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Newsby Staff WriterJune 18, 2008

$2.5 Million Settlement Couldn't Keep California Gang Member from His Old Friends

Nobody wanted Jose Luis Muñoz to fail. The Anaheim gang member raised by a single mother had received a second chance -- or maybe it was his first -- to turn his life around when he settled a lawsuit against the city and police for $2.5 million.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 18, 2008

Conflict Continues Between N.H. Patrol and Troopers

After nearly nine years of working separately—and at times contentiously—New Hampshire state troopers and highway patrol officers were joined in January in the name of efficiency and harmony. But while Safety Commissioner John Barthelmes has said both sides will be expected to "play in the same sandbox," the rivalry lingers in their ongoing court battles.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 17, 2008

Brits to Release Al-Qaeda Terrorist

In an ominous portent of what may happen in the United States when Guantanamo detainees get their Supreme Court mandated trials, the United Kingdom is being forced to release one of al-Qaeda's most dangerous European operatives.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 13, 2008

NYPD Considers Equipping All Patrol Officers with TASERs

The New York Police Department is considering giving stun guns to officers who walk the city's streets, a police spokesman said on Wednesday, prompting calls for restraint from a human rights group. Spokesman Paul Browne said police supervisors started carrying a compact version of the stun gun, which incapacitates people with a 50,000-volt jolt of electricity, last week.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 13, 2008

Georgia Deputy Killed Day Laborer After Attack on Wife

The DeKalb County, Ga., sheriff's deputy who told police he was forced to shoot an intruder who attacked his wife had brought the man into his home as a laborer, newly released records show. The shoot out - described by Derrick Yancey as the laborer shooting his wife, Linda, and Yancey shooting the laborer - erupted when the man tried to rob the couple, according to DeKalb police records.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 12, 2008

Virginia Officer Killed in Line of Duty Remembered by Fellow Officers, Community

Bahr, 40, was killed Friday night after being shot by a man who police believe was heading to the Cowan Boulevard apartment of his ex-girlfriend to do her harm.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2008

Anarchists, Activists Fret Over Possible Use of "Crap Cannon" at Denver Dem. Convention

Political activists planning protest rallies at the upcoming Democratic Convention in Denver have their stomachs in knots over a rumor about a crowd control weapon - known as the “crap cannon” - that might be unleashed against them.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2008

FBI: Violent Crime Down 1.4 Percent in 2007

Violent crime in the United States declined 1.4 percent in 2007 compared with 2006, ending a two-year run during which the statistic increased, according to a preliminary FBI report issued Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2008

Phoenix Burglary Suspect Killed After Using Officer's TASER

A brawl outside a Phoenix home turned into a fatal shooting Saturday morning, when officers said they were forced to shoot a suspect who used a Taser stun gun on them.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 8, 2008

Suit Accuses Albuquerque PD of Racial Profiling

Albuquerque police officers stopped Edward Henry's rental car, forced him to get out at gunpoint and accused the Dallas engineer of coming to the city to steal a car, according to a federal lawsuit he has filed against the city. To the contrary, Henry, an engineer for ABB Inc., was in town in May 2006 to teach a class for the city-county water authority, but instead he left immediately after the incident.

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