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...killing cops puts a man at greater risk than hitting a homer or kissing the girl. Dillinger stirred the hunter's blood in J. Edgar Hoover, the young director of the FBI, and Hoover's most resourceful agent, Melvin Purvis. They, and Dillinger too, knew that a life of crime was not a profession from which one gracefully retired. Purvis and his team caught up with their public enemy as he emerged from a theater showing a Gable gangster film. The real-life tough guy was 31 when he died on that Chicago street. (See pictures of John Dillinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kill Dill: Depp's Dillinger Disappoints | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...university students or high school kids, and that up to 5% of large-town populations are addicts. A survey in May by pollster FOM-Ukraine showed that 55% of Ukrainians believe gambling leads to addiction in adults, while 46% say it breaks up families and 44% associate it with crime. And experts say that because of lax legislation, around 60% to 70% of Ukraine's gambling establishments were operating illegally. Pysarenko estimates that the industry is worth about $5 billion per year, only 2% of which made it to the state budget as operators avoided paying taxes. (Watch a video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Bets Are Off: Russia and Ukraine Ban Gambling | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

...saying that "espionage by foreign reporters is undeniable" and that in some cases Iranian reporters "make mistakes, become emotional and greedy and fall into the trap of foreigners." The news report fails to mention that Bahari is actually in detention. So far, he has not been charged with any crime. (Watch TIME's video "An Iranian Protest March in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Iran, Conspiracy Theories Flourish As Regime Tries to Regain Legitimacy | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

...official plans have been announced so far, but Simmons emphasized that the City’s safety has always been a priority and said that conversations about crime and violence prevention have been ongoing...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drug-Related Violence Prompts City Action | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...took office in 2006 after campaigning on a centrist platform. But once in power, he drew close to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and quickly copied his formula for popularity: giving handouts to the poor and blaming all the country's problems on the rich. Amid rising crime and a spluttering economy, the establishment turned on Zelaya. The flashpoint came in June, when he called for a nonbinding referendum on changing the constitution to allow Presidents to stand for a second term. The Supreme Court ruled the vote illegal and soldiers whisked Zelaya away before it could take place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hondurans Take Sides and Hit the Streets | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

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