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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 21, 2012

Calif. Inmates Ask U.N. To Probe Solitary Confinement

Calling solitary confinement "torture," California prisoners and advocates are asking the United Nations to investigate the segregated housing of gang members at prisons throughout the state.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2012

Chicago Police Detain Reporters at Hospital

A photographer and reporter were arrested by Chicago police on Saturday as they tried to cover the shooting death of a 6-year-old girl. Hospital personnel claimed the media members were trespassing.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2012

N.J. Officers Say Farewell To K-9

Police officers and their K-9 partners gathered for a ceremony for Rosko, an 8 1/2 year old Atlantic City police dog who was euthanized after suffering from cancer.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2012

Chicago Tactical Officer Shot by Curfew Violator

A tactical Chicago Police officer emerged from surgery Tuesday, after he was shot three times in the chest Monday night on the Southeast Side.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 19, 2012

Fla. Corrections Officer Fatally Stabbed by Inmate

Sgt. Ruben Thomas, 24, was stabbed in the neck with a shank by Richard Franklin while on duty at the Columbia Correctional Institution near Lake City in northern Florida.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2012

Avon Offers Agencies Lease-Purchase Financing for Respirators

Financial officers representing municipal customers can lock in a fixed payment and interest rate with flexible payment terms from 1-5 years. Agencies own the equipment at the end of the lease term.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2012

Jury Convicts Afghan Trafficker with Taliban Ties

An Afghan national who distributed nearly 20 percent of the world's heroin in 2006 and supported the Taliban was convicted Tuesday and faces a 20-year prison sentence.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2012

Hostages Disarm Gunman After Texas Courthouse Shooting

A gunman who opened fire outside a Beaumont, Texas, courthouse Wednesday was disarmed and taken into custody with the help of hostages he had taken at a nearby business.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2012

14-Hour Standoff In Penn. Ends with Death of Gunman

A Pennsylvania State Police sniper ended a Wednesday standoff with a disturbed man who fired more than 50 rounds at responding troopers.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2012

Jury Rules Va. Tech Negligent in Massacre

A jury found Virginia Tech negligent on Wednesday for delaying to alert its campus community about a gunman during the 2007 massacre that left 33 people dead.

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