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Two Firefighters Shot And Killed While Responding To Suspect's Fire 'Trap'
Police in Webster, N.Y., said this morning that two firefighters were shot and killed while responding to a fire in the upstate New York town, victims of an apparent "trap" set by a shooter who is...
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'Irresistible' Iowa Woman Fired For Being Too Sexy
An "irresistible" Iowa dental assistant fired for threatening her boss's marriage -- even though she turned away his advances -- has lost her discrimination lawsuit.Melissa Nelson, who is married with...
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The 12 Most Brazen Fugitives From History
In 1949, a Washington Daily News reporter asked the FBI to name the "toughest guys" it was investigating at the time.The piece generated so much publicity that J. Edgar Hoover decided to make the "Most...
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Bernie Madoff Sent A Letter To CNBC On Christmas Eve [Full Text]
The recent rash of insider trading cases may be a shock to some on Wall Street, but not to one long-time market player: Bernie Madoff.In a Christmas Eve letter from the medium security federal prison...
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New York City's Crime Rate Is Up For The First Time In 20 Years Because Of...
New York City's overall crime rate in 2012 is on track to go up for the first time in two decades, largely because thieves are stealing so many Apple products, The Wall Street Journal reports.Grand...
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The Guy Who Killed Two Firemen Was Also Using A Bushmaster .223 Rifle
Police are now reporting that the man who ambushed first responders in Webster, New York, armed himself with a Bushmaster AR-15 "assault style" rifle, according to Russell Goldman of ABC News.William...
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Police Investigating Whether NBC Broke Law By Possessing The 30-Bullet...
If someone wanted to write a farce about gun laws in America, he or she might start with this scene:Two weeks after a gun massacre with a legal and freely available assault rifle killed 28 people in...
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Gun Owners Freak Out After Newspaper Publishes Their Names And Addresses
A Gannett-owned newspaper in Westchester, New York, has published a map showing the names and addresses of licensed gun owners. (Click for the article and interactive version).The gun permits are...
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Attorney Committed To Psych Ward Can Still Represent Clients
A Texas judge has said an attorney who's locked up in a psychiatric facility can continue representing clients while she's there, the Austin American-Statesman reported Friday.That lawyer, Carolyn...
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Why The US Should Force People To Buy Insurance If They Want Guns
NOURIEL ROUBINI, a guy who knows a lot about risk, tweets in favour of mandatory liability insurance for gun owners:If we had liability insurance on guns, as we do 4 cars, we will see which insurance...
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A Decades-Old Deal With Uranium Miners Is Causing Trouble For The EPA
GILLETTE, Wyo. āĀ On a lonely stretch at the edge of the Great Plains, rolling grassland presses up against a crowning escarpment called the Pumpkin Buttes. The land appears bountiful, but it is stingy,...
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Ammo Suppliers Everywhere Are Reporting Shortages From A Huge Surge In Demand
The threat of the possibility of new regulation and gun control laws has sent customers scrambling for guns, ammunition and accessories in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in...
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Report: NBC Showed The 30-Bullet Magazine On Meet The Press After D.C. Cops...
NBC asked Washington D.C. police if it could use a 30-bullet magazine on "Meet the Press," but police denied that request, The Washington Post reports.The network apparently went ahead and obtained the...
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America's 'Toughest Sheriff' Is Forcing Inmates To Get Into The Christmas Spirit
Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who's best known for his controversial stances on illegal immigration, is trying to make the holidays "a little more merry for his inmates," AzFamily.com reports.Arpaio's...
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John Roberts Isn't Any 'Liberal Hero,' But He's Still The Court's Boldest...
The U.S. Supreme Court's chief justice John Roberts shocked the nation when he essentially saved Obamacare in June.Political pundits immediately hailed the chief justice as a "liberal hero."Others...
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The TSA Found 3 Saw Blades In A Man's iPad Case, Then Let Him Board His Flight
TSA agents at Dulles International Airport discovered three saw blades a man had hidden in his iPad case on Friday, a TSA spokesperson said via Twitter today. Once the agents confiscated the blades,...
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How Americans Really Feel About Gun Control
In the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., President Barack Obama, various lawmakers and the National Rifle Association have been the driving forcesĀ on an...
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A Man Paid $70,000 To Store A Corvette He Stole For 23 Years, Then Confessed
In 1989, a brand new Chevrolet Corvette was stolen from a dealership in San Diego. Over two decades later, the thief came clean.He recently reported his crime to the police because storing the car...
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The Latest News Corp Hacking Suit Alleges Execs Used Al Capone As A Role Model
Although News Corp's latest hacking scandal doesn't involve breaking into the voicemails of deceased school girls or 9/11 victims' relatives, it does illuminate how the corporation allegedly used...
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Toyota Is Paying More Than $1 Billion To Settle Claims That Its Cars Sped Up...
Toyota said it had agreed to pay about $1.1 billion to settle a class action lawsuit launched by US vehicle owners affected by a series of mass recalls from the Japanese automaker.Toyota did not accept...
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