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Four TCU football players among 17 students arrested in drug investigation
Linebacker Tanner Brock and three other Texas Christian U. football players were among the 17 current and two former students arrested this morning on and around campus as part of a six-month drug investigation Fort Worth and TCU Police. The students have been separated from campus.
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Column: Together we must end dating violence
More than twenty years ago, I read a study of junior high school students in Rhode Island that included one finding I’ve never been able to get out of my head. Students were asked if a man who spent money on a woman during a date was entitled to force her into sexual activity.
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TCU students arrested in record drug roundup
Police arrested 17 Texas Christian U. students this morning beginning at 5:30 on and around the campus after a six-month drug investigation. The students have been separated from campus and it was announced at the conference that more arrests are likely to be made.
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Social media used on both sides of crime
Police are increasingly using social media in increasing ways to investigate crimes, State College, Pa. Police Officer Kelly Aston said. Aston said the police use social media frequently, mostly to find people in burglary and theft cases.
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Cities using bird recordings to reduce crime
An experiment in Lancaster, Calif. has found some unexpected results when it comes to the sound of chirping birds and crime prevention. After purchasing sound bytes of various songbirds from a sound consultant in London and combing them with soothing music, Lancaster Mayor R.
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Concealed carry prevents more crime than it creates, study says
With Wisconsin’s concealed carry law being in effect for just over three months, a recent national study suggests armed citizens prevent more crimes than previously thought. The Feb. 2 report by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Washington, D.C.
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Former lacrosse star’s murder trial begins
Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the trial of former U. Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely. Huguely is accused of murdering fellow University lacrosse player Yeardley Love. In May 2010, Love was discovered lying unresponsive in a pool of blood by two friends.
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Broken but not powerless
The first black eye came suddenly. "I refused to buy him a shirt and he grabbed me by my necklace," the young woman remembers. He pulled the jewelry around her neck so tightly she could feel her skin tearing.
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Study finds off-campus party hosts drink more than party-goers
Whether it's beer, wine or liquor, a new study says that off-campus-party hosts tend to drink more alcoholic drinks than their guests. The study also found that on any given weekend, at least 10 percent of students could be hosting a party. Natalie Milliron, a first-year Ohio State U.