Gardner Theft Anniversary Events
Mar 10, 2010 3:05 AM
By Ulrich Boser
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Former E.R. doc gets life in wife's cyanide murder
Mar 9, 2010 5:03 AM
A former emergency room doctor from Ohio was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his wife by lacing her calcium supplements with cyanide.
O.J. donates '95 acquittal suit to Smithsonian
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Columns & Blogs
Blog: Blown Away
A Venti Skim Latte — And Don’t Hold The Glock: Starbucks Caught In Gun-Rights Activism
Mar 10, 2010 3:16 AM
Not quite what Starbucks had in mind — gun owners exercising their right to openly carry their firearms into coffee shops.
Blog: The Gardner Heist
Gardner Theft Anniversary Events
Mar 10, 2010 3:05 AM
As the 20th anniversary of the Gardner heist approaches, there’s no shortage of events dedicated to the caper. There are Gardner heist lectures for art critics. There are theft talks for mystery-lovers. A quick run-down:
Blog: Cop In the Hood
Hitler learns he has to report to Compstat.
Mar 10, 2010 3:02 AM
A former student sent me this link. One of the funniest things I've seen a long time. Watch it while you can.
Blog: Cop In the Hood
The Homeless, Broken Windows, and Quality-of-Life Crimes in San Francisc
Mar 7, 2010 5:02 PM
Since there's no good newspaper left in San Francisco, I guess it's up to the Washington Post to report stories like this.
Blog: The Bottom Line
Patterson: Corrupt as they come?
Mar 7, 2010 5:01 PM
I'm a citizen of New York State, so I've been following our governor's travails very closely. David Patterson, the state's first African American, legally blind lieutenant governor, ascended to the governor's Albany mansion after elected governor Eliot Spitzer was caught in a 2006 sex scandal and resigned. Gov.Patterson is now the subject of two investigations by Andrew Cuomo, our attorney general, largely regarded as the Democratic Party's governor's nominee in November 2010.
Blog: Popular Forensics
The Big Gamble
Mar 7, 2010 3:09 PM
Before he was King—that is, before he made blockbusters like Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich, and the Ocean’s series—Steven Soderbergh was best known as the guy who'd made a quirky little indie film titled sex, lives, and videotape. His next two outings—Kafka and King of the Hill—didn't do much box office, but they were evidence of a smart, witty, visually gifted filmmaker unafraid to experiment with storytelling. The Underneath, his first foray into crime-related material, is a great example.
Blog: The Gardner Heist
FBI hunts DNA clues in Gardner caper
Mar 4, 2010 11:58 AM
The Boston Globe is reporting that the FBI is hunting new DNA clues in Gardner caper. Specifically, it looks like the FBI will be looking at long strips of duct tape that were used to tie up the two guards on the night of the caper.
In the Forum
anon posted a message in
Aug 11, 2009 6:05 AM
I think it's time to move on.......
Ulrich Boser started a new thread
Jul 29, 2009 8:46 AM
While I'm tired of all the news on the Gates case--see here for my get-some-perspective post--it seems like...
Ulrich Boser posted a message in
Jul 21, 2009 4:58 PM
Thanks. I'll take a look....
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