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• Thailand shrine bombing: Man in custody confesses, police say - CNN

  25-09-2015 23:29 via
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  Thailand shrine bombing: Man in custody confesses, police say
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  Bangkok (CNN) A man who has been in police custody in Thailand since August 29 has been identified as the primary suspect in a bombing that killed 20 people at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine last month, Thai police said Friday. After the man admitted he was ...
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• Border Patrol Agent Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Mexican Teen

  25-09-2015 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Border Patrol agent has for the first time been indicted on a murder charge after shooting and killing a Mexican national through the border fence, reports the Los Angeles Times.The border Arizona shares with Sonora, Mexico, is a hot spot for getting “rocked,” which is Border Patrol shorthand for pieces of concrete that are thrown at agents over the fence. The Border Patrol’s policy is to treat such rock-throwing as a threat to agents’ lives, and they are permitted to r
  
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• OPM Says 5.6 Million Fingerprints Stolen in Cyberattack

  25-09-2015 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the scariest parts of the massive cybersecurity breaches at the Office of Personnel Management just got worse: The agency now says 5.6 million people's fingerprints were stolen as part of the hacks, reports the Washington Post.That's more than five times the 1.1 million government officials estimated when the cyberattacks were initially disclosed over the summer. The total number of those believed to be caught up in the breaches, which included the theft of the Social Security numbers and
  
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• MasterPiece Arms Reveals New MPA BA SF Chassis – Side Folder

  25-09-2015 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MasterPiece Arms (MPA), manufacturers of the MPA BA Rifles, Chassis Systems, Defender Pistols and Carbines, Suppressors and MPAR Rifles, has announced the availability of its new MPA BA SF Chassis – Side Folder, part of the MPA Bolt Action Chassis Systems product line. This distinctive chassis system provides a super-precision platform for the Remington 700, Savage, Howa, and a variety of custom actions. The MPA BA SF Chassis – Side Folder chassis and v-bedding system aids in increas
  
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• Ohio Deputy Gets Hotel, Buys Clothes for Homeless Mother, Kids

  25-09-2015 19:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A sheriff is applauding one of his deputies for going above and beyond the call of duty for a homeless family, reports WSB-TV.According to a Facebook post by the Butler County Sheriff's Office in Ohio, a woman brought her two sons to the sheriff's office to look for help finding housing. She had been evicted from her home and was waiting to hear back about housing. In the meantime, she had nowhere to go.Deputy Brian Bussell is a 25-year veteran of the office. When he heard the woman's story, he
  
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• FLEOA Applauds Toomey Law Enforcement Legislation

  25-09-2015 18:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  This week, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) endorsed Senator Pat Toomey's introduction of S. 2034, The Thin Blue Line Act, which would provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty to include public officials and employees."Some purport to support law enforcement and others lead,” said FLEOA President Jon Adler. “Over the past few years, Senator Toomey has led on many law enforcement issues and continues to do so with the Thin
  
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• Video: TASER Videos Slowed Down to 28,500 Frames Per Second

  25-09-2015 00:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: TASER Videos Slowed Down to 28,500 Frames Per SecondThe Slow Mo Guys came to TASER HQ this summer to record the TASER X26P Smart Weapon in amazing slow motion. It went public last week and now has more than 8 million views. TASER was involved with slow motion recordings at 20,000 frames per second (FPS) for Discovery's Time Warp six years ago, but this new video of a TASER X26P deployment and voluntary exposure was recorded at an unbelievable 28,500 FPS.Watch the very first electrical arc
  
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