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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 23, 2004

CBS to Air Story of Last Survivor Pulled From WTC Rubble

CBS will broadcast “Last Man Out” on its Wednesday edition of 60 Minutes at 8:00 p.m. The segment tells the story of Sgt. John McLoughlin of the New York/New Jersey Port Authority Police Department, the last man pulled alive from the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 18, 2004

Amtrak Institutes Random ID Checks

In an effort to improve overall security on its trains to prevent terrorism, Amtrak has begun checking passengers’ IDs.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2004

Woman Spots Rape Suspect on TV

A woman says a man she saw on the reality television show, “Blind Date,” raped her 14 months ago. She taped the show and handed the video to police, who arrested the suspect on suspicion of rape and kidnapping.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2004

Supreme Court to Decide if K-9s Allowed on Routine Stops

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if using a drug-sniffing dog on a minor traffic stop is considered unreasonable search and seizure.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2004

New System Creates Images of Audiotape Tampering

A real-time magnetic imaging system enables criminal investigators to “see” signs of tampering in audiotapes—erasing, overdubbing, and other alterations—while listening to the tapes.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 4, 2004

Fallen Officers’ Families Eligible for Scholarships

Surviving children and spouses of police officers who died in the line of duty can apply for educational scholarships to attend undergraduate, graduate, and vocational or technical schools from a corporate-sponsored fund.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 1, 2004

TREXPO East: Report from the Show Floor

Tactical show offers look at new equipment for SWAT and patrol.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleNovember 1, 2004

Slicing the Pie

The first phase of the Iraq War alone cost $79 billion and more than $100 billion may be spent on the reconstruction of Iraq. Back at home, American cities received only a relative pittance to fund their new homeland security duties, despite being deemed the front lines of response to terrorist attacks.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 1, 2004

TREXPO East: Hard Lessons

Anti-terror seminars spell out brutality of the enemy to conference attendees.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 21, 2004

Court to Reconsider Capital Punishment for Juveniles

After 15 years, the Supreme Court is revisiting the issue of how old a murderer must be to receive a death sentence for his crime. The Court is reviewing the case of Christopher Simmons, who was 17 when he killed a woman in 1993 by hogtying her and throwing her into a river to drown.

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