Beware of crime while holiday shopping

Associated PressShopping during the holidays can squeeze joy out of the season as you deal with a crush of bodies in the mall or navigate Web sites that promise fabulous deals. Here are simple tips can help keep your holidays festive and crime-free. More  Read More →

Ranking lawyers and their schools

How do you choose a lawyer? By comparing loud, late-night TV commercials? Throwing a dart at the Yellow Pages? Asking around? Finding out who went to which school? More  Read More →

How safe are our college campuses?

The Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University usually is peaceful, but campus and city police watch for crime.Early on a quiet Sunday morning, Nov. 15, the administration building... More

One happy ending — sort of

You know you’re in for a stretch of weird, wretched crime and violence when the good news involves a deer getting hit by a car. More  Read More →

A little reality in sentencing

Sentencing of criminals raises lots of questions. Many people complain about inconsistencies or leniency. [Many complain that too many cases are dropped instead of prosecuted, which is another sore point.] That career criminals, junkies, drug dealers and youngsters need to be shown that they can’t get away with... More

Brazilian students outraged by … a mini-dress?

Geisy Arruda poses at home in the dress that she was expelled for wearing at Bandeirante University in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. [AP Photo]SAO PAULO... More

Jury rejects killer’s ‘too fat’ defense

Edward Ates, shown in this undated photo, argued in court that he was too heavy and out of shape to have shot his son-in-law to... More

Yes, as a matter of fact you are being watched. So what?

For years, surveillance cameras in Manalapan, Fla., have captured the faces and license plates of drivers. [AP photo]As reported in Michael Dresser’s Sun blog, the state has delayed, for... More

If you want privacy, you better stay home

London has thousands of cameras monitoring pedestrians, drivers, shoppers — anyone in view of the 360-degree-panning cameras.Last month, video surveillance cameras in certain... More