Crime stories inundated "the headlines in 2013 like no year in recent history," according to The Huffington Post. "In the past 12 months, we've seen the Boston Marathon bombing, the release of three kidnapped women who were held in Cleveland, and the verdict of George Zimmerman,"
Former Formula One driver Michael Schumacher was listed in critical condition following a skiing accident in Grenoble, France, The Associated Press reported.The seven time racing champion remains in a medically induced coma since being brought into the emergency room at the Grenoble United Hospital Center, chief anesthesiologist Jean-Francois Payen told reporters.
At least 14 people were killed in a suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Volgograd, Russia, the second blast in as many days in the city. 17 people died in another suicide bombing attack at the central station in the city on Sunday