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Crime Todd H Martin August 17, 2017 All of you know who Jack the Ripper is. Some of you know that the name comes from a letter to the police signed “Jack the Ripper” by the purported killer. But why “ripper”? A ripper is “a tool that is used to tear or break something,” and the victims were actually torn open. After Jack’s killings, however, “ripper” came to mean “a murderer who mutilates victims’ bodies.” You can thank the media for that. Just like “gate” is added to any political scandal, the press now calls any killer who is bloody enough a ripper. It makes for a great headline because of the fear the word “ripper” conjures in the public’s mind. If the victims are prostitutes, so much the better. Over the last 100 years, the press has invoked “ripper” numerous times. But many of these rippers killed more than Jack did—some a lot more. Here is a list of serial killers more deadly than Jack with his five confirmed murders. 10 Ypsilanti RipperSeven Victims Before Ted Bundy slaughtere...

Just a couple of miles from the Mexican border, where approximately 200, 000 immigrants illegally cross every year, 14-year-old Guatemalan Byron Raxcaco came face-to-face with reality of life on this nearly 2,000 mile border. A local drug lord demanded that Raxcaco and his chaperone pay $800 for safe passage across the border, where criminal gangs ferry humans and drugs across daily, and where police presence is almost non-existent, he said in an interview with AL.com. Poor and desperate to reach the U.S., Raxcaco was detained in a hotel in the Mexican region of Senora for a day until his aunt in Semmes, Alabama, gathered the money for the drug lord. After paying up, Raxcaco was released and free to start a new life in the United States.  He approached a border patrol post , told them he was an unaccompanied minor and asked for political asylum. In the four years since crossing the border, he has moved in with his aunt, enrolled in school, learned English, and got himself a girlfri...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - When a new owner bought an indistinct building off Front Avenue in St. Paul’s North End, he had no clue what was in the basement. It didn’t look like much: boxes, other clutter, a water hookup. He started a gym upstairs and thought nothing of it, the Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/2vxSjJm ) reported. But when it came to gyms, he was squatting on a big piece of history. Decades earlier, a small troop of boxers moved into the vacant space below. It didn’t look like much then, either. “It was all shut off and dark . a cluttered-up mess,” said Gary “Rice Street Skinny” Struss, the light heavyweight. The young men cleared out half of it - pushing all the junk to the rear. One, a plumber, installed a shower in the corner; another had relatives do a little ironwork. In time they had a pair of heavy bags, a speed bag and a small “ring,” about 10 feet by 10; a quarter of regulation size. Nothing more than two-by-fours with plywood on top. “That’s all we had. You know what ...