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Despite Bad Economy, Crime Rates Plummet

By David KnowlesDec 24th 2009 – 4:44PM
AP

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(Dec. 24) – Looking for some good news in a year full of economic woe? Crime was down in 2009. Way down. According to figures released this week by the FBI, the overall crime rate dropped by 4.4 percent this year. Property crime dropped by 6.1 percent and homicides were down an eye-popping 10 percent. In fact,...

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