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News•by Staff Writer•June 27, 2008

Three Children Rescued During Dallas SWAT Standoff

A SWAT team called to a standoff at a southeast Dallas home early Thursday freed three children from inside and arrested two assault suspects. Detectives arrived in the 8700 block of Slay Street in Pleasant Grove about 4:35 a.m. to serve three felony warrants at the house. They saw movement inside, but no one answered the door

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News•by Staff Writer•June 27, 2008

Chicago Mayor Slams Supreme Court's Second Amendment Ruling

Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago has called the Supreme Court's overturning of the Washington D.C. gun ban "a very frightening decision" and vowed to fight vigorously any challenges to Chicago's ban. The mayor, speaking at a Navy Pier event yesterday, said he was sure mayors nationwide, who carry the burden of keeping cities safe, will be outraged by the decision.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 27, 2008

Chicago's Top Cop Draws Flack for Blaming Parents for Gang Shooting that Wounded Their Child

When Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis stepped in front of reporters and news cameras and blamed the parents of 8-year-old Josue Torres for his shooting, a few jaws in the public-relations world may have dropped. The approach of blaming the parents while their child was still in intensive care with two gunshot wounds was received by some as harshly insensitive.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 26, 2008

Supreme Court Rules Americans Have Right to Own Handguns

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 19, 2008

Federal Prosecution of Illegal Immigrants Soars

The Bush administration has sharply ratcheted up prosecutions of illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last year, with increases so dramatic that immigration offenses now account for as much as half the nation's federal criminal caseload.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 18, 2008

Phoenix Anti-Graffiti Program Nets 15 Arrests

Phoenix police announced Tuesday that a new anti-graffiti program has netted 15 arrests in the past two months. Most of the suspects are gang-affiliated teens between the ages of 13 to 17, police said. The suspects were arrested in the Maryvale police precinct in connection with approximately $40,000 worth of damage, police said at a Tuesday press conference.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 18, 2008

Oakland Police Raids Net Arrests of Reputed Gang Leaders

Oakland police arrested on Tuesday the alleged leader of a violent West Oakland gang and more than 30 of his accomplices who authorities linked to several homicides and a series of restaurant takeover robberies as well as carjackings, drug and weapons trafficking.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 17, 2008

Orange County Supervisors Investigating Sheriff's Department Overtime

County supervisors said Monday that they will order their performance auditor to conduct an in-depth study of the Orange County Sheriff's Department overtime spending, which has soared beyond the $41 million mark in recent years.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 14, 2008

Louisiana House Votes for Castration for Sex Offenders

he House gave lopsided approval Wednesday to a bill that would allow chemical or physical castration as a punishment for some sex crimes. On a 69-14 vote, House members approved Senate Bill 144 by Sen. Nick Gautreaux, D-Abbeville, sending it back to the Senate for approval of House committee changes.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 10, 2008

EF Johnson Technologies receives $10 million contract from Yukon Government

EF Johnson Technologies has received a $10 million contract from the Yukon government. The contract calls for the company to provide its Project 25 compliant Conventional IP25 infrastructure system along with its Project 25 compliant portable and mobile radios and accessories.

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