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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: New York nanny arrested in slayings of two young children New York City crime down by a third in wake of superstorm Hurricane Sandy's darker side: Looting and other crime U.N. says Syria video killings appear to be war crime

New York nanny arrested in slayings of two young children  Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 07:22 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York nanny suspected of slaying two young children of a Manhattan couple last month in their luxury apartment was arrested on Saturday and charged with murder in their stabbing deaths, New York's deputy police commissioner said. The nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, was arrested over the deaths of 6-year-old Lucia Krim and her toddler brother Leo, who had been days shy of his second birthday, following a bedside interview at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. ... Full Story	Top
New York City crime down by a third in wake of superstorm  Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 07:08 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City crime dropped by a third in the days after superstorm Sandy, but there was a slight increase in burglaries after at least 15 people were charged with looting empty businesses and homes blacked out since the disaster. Between Monday - when the storm hit, killing 41 people in the city - and Friday, murder dropped by 86 percent, rape fell 44 percent, robbery decreased by 30 percent, assault by 31 percent, larceny by 48 percent and car thefts by 24 percent. Burglaries rose by 3 percent. ... Full Story	Top
Hurricane Sandy's darker side: Looting and other crime  Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 12:00 PM PDT The last bus from Brooklyn rolled into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the Rockaways, Queens, on Friday evening just before 6 p.m., as darkness slipped quickly over the beach-town streets, obscuring curbside piles of discarded furniture and electronics. Full Story	Top
U.N. says Syria video killings appear to be war crime  Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 06:52 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - A video that appears to show Syrian rebels killing soldiers who had surrendered probably constitutes a war crime that should be prosecuted, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. The disturbing incident looks to be the latest atrocity committed by opposition fighters seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad, Rupert Colville, a U.N. rights spokesman, said. "It will be examined carefully," Colville told a news briefing in Geneva, saying it may be difficult to identify the perpetrators and the location where the footage was recorded. ... Full Story	Top

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