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Author Asra Q. Nomani on Why the NYPD Should Spy on Muslims

Runnin' Scared wrote yesterday about Asra Q. Nomani, a Muslim-American author who wrote a Daily Beast op-ed defending the NYPD's decision to spy on entire Islamic communities. Nomani, who co-directs the Pearl Project and is the subject of a documentary about Muslim feminism, thinks the cops' spy sch ... More >>

A Map of Virtue: Erin Courtney's New Play Puts Too Many Birds on It

Runnin' Scared wrote yesterday about Asra Q. Nomani, a Muslim-American author who wrote a Daily Beast op-ed defending the NYPD's decision to spy on entire Islamic communities. Nomani, who co-directs the Pearl Project and is the subject of a documentary about Muslim feminism, thinks the cops' spy sch ... More >>

Wilson Ramos, MLB Catcher, Rescued From Kidnappers; Top Mexican Official Killed in Helicopter Crash; Solyndra Emails Released

​Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos was rescued yesterday after being abducted outside his home in Venezuela. Ramos was living in Valencia, a town outside of Caracas, during the MLB offseason and was held in a mountainous region while his captors demanded a ransom. ESPN reports "the fi ... More >>

Levi Aron Charged in Murder of Leiby Kletzky; Lawyer Says Aron Hears Voices

​"His demeanor is not good," said Pierre Bazile today in court, where he represented Levi Aron, the 35-year-old Brooklyn man charged today with the abduction and murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky. Aron did not enter a plea and is being held without bail on charges of first-degree murder and k ... More >>

Titan of Industry Brought Low in Rapt

​"His demeanor is not good," said Pierre Bazile today in court, where he represented Levi Aron, the 35-year-old Brooklyn man charged today with the abduction and murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky. Aron did not enter a plea and is being held without bail on charges of first-degree murder and k ... More >>

Sachal Vasandani

​"His demeanor is not good," said Pierre Bazile today in court, where he represented Levi Aron, the 35-year-old Brooklyn man charged today with the abduction and murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky. Aron did not enter a plea and is being held without bail on charges of first-degree murder and k ... More >>

High and Low

​"His demeanor is not good," said Pierre Bazile today in court, where he represented Levi Aron, the 35-year-old Brooklyn man charged today with the abduction and murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky. Aron did not enter a plea and is being held without bail on charges of first-degree murder and k ... More >>

Steven Hayes, Convicted of Connecticut Triple Murder, Gets Death Penalty

Steven Hayes, via Connecticut Dept. of Corrections​Today jurors sentenced to death Steven Hayes, the man who, in a crime called "one of the worst in Connecticut history" kidnapped and murdered Connecticut woman Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley (17) and Michaela (11), during a sev ... More >>

Cops and Robbers: Tracking Brazil's Kidnapping Machine in Sequestro

Steven Hayes, via Connecticut Dept. of Corrections​Today jurors sentenced to death Steven Hayes, the man who, in a crime called "one of the worst in Connecticut history" kidnapped and murdered Connecticut woman Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley (17) and Michaela (11), during a sev ... More >>

Asylum Denied

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

Inside the Brutal World of America's Kidnapping Capital

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

History According to Gone With the Pope

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

High and Low

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

High and Low

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

Upset Over Breakup, Dumbass Kidnaps, Beats Girlfriend, Is Arrested

​Dwayne Saunders, 29, of Far Rockaway had been going out with a special someone, 23, from Uniondale, Long Island for a little over a year and a half. But there was trouble in the relationship. For one thing, she changed her cell phone number. For another, he sometimes beat her, and she had cal ... More >>

MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER

Lisa Ebersole's Mother

Littlejohn Guilty in St. Guillen Murder

Darryl Littlejohn, the Manhattan bouncer who was on trial for the brutal rape and murder of a 25-year-old graduate student, was convicted of first degree murder today. He faces life without parole and will be sentenced on July 8. Littlejohn, who grew up in the city's roug ... More >>

Tilda Swinton Devours Julia

Darryl Littlejohn, the Manhattan bouncer who was on trial for the brutal rape and murder of a 25-year-old graduate student, was convicted of first degree murder today. He faces life without parole and will be sentenced on July 8. Littlejohn, who grew up in the city's roug ... More >>

The Chaser

Darryl Littlejohn, the Manhattan bouncer who was on trial for the brutal rape and murder of a 25-year-old graduate student, was convicted of first degree murder today. He faces life without parole and will be sentenced on July 8. Littlejohn, who grew up in the city's roug ... More >>

Our Disappeared

Darryl Littlejohn, the Manhattan bouncer who was on trial for the brutal rape and murder of a 25-year-old graduate student, was convicted of first degree murder today. He faces life without parole and will be sentenced on July 8. Littlejohn, who grew up in the city's roug ... More >>

Celebrity Justice 101: Can Fame and Dollars Buy You Innocence?

Here's a quick primer on the shocking cases that many feel add up to the modern Mount Rushmore of celeb-justice abominations. *O.J. Simpson was declared not guilty of double murder in 1995. Something about how the gloves didn't match his pickaxe. *The Ramseys ran free after JonBenet's death. App ... More >>

Is This the Final Day of Clark Rockefeller/Snooks Coverage?

Here's a quick primer on the shocking cases that many feel add up to the modern Mount Rushmore of celeb-justice abominations. *O.J. Simpson was declared not guilty of double murder in 1995. Something about how the gloves didn't match his pickaxe. *The Ramseys ran free after JonBenet's death. App ... More >>

Roamin' Holiday: More on Clark Rockefeller

Here's a quick primer on the shocking cases that many feel add up to the modern Mount Rushmore of celeb-justice abominations. *O.J. Simpson was declared not guilty of double murder in 1995. Something about how the gloves didn't match his pickaxe. *The Ramseys ran free after JonBenet's death. App ... More >>

The Bizarre Kidnapping of a Girl Named "Snooks": Yachts, Faux Rockefellers and Modern Art

Here's a quick primer on the shocking cases that many feel add up to the modern Mount Rushmore of celeb-justice abominations. *O.J. Simpson was declared not guilty of double murder in 1995. Something about how the gloves didn't match his pickaxe. *The Ramseys ran free after JonBenet's death. App ... More >>

High and Low

Here's a quick primer on the shocking cases that many feel add up to the modern Mount Rushmore of celeb-justice abominations. *O.J. Simpson was declared not guilty of double murder in 1995. Something about how the gloves didn't match his pickaxe. *The Ramseys ran free after JonBenet's death. App ... More >>

This Just In From a Reader About Madeleine McCann's Kidnapper

Here's a quick primer on the shocking cases that many feel add up to the modern Mount Rushmore of celeb-justice abominations. *O.J. Simpson was declared not guilty of double murder in 1995. Something about how the gloves didn't match his pickaxe. *The Ramseys ran free after JonBenet's death. App ... More >>

Clients of Industry

Brazil's kidnapping epidemic spawns its own supply-and-demand economy

Have a Nice Flight

Boeing helps CIA fly kidnapped suspects abroad for torture

'Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story'

Boeing helps CIA fly kidnapped suspects abroad for torture

Global Spiderweb

Devastating Council of Europe report on CIA involvement with kidnapping and torture

Good Night, and Bad Luck: A Political Thriller With a Spiritual Side

Devastating Council of Europe report on CIA involvement with kidnapping and torture

No Justice, No Peace: Doc Reopens Old Wounds and a 1955 Case

Devastating Council of Europe report on CIA involvement with kidnapping and torture

CIA Criminals

In Italy: Arrest warrants issued for 13 CIA agents for kidnapping a terrorist suspect

Leo DiCaprio: Alien Seductor? So Says Director Jang Jun-Hwan.

In Italy: Arrest warrants issued for 13 CIA agents for kidnapping a terrorist suspect

Film

In Italy: Arrest warrants issued for 13 CIA agents for kidnapping a terrorist suspect

A Dry White Season

Really ordinary people: Robert Redford and family keep their patrician chins to the wind

Trade Deficit

Miramaxical (n.): Quasi-American hack knockoff for middlebrow foreign-film market

Rumors of Abduction Frighten Baghdad Parents

Miramaxical (n.): Quasi-American hack knockoff for middlebrow foreign-film market

Raising Cain

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down

The 2002 Wacko Awards

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down

Almost Famous

HarperCollins Author Kidnapped in Colombia

The Chosen One

Journalist Daniel Pearl Was Killed for Being a Jew

'The Bomb My Nation Has Become'

Colombian Club Kids, Grooving at the Edge of Apocalypse

Pearl Jam

Kidnapped Reporter Stirs Hearts and Minds

Death and the Maidens

Kidnapped Reporter Stirs Hearts and Minds

Nation

Kidnapped Reporter Stirs Hearts and Minds