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Sitting Bull and Rasputin: This week in homicide history

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Sitting Bull and Rasputin: An interesting week in homicide history. On December 14, 1918, Sidonio Paes, president of Portugal, was assassinated....
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This week in homicide history: Fred Hampton, the "Boston Belfry Murderer" and Colin Ferguson

This week in homicide history: Fred Hampton, the "Boston Belfry Murderer" and Colin Ferguson (not that...
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Forget "Twilight" and "New Moon;" I've got fat suckers here and they have a funny name

Forget "Twilight" and "New Moon;" I've got fat suckers here and they have a funny name. When I googled, “Pishtaco,”...
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This week in homicide history: Ed Gein, Jonestown, Blackbeard and JFK

This week in homicide history: Ed Gein, Jonestown, Blackbeard and JFK On November 16, 1957, Ed Gein allegedly killed his last victim, Bernice...
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Photo gallery and text of President Obama's remarks at the Fort Hood ceremony

Photo gallery and text of President Obama's remarks at the Fort Hood ceremony Tuesday, November 10 2009. To the...
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21 years ago this week the smell of rotting flesh led to another killer

21 years ago this week the smell of rotting flesh led to another killer. Twenty-one years ago this week, neighbors...
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Clutter family "In Cold Blood" killings: Fifty years ago this week

Clutter family "In Cold Blood" killings: Fifty years ago this week. In Cold Blood. There are few book...
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This week in homicide history: Ted Bundy misses one, a sack of bones, arsenic and antifreeze

This week in homicide history: Ted Bundy misses one, a sack of bones, arsenic and antifreeze. Events reported by...
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President James A.Garfield died 128 years ago today from an assassin's bullet

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128 years ago today James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, died of a gunshot wound inflicted by an assassin several months...
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When did France last use the guillotine? You might be surprised

When did France last use the guillotine? I would have guessed 1800s, early 1900s at the latest. In fact, the last guillotining in France occurred a...
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