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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJuly 17, 2009

Explosive Situations

At the City of Industry (Calif.) Sheriff’s Station, we had one deputy actually transport a grenade in the trunk of his patrol car before parking in the station parking lot. Once the grenade was discovered, it was left in the trunk of the deputy’s patrol car and the parking area was immediately taped off pending the response of the Arson/Explosives Detail. Our watch commander was livid and for good reason: The deputy had parked right next to her new Corvette.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2009

Manhattan Teenager Obsessed with 'Fight Club' Arrested in Memorial Day Starbucks Bombing

A New York teen obsessed with the ultraviolent movie "Fight Club" was busted for bombing an upper East Side Starbucks in a bizarre homage to the Brad Pitt cult classic.

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Articlesby Joseph PetrocelliApril 1, 2009

April Fools

The fourth month of the year is generally pleasant. But as the month progresses, the dates mark the anniversaries of illicit and sinister events and the fools of April are no longer funny.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2009

San Francisco Police Union Accuses Bill Ayers in 1970 Bombing

Leaders of San Francisco's police officers union have accused Weather Underground co-founder Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, of taking part in the 1970 bombing of a city police station that killed a sergeant.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2008

Police Arrest Father of Oregon Bombing Suspect

The father of a Salem man accused of planting a bomb at a Woodburn bank that killed two police officers and critically injured another was arrested Tuesday on aggravated murder and bomb-making conspiracy charges.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2008

Police Say Oregon Bank Bombing a Father-Son Job

The bomb that ripped through a West Coast Bank branch in Woodburn on Friday and killed two police officers was the product of a plot that dates to at least November involving a father-and-son team, according to information released by authorities Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2008

Salem Man to be Arraigned in Oregon Bombing That Killed Two Officers

A 32-year-old Salem man whose family has deep roots in the area is to be arraigned this morning on aggravated murder for the deaths of two police officers in Friday's bank bombing in Woodburn.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2008

Arrest Made in Oregon Bank Bombing that Killed Two Officers

Authorities arrested a suspect in the Salem area Sunday evening in the Woodburn bank bombing that killed two police explosives experts and injured the town's police chief and a bank employee.

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ProductsNovember 1, 2008

VRAD Video Radiological Adapter

Zistos Corp.’s new patent pending VRAD Video Radiological Adapter generates an early warning by enunciating radiological alarm events on the surveillance video screen. This can alarm against an act of terrorism or industrial sabotage, using a dirty bomb or radiological materials as a contaminant. The system cost-effectively adds radiological detection into fixed or mobile surveillance camera systems using existing video cameras, cables, and monitors.

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ProductsAugust 1, 2008

XR-DE Dual Energy Module

Vidisco, designer and manufacturer of portable X-ray inspection systems, offers real-time images and a laptop controlling the X-ray source from a distance far from the explosion range. The company’s newest product, the XR-DE Dual Energy Module, is compatible with a pulsed Golden XR200 or XRS3 source.

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