http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/...lyard_killings

While this is a very sad story, it mentions the murder rate this year in Newark NJ is 91, in Baltimore MD it its 191....but that doesn't get much press.

273,000 people in Newark (.00033 murdered)
631,000 people in Baltimore (.00031 murdered)

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