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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2010

San Francisco Lockup Installs Condom Dispensers

Though sex among the inmates is illegal, the sheriff's department installed the machines as a health-safety measure.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2010

LAPD Chief Beck Says Shooting of Day Laborer Was Justified

Police also showed photographs of the bloodied 6-inch switchblade they say Jamines, 37, was holding at the time of the shooting. Investigators are testing the blood to see whose it is, the LAPD said.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2010

Three LAPD Officers Injured During Standoff With Shooting Protesters

Four protesters were arrested and three LAPD officers were injured when bottles and a rock were thrown at them.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2010

Former Soldier Holds 3 Hostage At Georgia Hospital

The suspect entered the hospital heavily armed and held three people hostage including a medic, behavior health nurse and technician.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2010

Drug Couriers Using Disguises and 'Cloner' Vehicles

The traffickers have been caught hauling marijuana along the Texas border in fake versions of a Walmart truck or FedEx van. They've employed sham school buses, dummy dump trucks and bogus ambulances.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2010

Mexican Man Guilty of Assaulting Two Border Patrol Agents

Jaime Martinez-Garcia, 26, of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, was found guilty of two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of illegal re-entry after deportation by a federal jury in Tucson on Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2010

Parents of Slain Kids To Chicago Gang Members: How Dare You?

The gang members said they and other gang members were disrespected by police during a surprise meeting with Chicago PD's Superintendent Jody Weis and that their constitutional rights were violated.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2010

Discovery Channel Gunman was Armed with Starter Pistol, Bombs

The 'gunman' in yesterday's Discovery Channel hostage standoff was only armed with starter pistols, which are incapable of firing bullets. He also had bombs.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 1, 2010

Discovery Channel Gunman Dead, Hostages Released

Numerous sources are reporting that police shot and killed a man who took three people hostage at the company's headquarters this afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 1, 2010

SWAT Called to Discovery Channel's Maryland HQ, Gunman Inside

Montgomery County police have confirmed the Discovery Communications headquarters on Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring has been evacuated after the report of a man possibly with explosives inside the building.

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