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The government says the number of violent crimes rose by 18 percent in the United States while the rate of total property crime increased 11 percent, from 125.4 to 138.7 victimizations per 1,000 households between 2010 and 2011. Household burglary …

From thefts of maple syrup to grave markers, snowplow blades and sunglasses, police in New Hampshire dealt with an array of weird crimes in 2011. Some were brazen, some just plain inexplicable. Among the former was a man’s attempt to …