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• Psychologists believe the uptick is most likely linked to the recession, she said.
• But a short-term uptick in crime isn't necessarily unusual, said Lt. Mike Woods of the Columbus police burglary unit.
• An Opera spokesman tells us that unlike Mozilla, his company has not seen a significant download uptick from the French.
• That followed comments he made in March when he called the uptick in homicides "worrisome," and decried, "We have fewer police officers on the streets than we did before."