The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said it’s an apparent suicide. McDaniel, a registered sex offender, had been missing since Jan. 31. It was initially thought he may have absconded because of his sex-offender status. McDaniel was last seen walking over the Dunns Creek Bridge near the area where his body was eventually found.

He was convicted in 1991 on charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s registered sexual offender database. 

The homicide is being investigated by the Oklahoma City Police Department.

Hamilton, who goes by the nickname “Smoke,” also had three unrelated warrants for driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and second-degree burglary.

McCarther, 21, died of multiple gunshot wounds. Two other men also have been arrested in connection with his death — Lawrence W. Bartlett, 27, and Brandon Dawson, 20.

Hamilton is being held without bail in the Oklahoma County jail.

“With a turnout like this, I’m beginning to feel we might win tomorrow,” an upbeat Romney told a crowd of several hundred at a stop in Dunedin on Monday as he and Gingrich zipped across the state making their final appeals.

Gingrich, in turn, acknowledged that his momentum had been checked but promised not to back down. He characterized Romney as an imposter, and his team started to plot a strategy for upcoming contests.

“He can bury me for a very short amount of time with four or five or six times as much money,” Gingrich said in a television interview.

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is gearing up for a relaunch in Singapore, almost five years after the firm shut down its former office in the region.

The magic circle firm is planning to open the new arm this autumn, with the move expected to be discussed at a meeting of the firm’s partnership council this week.

The new office will focus on arbitration, corporate, projects and energy work, with the firm also looking to use the base as a strategic access point for India.

One Freshfields partner said: “Singapore is being talked about all the time as the firm’s next strategic move. Hong Kong has become a greater China hub and Singapore is becoming the hub of Southeast Asia.

“A Singapore office is definitely something people would like to see happen – and soon. All of th

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There had been warnings that the original Cabinet Office proposals would result in a big fall in the number of registered voters, especially among existing under-represented groups such as ethnic minorities, those on low incomes and people renting their homes.

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Maricopa County prosecutors say 26-year-old Jasen Anchondo was sentenced Tuesday.

He and the child’s mother, 23-year-old Summer Dawn Angelly, both pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse in November.

Authorities say the 11-month-old boy was left in the tub unsupervised Aug. 5 because he had soiled his diaper and the couple had run out of clean ones. They had been living at the motel for weeks after moving to Arizona from California.

Tempe police say the baby was revived with CPR. H

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The message in some job advertisements these days is pretty blunt: Don’t bother sending a rsum if you’re not bringing home a paycheck already.

The ads list current or recent employment as an eligibility requirement, a screen to narrow the pool of candidates in a rocky economy that often leads to dozens of applicants for a single job.

A random search of online job listings last year by the National Employment Law Project, a nonprofit advocacy group, found 150 ads nationwide that excluded applicants based on employment status.

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Thousand Oaks police said a patron was sitting inside the Barnes & Noble bookstore at 160 Promenade Way about 2:30 p.m. Friday when someone grabbed her purse and started to flee. The woman hung on to her purse, and the person ran out of the store empty-handed before jumping into a waiting car, police said.

Numerous people called 911, and police arrested Krista Claxton, 24, a few hours later, authorities said. Chadwick Fontana, 25, was arrested Saturday, police said.

Monica Kim was thrilled to gain a spot in Protess’
class and taken aback to learn he would not be
leading it. “I was under the impression that I
would be working with Professor Protess. It was
kind of a surprise for everyone in the class.”
Photo by Len Irish.

Last spring Monica Kim, a Northwestern University journalism student, ventured into some of Chicagos roughest and most impoverished neighborhoods as part of a class project to investigate whether a man was wrongfully convicted of murder.

Kim was a little nervous at first as she knocked on doors to locate witnesses on the citys West Side, but she pressed on because she believed she was doing important work.

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Nikitta Grender, who was due to give birth in two weeks, was sexually assaulted before being stabbed in the neck and stomach by Carl Whant, the court was told. The knife penetrated the body of her child, whom she had already named Kelsey-May.

Newport crown court in south Wales heard that Whant, 27, a nightclub bouncer, then set fire to the bed Grender was lying on in an attempt to cover up his crime.

Whant, who took notes as the prosecution outlined its case, denies rape, murder, child destruction and arson.

Gregg Taylor, prosecuting, said Grender, 19, and her boyfriend Ryan Mayes, 18, had been looking forward to the birth of their child.

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There were 13 homicides in Syracuse, a number that has been decreasing since 2009.  Burglaries, stolen cars and other serious crimes are also down.

Its not all rosy in the city, as one crime stat is on its way up. In 2011 Syracuse Police received 273 calls for shots being fired, up from the prior year. The number of people injured when shots are fired is also up 16%.

Syracuse Police are already taking action, a community policing team called, “sweep” will be hitting the streets. Chief Frank Fowler says the numbers overall are good news. “

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Stemple, now 46, and an accomplice beat Stemple’s wife — Trisha, who was 30 — with a baseball bat and then ran her over several times with a pickup on U.S. 75 outside of Tulsa.

Pruitt asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to set an execution date in 60 days or the earliest date the court deems fit.

“Timothy Shaun Stemple has exhausted all of his appeals in a court of law,” Pruitt said. “After

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MANCHESTER, N.H. Although the Republican presidential candidates seemed tense and on the defense at times over the past few days, the overall mood in New Hampshire has been one of excitement ahead of the first-in-the-nation primary.

On highway overpasses and at busy intersections, signs supporting each of the candidates are waving in the wind.

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The Minnesota congresswoman was running in last place among six candidates as returns came in from the nation’s first Republican presidential nominating contest.

“I believe that I am that true conservative who can and who will defeat Barack Obama in 2012,” she said. “What we need is a fearless conservative, one with no compromises on their record on spending on health care, on crony capitalism, on defending America, on standing with our ally Israel.”

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