him into custody. The man faces a long list of charges, including DUI, pos Family worries American in Egyptian prison will die soon 04/22/2014 09:45am • Omama Altaleb, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Family and friends worried about the health of Mohamed Soltan, a 26- year-old American held for more than 235 days in an Egyptian prison, are calling for his release. They gathered in front of the Egyptian Embassy Monday in an effort to pressure UPDATED: FBI Puts Bradford Bishop On “Ten Most Wanted” List 04/10/2014 11:25am • (Update at 12 p.m.) More than 38 years after the murder of five members of his family in his Bethesda home, the FBI on Thursday put William Bradford Bishop on its “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list. Police believe Bishop, at the time an employee at the State Department, bludgeo Crime Report: Man Beaten, Robbed After Meeting Woman Online 03/21/2014 10:05am • A man was beaten and robbed after inviting a woman he had met online to his apartment. According to this week’s Arlington County crime report, the tattooed woman and an accomplice assaulted the 31-year-old victim at his apartment in the Douglas Park neighborhood near Randolph Elementary School