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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2009

Lone Officer Subdued N.C. Nursing Home Shooter

When he jumped out of his patrol car at Pinelake Health and Rehab, Officer Justin Garner of the Carthage Police Department knew he couldn't wait for backup. He pulled his .40-caliber Glock handgun and walked into the nursing home, a convoluted building the size of a small shopping center.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2009

Wounded N.C. Officer Praised for "Heroic" Actions that Ended Nursing Home Slaughter

A witness told CNN affiliate WRAL-TV that the shooter was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and other weapons. The officer who stopped him, Justin Garner, "acted in nothing short of a heroic manner" and probably stopped the carnage from being worse, Moore County District Attorney Maureen Krueger said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2009

N.C. Cop Wounded in Nursing Home Attack Treated and Released

A Carthage police officer, Justin Garner, 25, was shot in the leg during the incident, but he was treated at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst and released.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2009

Thousands Attend Funeral to Honor Oakland Officers

As officers from 15 agencies patrolled city streets, the entire 815-member Oakland Police Department came to celebrate the lives of the officers even as they struggled to come to terms with the deadliest day in its history. To lose one officer was bad enough. That four gave the ultimate sacrifice was almost too much to bear.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2009

Officer's Family Asked Oakland Mayor Dellums to Not Speak at Funeral

Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums attended Friday's funeral for four slain city police officers, but did not speak at the request of at least one killed officer's family.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2009

Oakland Police Funeral Expected to Draw Thousands of Officers

Officers from throughout California and from as far away as New York and Florida will attend the 11 a.m. service in the Oracle Arena, which holds more than 19,000 people.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2009

Slain Oakland Officer's Organs Save Four Men

Even in death, Oakland police Officer John Hege has saved four lives. Hege, who was among four officers killed Saturday by a gunman in East Oakland, has given renewed hope to four men.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2009

60 Oakland Radicals March in Support of Cop Killer

The protest was organized by the Oakland branch of the Uhuru Movement, whose flyers for the march declared, "Stop Police Terror." The marchers were supporting Lovell Mixon, who was killed after he shot three Oakland sergeants during an ambush.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2009

Hillary Clinton Says U.S. Shares Blame for Drug War

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted shared responsibility Wednesday for the drug violence convulsing Mexico, saying that traffickers "are motivated by the demand for illegal drugs in the United States and are armed by the transfer of weapons from the United States."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2009

U.S. Armor Corporation To Open Southeastern Regional Service Center

U.S. Armor Corp. has announced the opening of its new Southeastern Regional Service Center, establishing a dedicated distribution and marketing facility for the Southeast United States.

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