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Rising prescription drug theft, especially of painkillers, lead the NYPD to implement new tracking procedures that will hopefully lead them to citywide stash locations.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law gun-control measures.

Most active shooters in the past decade acted alone, the report notes, and 51 percent were deceased following the attack. 

Janet Napolitano will remain in her post as the Secretary of Homeland Security during President Obama's second term. 

The Better Business Bureau investigates thousands of scams every year. What are the top 10 scams for 2012?

In an effort to crack down on robberies at McDonald’s in Sydney, the company has hired a British security firm to install a system that sprays a “non-toxic solution with DNA Code” on would-be thieves on their way out the door of the fast-food outlets.

Following a brutal school stabbing, Chinese schools are being ordered to hire trained security officers, despite some ambiguity in addressing funding concerns. 

DHS reports that critical infrastructure faced 198 incidents of cyber attack in FY 2012, ranging from malware to phishing attempts.

The U.S. outpaces other wealthy countries in violent deaths, as well as in shorter life expectancy overall.