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Articlesby Melanie BasichNovember 12, 2009

Teaching All Dogs New Tricks

As the role of the police dog expands, training has taken on more importance, even as economic times threaten the funding for the dogs and their handlers.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2009

Maryland State Police Pilot Caused Copter Crash, NTSB Finds

The crash occurred, after "the pilot's attempt to regain visual conditions by performing a rapid descent and his failure to arrest the descent at the minimum descent altitude during a non-precision approach," according to the agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2009

Las Vegas Police Raid 6 Hells Angels Locations

Armed with warrants, Las Vegas Metro Police searched a Hells Angels clubhouse and five residences associated with the motorcycle gang, following a confrontation between rival biker gangs at a wedding chapel, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2009

Feds Bust 'Marshall Organizaton' Drug Ring

Fifteen members of an Eastern Michigan drug trafficking group calling itself the "Marshall Organization" have been indicted by federal authorities, the Department of Justice has announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2009

Texas Town's New SWAT Unit Arrests Six In First Raid

The Jacksonville (Texas) Police Department's newly established SWAT unit made its first raid, arresting six suspects after a yearlong narcotics investigation, that the police chief said went off flawlessly, the Daily Progress reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 9, 2009

Officer Used Lessons From Virginia Tech To Halt Fort Hood Shooter

Civilian officer Kimberly Munley is credited with applying lessons learned from the 2007 rampage at Virginia Tech to halt an active shooter at Fort Hood before he killed more victims, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2009

FBI Team Will Recreate Fort Hood Shooting

The FBI announced it has sent a special team of investigators from Washington, D.C., to Fort Hood to recreate a mass shooting at the military base that left 13 dead, USA Today reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2009

SWAT Unit Evacuates Victims of Orlando High-rise Shooting

At least seven people with serious gunshot wounds were brought out of an Orlando, Fla., office building Friday, a spokeswoman with the city fire department said.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2009

Army Officials Praise Police Woman Who Wounded Fort Hood Shooter

Kimberly Munley, who remains hospitalized with the other victims, confronted the suspected shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who drew two handguns and began firing in a building where soldiers were preparing to deploy overseas.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 5, 2009

MS-13 Gang Leaders Put Out Hit on ICE Agent Assigned to Crackdown

El Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 gang allegedly put out a contract on the federal agent responsible for a crackdown on its New York factions, the Daily News has learned.

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