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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Killed SWAT Sergeants Didn't Expect an AK-47

When Oakland police Sgts. Ervin Romans and Daniel Sakai burst into an apartment on 74th Avenue on Saturday, they knew they were entering a dangerous situation. After all, they were looking for a man who had already killed two police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Oakland Police And City Cope With Tragic Shooting

The mood was somber at the Oakland police headquarters Saturday evening as city officials and leaders of the force gathered to talk to the media about the day's tragic events.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Three Police Sergeants Dead, Suspect Killed in East Oakland Gunbattles

In the most horrific day in Oakland Police Department history, a parolee shot to death three police sergeants within two hours of one another Saturday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Bystanders Taunt Police at Scene of Oakland Cop Murders

People lingered at the scene of the first shootings. About 20 bystanders taunted police. Tension between police and the community has risen steadily since the fatal shooting of unarmed 22-year-old Oscar Grant by a transit police officer at an Oakland train station on Jan. 1.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Fourth Officer Dies After Deadliest Day in Oakland Police History

The number of officers who died in Oakland police's deadliest shooting grew to four this morning when Officer John Hege was pronounced dead.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Family's Account of Oakland Parolee who Killed the Four Police Officers

Lovelle Mixon's shocked family, gathering at an East Oakland home where the parolee had been living until recently, apologized to the officers' families and to the public, and said they don't understand what might have triggered his burst of violence.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2009

FBI Tracks Somali Terror Links in Minneapolis, Elsewhere

Minneapolis has become the focus of a wide-ranging FBI investigation into a terrorist group's recruitment of young immigrant men for service in Somalia's ethnic and religious warfare.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2009

Revision Eyewear Introduces the New Asian Locust Goggle

Revision Eyewear, leading manufacturer of ballistic protective eyewear worldwide, meets the demands of Asia's military forces with the Asian Locust Goggle, specifically engineered for perfect fit and maximum comfort with the Asian facial profile.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2009

Police: U.S. teens Were Hit Men for Mexican Cartel

Rosalio Reta and his friend, Gabriel Cardona, were members of a three-person cell of American teenagers working as cartel hit men in the United States, according to prosecutors. The third was arrested by Mexican authorities and stabbed to death in prison there three days later.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2009

Richard "Mack" Machowicz of "FutureWeapons" Gives Exclusive Interview to POLICE Magazine

The host of "FutureWeapons" brings his motivational message of "Not Dead Can't Quit" to TREXPO West. Read the entire interview with "Mack" only at PoliceMag.com.

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