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There's a way to detect racial profiling, but most police departments don't use it.

There's a way to detect racial profiling, but most police departments don't use it.

Philly.com — "Every single police department in this country should know who they're stopping and what happens after that stop."

What happens after a murder?

What happens after a murder?

Philly.com — More people have been murdered in Camden in the last decade — 464 — than graduated from the city's high schools this year. Think about that. Let it sink in. Then stop thinking of it as a number.

Fear of Islamic health clinic stirs debate in Northeast Philly

Fear of Islamic health clinic stirs debate in Northeast Philly

Philly.com — When neighbors learned a health clinic run by an Islamic nonprofit organization was coming to Northeast Philadelphia this fall, they had questions. Will the clinic be open to anyone, or only Muslims? (Answer: Anyone.) Will doctors impose their religious beliefs on patients? (No.) Is this a front for extremism? (No.)

Heroin use on the rise in Indiana with deadly results

Heroin use on the rise in Indiana with deadly results

Indianapolis Star — How one girl's death illustrates a growing heroin problem across small towns in Indiana

A mother's last hope

A mother's last hope

Indianapolis Star — She thought jail would be a safe place for her heroin-addicted son. Now she wants reform of a criminal justice system that experts say can't handle the thousands of drug offenders who enter it.

Indy-area divers bring hope to surface

Indy-area divers bring hope to surface

Indianapolis Star — A wasteland sits below the surface of many Indiana lakes and ponds. Golf carts, stolen cars, washing machines, cell phones -- even Christmas trees -- hide in the murky waters.

Star Exclusive: Woman admits plot to rob former politician

Star Exclusive: Woman admits plot to rob former politician

Indianapolis Star — The woman accused of robbing former Marion County politician Curtis Coonrod plotted against him after feeling overwhelmed by his repeated sexual advances, she told The Indianapolis Star on Wednesday.

Man who claims innocence is main suspect in Indiana murders

Man who claims innocence is main suspect in Indiana murders

USA Today — Authorities have identified the lone suspect in the May killings that left four people dead as Samuel Sallee, who told The Indianapolis Star last week that police were unfairly holding him for a crime he didn't commit.