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Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2011

Virginia Tech Marks Anniversary, Maintains It Did Nothing Wrong

Virginia Tech remembered the 32 students and faculty members killed in the mass shooting four years ago on the anniversary today, as school administrators continued to maintain they did nothing wrong in delaying school-wide notification.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 15, 2011

16 Mexican Officers Accused of Aiding Cartels

Sixteen Mexican police officers have been arrested for allegedly protecting drug-cartel gangsters suspects in the grisly slaying of more than 120 people whose bodies were found in mass graves near Tamaulipas in northern Mexico.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2011

Arizona Cop's OIS Involved White Supremacist

Responding officers initially suspected they were responding to a domestic violence situation. When officers arrived, Cody Schaible began yelling at them and, when he made a threatening move toward police, an officer fired at him. Schaible had known ties to a white supremacist group.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2011

Suspect Found Dead In Charlotte Home, Following Standoff

Charlotte-Mecklenburg SWAT officers surrounded a home in the northern section of the city after receiving a call of shots fired at the location and, after attempting to contact the subject, entered the home to find him dead.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2011

Inmates Kill S.D. Prison Guard In Failed Escape Attempt

Ronald E. Johnson, a 23-year penitentiary veteran, was pronounced dead at 11:50 a.m. after an alleged assault by inmates Eric Robert and Rodney Berget.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2011

California Man Gets 14 Years for Officer's Shooting

Krist Antonio Wiggins' sentence was the longest possible based on verdicts by juries, who convicted Wiggins of involuntary manslaughter plus a "special allegation" that he discharged a firearm.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 11, 2011

Oakland Norteño Named In Injunction Arrested With Rifle Strapped to Chest

Since police filed the case in October, 15 of 40 members named in a gang injunction have been arrested, including one in a court room. The injunction bars the men from hanging out together in a 2-square-mile "safety zone" and imposes a 10 p.m. curfew.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 11, 2011

Video: Officer Pepper Sprays Squirrel

A cell phone video clip of a Mesquite (Texas) Police officer using pepper spray on a baby squirrel was posted to YouTube in front of students was posted to YouTube last week.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 11, 2011

Mexican Cartels Escalating Presence In New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement went from spending 13,472 hours in 2009 to more than 30,000 hours last year. The feds are also seizing record amounts of firearms and cash. In 2009, the feds seized more than $35 million and 57 firearms.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2011

Neb. Hospital Shooter and Victim Have Gang Ties

Otis Holford was shot inside the lobby of the medical center on Wednesday. He is now listed in stable condition. The alleged shooter, 26-year-old Anthony D. Green Jr., was arrested and charged with first-degree assault.

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