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A plan to stop the rise in stolen cell phones
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Wireless carriers will be able to disable a stolen phone, making it useless to resell.
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Small talk: Pink lights, games with cats, Google ads
Friday, March 16, 2012
The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: using pink lights to deter criminals, an interspecies iPad game you can play with your cat, Google replacing ringtones with ads.
France accused of fostering market in hostages
Monday, March 12, 2012
Despite official denials, France is accused of being too ready to pay ransoms for hostages -- and so encouraging kidnappers to abduct its citizens.
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Stealing from the old
Monday, February 6, 2012
Call it "elder financial abuse," the largely unreported crime claims hundreds of thousands of victims each year.
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Dude, where's my bike?
Friday, January 27, 2012
Journalist Patrick Symmes had a bicycle. Then it got stolen. So he got another bike, and that got stolen, too. He discusses his journey delving into the underground economy of stolen bikes.
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What Now: The crime economy
Friday, January 6, 2012
Reforming our prison system may, in fact, help the country grow -- economically.
In the English countryside, no sheep is safe
Monday, December 26, 2011
More than 60,000 sheep have gone missing in the UK this year - three times the usual number - as the rising price of Lamb presents opportunity for thieves.
Crime down, FBI says
Monday, December 19, 2011
According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, wrongdoing continues to drop.
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Freakonomics: Why crime continues to fall during a bad economy
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Conventional wisdom says a bad economy leads to increased crime. But Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt tell us why that's not true.
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Chinese counterfeiters churn out fake U.S. IDs
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
High-quality printing plants have been making knock-off cigarettes and over-the-counter drugs for years, and are now getting into state drivers licenses. Customs officials have seized thousands.
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