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Video: Mass. Denies Benefits To Police Widow

The widow of a Boston Police officer has been fighting the state for accidental death benefits for 13 years since her husband's death from Hepatitis C.

December 28, 2011

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Boston Police Widow's Fight

The widow of a Boston Police officer has been fighting the state for accidental death benefits for 13 years since her husband's death from Hepatitis C.

December 28, 2011

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N.D. Agency Reverses Denial of Death Benefit To Deputy's Widow

North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance has reversed an earlier decision denying death benefits for the family of slain Burleigh County Sheriff's Deputy Bryan Sleeper.

October 31, 2011

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Virginia Police Recruit's Widow Denied Benefits

The widow of 40-year-old Norfolk (Va.) Police recruit John Kohn is not entitled to receive any death benefits, after her husband died during police training.

December 21, 2010

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Schwarzenegger Reverses Plan to Cut Benefits to Police, Firefighters' Survivors

The proposed cut was tucked away in a list of state laws, known as mandates, that would be suspended if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest budget revisions are adopted. It would have saved California $1 million.

June 9, 2009

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Police Survivors Group Says No Worries About Obama's Death-Benefit Cut

President Obama's proposed reduction of death benefits is "meaningless" and will not reduce the amount paid to survivors who lose their loved ones in the line of duty, according to a leading grief-support agency for law-enforcement families.

May 11, 2009