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Seniors Turn Crimefighters on City Streets (Video)
More and more retired seniors are patrolling the streets of Glendale, CA, with radios, becoming the eyes and ears of the police. The Retired...
U.S. Violent and Property Crime Dropped in 2007
With a steep drop in urban homocides leading the way -- 10 percent decline from 2006 in major cities -- the FBI's preliminary crime...
Hero on One-Man Mission to Fight Crime
The streets are littered with villains and Superman is nowhere to be seen. But help is at hand because do-gooder Vincent Oligbo is on...
NY Subway Crime Dips to Lowest Rate in 37 Years
New York subway crime has plummeted more than 37 percent in 2006. That's on top of the decrease in 2005 of about 5.5 percent....
Crimes Down by 50,000 in Scotland
Nearly 50,000 fewer crimes were committed in Scotland last year compared with the previous 12 months, down 6 percent. Violent crime fell 7 percent...
Florida Crime Rate Lowest in 30 Years
Florida's crime rate has dropped to its lowest level in more than 30 years. 2005 produced a 4 percent drop in overall crime rate,...
Computers from UN War Crimes Court Benefit Survivors in Bosnia
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia yesterday sent 306 old computers to Bosnia and Herzegovina, scene of most of the...
London Crime Rate Lowest in Five Years
Crime in London has decreased to its lowest level in five years, according to new police figures published last week. The number of homicides...
Significant Blow to the Illegal Pet Trade: Big Bust Rescues Dozens of Lemurs and Tortoises
In a pair of busts that will end up costing criminals millions, Thai police raided a suspected wildlife smuggling site and saved hundreds of...
Good News in History, April 25
70 years ago today, Bell Labs finished the first functional solar cell, allowing for a panel of metal and glass to refract light and...
Good News in History, April 22
300 years ago today, Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant was born in Prussia. This revolutionary thinker saw rationality as inseparable from morality, and Kant's formulation...
Good News in History, April 18
80 years ago today, the inaugural hearing of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also called the World Court, was held at the Peace...
Good News in History, April 8
90 years ago today, the architect Kisho Kurokawa was born. This brilliant mind was the co-founder of the Metabolist architectural movement, which sought to...
Good News in History, April 7
93 years ago today, perhaps the greatest American whistleblower in history, Daniel Ellsberg was born. In March of last year, Ellsberg revealed to the...
This Fencing Club Is Giving at-risk Youth in Kenya an Elegant Alternative to Street Violence
In a difficult part of Kenya's sprawling capital city of Nairobi, an unlikely sport has taken hold of the passions of young people, offering...
Hero Bank Teller Saves Customer From Losing Millions on a Scam–by Asking a Few Simple Questions
An Australian bank representative recently yanked an unsuspecting woman back from the brink of the financial oblivion she was about to throw herself into...
Good News in History, April 2
40 years ago today, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian ever launched into space when he rode aboard the Interkosmos Soyuz T-11 to the...
Sunday Funnies: Dog Tore into Cereal Box but Gets Caught With Sugar Puffs All Over Her Fur
A guilty pup was left covered with sugar puffs after she tore into the cereal box.
The hilarious moment was caught on camera by owner...
Good News in History, March 29
50 years ago today in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, a group of farmers—Yang Zhifa, his five brothers, and his neighbor Wang Puzhi—were digging in...
Man Discovers Attic Filled with Looted Art from Battle of Okinawa–Works with FBI to Repatriate it All to Preserve History
Last year, a Massachusetts resident and his family were going through the personal effects of a deceased grandfather and happened to come across a...