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Hats Off to the Coens

Feb 3, 2010 8:11 AM

By Rich Shea

Two weeks ago, I wrote about how disappointed I was with the film The International. Last week, I was hoping to be more upbeat about Public Enemies, seeing as the material—J. Edgar Hoover takes on John Dillinger—seemed tailor-made for writer-director Michael Mann (Manhunter, Heat, The Insider). But, once again, a weak script prevented even a charismatic lead—in this case, Johnny Depp—from facilitating a must-see. So I cheated: I re-visited an old favorite of mine, knowing I'd have nothing but good things to share. My only hook is that, outside of film-buff circles, it's an unappreciated gem, one overshadowed by other work by Joel and Ethan Coen. It's titled Miller's Crossing.
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Sweat lodge manslaughter case in court
Feb 3, 2010 11:02 AM

Self-help guru James Ray appears in court today, charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three people at an Arizona sweat lodge.

Drew Peterson, you have the right to remain silent
Feb 3, 2010 8:02 AM

Drew Peterson may be fighting to keep a jury from hearing what his missing wife and slain ex-wife allegedly said about him, but he's chatty himself.

Grand jury dusts off 31 cold cases
Feb 2, 2010 2:02 AM

This week, a grand jury in Pennsylvania starts looking at 31 cold cases, including the 1979 stabbing of high school senior Holly Branagan.

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Q and A with Scott Selby about Flawless

Feb 4, 2010 4:10 AM

By Ulrich Boser

At one time, the Antwerp Diamond Center was believed to one be one of the most secure buildings in the world--it stored hundreds of millions of dollars worth of diamonds. According to Scott Selby and Greg Campbell, "located in the heart of Belgium’s ultra-secure Diamond District, [the building] benefited from two police stations, armed patrols, extensive video surveillance, and vehicle barriers securing an area where 80 percent of the world’s diamonds traded hands."

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Hats Off to the Coens

Feb 3, 2010 8:11 AM

By Rich Shea

Two weeks ago, I wrote about how disappointed I was with the film The International. Last week, I was hoping to be more upbeat about Public Enemies, seeing as the material—J. Edgar Hoover takes on John Dillinger—seemed tailor-made for writer-director Michael Mann (Manhunter, Heat, The Insider). But, once again, a weak script prevented even a charismatic lead—in this case, Johnny Depp—from facilitating a must-see. So I cheated: I re-visited an old favorite of mine, knowing I'd have nothing but good things to share. My only hook is that, outside of film-buff circles, it's an unappreciated gem, one overshadowed by other work by Joel and Ethan Coen. It's titled Miller's Crossing.

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The New Yorker Praises the Gardner Heist

Feb 2, 2010 3:02 AM

By Ulrich Boser

The writers at the The New Yorker choose The Gardner Heist as one of their favorite books of 2009.

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Paul Beecroft: Extract From The Diary Of A Coroner’s Officer

Feb 2, 2010 2:59 AM

By Lee Lofland

It was Boxing Day when I got the call from the Police Control Room asking that I attend the wooded area running alongside the River Thames and liaise with the Police following the discovery of a body. On arrival and after a ¾ mile walk along the towpath I arrived at the scene. There was a wooded area running down the right hand side between the towpath and a railway embankment. It was only some 30 feet in width but was not generally walked through by the public who remained on the towpath.

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Karen Schmeer, 39, ‘Fog of War’ Editor, Killed As Thieves Flee Their Manhattan Drugstore Robbery

Feb 2, 2010 2:56 AM

By Caitlin Kelly

This is a brutal story of a stupid, ugly, senseless way to die — mowed down by a pair of thugs fleeing their crime scene, reports The New York Post:

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Tarantulas Or Parking Spots? Pick Your Challenge

Jan 29, 2010 4:31 AM

By Caitlin Kelly

It’s been only three full days since we returned from two weeks in the southwest, several of those days spent in a house surrounded by 26,000 acres of mesquite, creosote, cottonwoods — and an eight-foot mountain lion barely a Manhattan block from our front door. The silence, there, was deliciously deafening, the night sky so star-studded it seemed impossible.

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Interesting Asset Forfeiture?

Jan 27, 2010 4:55 AM

By Ulrich Boser

I never thought asset forfeiture could be this interesting. Check out the Agitator's piece in Reason.

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Among Thieves: A Q and A with David Hosp

Jan 27, 2010 4:17 AM

By Ulrich Boser

I was very eager to read David Hosp's new book Among Thieves. A Boston-area lawyer Hosp uses the real-life 1990 Gardner heist as the backdrop for a thriller that tries in its own way to solve the case.

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If you look at this chart, it's not hard to think that the great crime drop was caused by locking up all the criminals. A student brought this up in class.

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