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  • David Gregory holding a 30-round magazine at NBC's Washington bureau (NBC/Meet the Press)

    MILLER: Two systems of justice

    It's been more than a week since police in Washington, D.C., opened an investigation into possession by NBC's David Gregory on national TV of a "high-capacity magazine" that's prohibited in the District.


  • SIMMONS: Boys want missing mom home for Christmas

    Richard and U'Andre Harris haven't felt their mother's hugs for more than 22 months. She hasn't called home to inquire about them or sent mysterious birthday cards. That's because their mother, Unique Harris, has seemingly vanished without a trace.


  • UK police arrest 6th person in sex abuse probe

    British police on Monday arrested another suspect in the sex abuse probe spurred by allegations against the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile.


  • Sir Jimmy Savile is pictured in 2008. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld/PA)

    U.K. police arrest 6th person in sex-abuse probe

    British police on Monday arrested another suspect in the sex-abuse probe spurred by allegations against the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile.


  • D.C. Police Chief Cathy L Lanier, with Mayor Vincent C. Gray, discusses an initiative for phone-service carriers to disable stolen smartphones as soon as the theft is reported. Chief Lanier is a leading advocate of the FCC-coordinated program. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    Smartphone thieves lose connection

    Smartphones can hail a cab, stream football games and take high-quality photos, so the wireless industry's latest trick may seem as out of place as it was long in coming — rendering the phone as useless as a plastic brick.


  • New Scotland Yard is the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's foremost and largest police service. (Associated Press)

    London police say they may move from New Scotland Yard

    It's not in Scotland. And it's missing a front yard. But anyone who has read a Sherlock Holmes novel can tell you that Scotland Yard equals London police.


  • D.C. traffic whistleblower’s efforts stall

    A veteran Metropolitan Police sergeant says higher-ups at the department and the city council chairman are protecting a manager accused of misusing department funds, failing to rescind defective speed-camera citations and improperly voiding legitimate tickets.


  • UK police: Inquiry into BBC entertainer is growing

    British police said Friday that a highly publicized inquiry into a BBC entertainer believed to have molested dozens of girls has widened to include more than 200 potential victims and possibly new perpetrators.


  • Washington, D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier and Prince George's County police chief Mark Magaw deliver new  crime statistics for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 12, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    D.C.-area crime down, but new patterns emerge

    Crime decreased across the D.C. area by about 6 percent from 2010 to 2011, law enforcement leaders said Wednesday. But at the same time, criminals and gangs are more likely to organize outside their own neighborhoods and to focus on property crime or robberies.


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