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• A Healthy Fear of Lightning

  05-05-2017 23:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I have always had a healthy respect for lightning. Growing up in the mountains of Arizona where the monsoons always brought a chance of some intense damn electrical storms, my first reflex as a kid was to run for the trees. Standing under a beautiful Ponderosa Pine that reached for the sky seemed like the safest refuge a young lad might find … until … one of my classmates' dads who was a forest ranger spoke at career day and, luckily, decided to expound on the dangers of lightning
  
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• Tulsa Police Union Files Ethics Complaint Against DA Over Charges Against Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting

  05-05-2017 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Tulsa police union lodged an ethics complaint Wednesday against District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler, alleging he “unfairly” charged Officer Betty Shelby without probable cause because he “rushed” to a decision before all evidence had been submitted to his office.The ethics complaint, filed with the Oklahoma Bar Association, alleges Kunzweiler didn’t have probable cause to charge Shelby “merely based on watching a video” of her fatal encounter with Ter
  
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• Georgia Officers Prevent Girl from Committing Suicide Live on Facebook

  05-05-2017 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On Tuesday, police in Bibb County, Georgia, were able to stop another suicide from unfolding publicly on the Internet.A teenage girl began live streaming her plans to commit suicide on Facebook Tuesday night before consuming pills and putting a bag over her head, Bibb County Sgt. Linda Howard said.But authorities received a call from a "concerned adult" at 7:30 p.m and 20 minutes later, officers had entered the teen's home through a bathroom window to find the girl unconscious on the floor. Howa
  
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• FL Deputy Fired for Waving Weapons and Quoting "Training Day"

  05-05-2017 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Lake County, FL, deputy sheriff has been fired for playfully waving his firearm and Taser while quoting lines from Denzel Washington’s character in “Training Day,” an action movie about a corrupt cop, the Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.Deputy Dean Zipes, who was hired in December 2015, was fired April 21 for the incident and other allegations that he twice pulled out his firearm in an office setting and once made a motion to draw his service weapon at a pizza deliv
  
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• Body Camera Plan Approved for Seattle Police

  05-05-2017 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The federal judge overseeing Seattle police reforms has approved the Police Department’s long-awaited body-camera proposal, resolving an issue that had put the plan on hold.In approving the overall plan, U.S. District Judge James Robart, as part of an order filed Wednesday, found that officers may watch video from body cameras before they write reports on incidents involving lower-level use of force.Robart is presiding over a 2012 consent decree between the U.S. Department o
  
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• Aldermen Pushing for More Chicago Police to Have Rifles

  05-05-2017 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe shooting of two plainclothes officers with a high-powered rifle this week was a chilling reminder of something Chicago police have long said: They are outgunned by the city's gangs.Now, four aldermen who are all former Chicago police officers are pushing to get as many officers trained in using high-powered long guns as quickly as possible to protect themselves from gang members who are favoring these weapons more and more, the Associated Press reports.The aldermen say
  
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• Video: Ohio Campus Officers Could Get New Student-Designed Uniforms That are Less Tactical

  05-05-2017 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Ohio Campus Officers Could Get New Student-Designed Uniforms That are Less TacticalOfficers at the University of Cincinnati could soon be wearing new uniforms designed by students in the school's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning."As we change our vision and our mission for our UCPD officers we're thinking about the image that we want to send and how we want to relate to our community," said Vice President for Safety and Reform Robin Engel, who also modeled
  
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• Leaked FBI Report Shows Anti-Police Politics Spur Some Attacks on Officers

  05-05-2017 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An internal FBI investigation into the spike of attacks on law enforcement has determined that revenge, inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, the media's reporting on officer-involved shootings, and criticism from politicians, motivates a significant number of assaults on officers, including fatal attacks."Law enforcement officials believe that defiance and hostility displayed by assailants toward law enforcement appears to be the new norm," said the leaked internal report stamped "For Of
  
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• Good Guy with Gun Kills Suspected Active Shooter in TX Sports Bar

  05-05-2017 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A "good Samaritan" with a gun killed an active shooter who may have been gearing up for a deadly rampage at an Arlington, Texas, sports bar Wednesday night, police said.When 48-year-old James Jones walked inside the Zona Caliente Sports Bar, started yelling and then allegedly shot and killed Cesar Perez — a 37-year-old restaurant manager who'd attempted to calm him down — Arlington police said witnesses were afraid they would be next.In addition to the gun used to kill Perez, police
  
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• Ballistic Helmets on Patrol

  05-05-2017 20:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There was a time when helmets—usually for impact protection, not to stop bullets—were common kit for patrol officers. Switch to today, however, and patrol officers are rarely issued hats, much less helmets.But that may be changing.After last year's Dallas and Baton Rouge ambushes, which claimed the lives of eight officers, and the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in Orlando where officers engaged an active shooter terrorist in close quarters, more and more agencies are purchasing hard armor
  
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• Man charged in shooting of 2 Detroit police... - WDIV Detroit

  05-05-2017 16:45 via clickondetroit.com
  
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  DETROIT - The man accused of shooting two Detroit police officers in March has been found not competent to stand trial by a doctor. Raymond Durham, 60, of Detroit, is charged with two counts of assault with intent to murder, two counts of resisting and ...and more »
  
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• Police: Woman cleaned SUV, tried to hide damage after killing boy, 4 - WCVB Boston

  05-05-2017 16:31 via wcvb.com
  
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  Police: Woman cleaned SUV, tried to hide damage after killing boy, 4
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  A Milford woman charged in an Easter Sunday hit-and-run that left a 4-year-old boy dead tried to cover the damage to her vehicle and lied to investigators, according to a police affidavit. Advertisement. Melissa Knight, 54, is charged with leaving the ...and more »
  
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• Police: Jilted boyfriend who killed ex-girlfriend's parents shot dead - CBS News

  05-05-2017 16:12 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Police: Jilted boyfriend who killed ex-girlfriend's parents shot dead
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  SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A 24-year-old San Jose man who fatally shot the parents of his former girlfriend has been killed by police, authorities. Shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday, a 20-year-old man notified authorities that his father had just been shot in ...and more »
  
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• Pittsburgh police are investigating reported rape at Penguins-Capitals game - USA TODAY

  05-05-2017 15:51 via usatoday.com
  
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  Pittsburgh police are investigating reported rape at Penguins-Capitals game
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  A woman reported to Pittsburgh police that she was sexually assaulted in a bathroom during Wednesday's Washington Capitals-Pittsburgh Penguins playoff game at PPG Paints Arena. The woman reported the alleged incident at a police station near the ...
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• State Police arrest man in New Fairfield 'suspicious death' - Danbury News Times

  05-05-2017 15:46 via newstimes.com
  
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  State Police arrest man in New Fairfield 'suspicious death'
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  A “person of interest” has been arrested in the “suspicious death” of a New Fairfield woman. On Thursday. troopers located the suspect, Steven Flood, 32, camping in the woods in Union, on the Connecticut/Massachusetts border. less. A “person of ...and more »
  
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• Police: Man shot multiple times in Zionsville killing - Indianapolis Star

  05-05-2017 14:10 via indystar.com
  
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  Police: Man shot multiple times in Zionsville killing
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  One man is dead after a shooting at a Zionsville apartment early Friday morning. Someone fired multiple shots at the man at about 5:43 a.m. in the 1300 block of Quail Run Court in an apartment complex near Ford Road and West Oak Street, Zionsville ...and more »
  
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• Markham police officer shoots motorist fleeing traffic stop, chief says - Chicago Tribune

  05-05-2017 13:58 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Markham police officer shoots motorist fleeing traffic stop, chief says
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  Markham police secure the scene at 167th Street and Western Avenue after an officer assisting with a traffic stop shot a motorist who police say was attempting to flee early Friday morning, May 5, 2017, in Markham. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune).
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• Police: 1 dead, another taken by Life Flight after shooting at Baytown apartments - KHOU

  05-05-2017 13:45 via khou.com
  
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  Police: 1 dead, another taken by Life Flight after shooting at Baytown apartments
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  BAYTOWN, Texas – A man is dead and a woman has been transported by Life Flight after a double shooting at a Baytown apartment complex Friday morning. According to the Baytown Police Department, officers received two 911 call of a disturbance and ...and more »
  
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• Standoff with police forces evacuations in Monroe Twp., NJ - 6abc.com

  05-05-2017 13:09 via 6abc.com
  
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  Standoff with police forces evacuations in Monroe Twp., NJ
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  A standoff between a suspect and police has forced some residents out of their homes in Gloucester County. It's happening in Monroe Township. The situation began at 4:30 a.m. when a person barricaded him- or herself in a home near on Meadows Drive ...and more »
  
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• Decades after a nun was slain, police exhume a priest's body. This cold case is Netflix's latest mystery. - Washington Post

  05-05-2017 13:05 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Decades after a nun was slain, police exhume a priest's body. This cold case is Netflix's latest mystery.
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  The body of a Catholic priest from Baltimore, whose sexual assaults on teenage girls in the 1960s and 1970s caused the Archdiocese of Baltimore to pay out a dozen settlements last year, has been exhumed by Baltimore County police still trying to solve ...and more »
  
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• Police reveal new photos, details about Aaron Hernandez suicide - CBS News

  05-05-2017 12:48 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Police reveal new photos, details about Aaron Hernandez suicide
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  BOSTON -- Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez wrote a reference to a biblical passage in ink on his forehead and in blood on the wall of his prison cell before he hanged himself with a bed sheet, state police said in an investigative report released Thursday.
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• CMPD says intoxicated officer charged after threatening other officers - WSOC Charlotte

  05-05-2017 10:37 via wsoctv.com
  
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  CMPD says intoxicated officer charged after threatening other officers
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  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlotte-Mecklenburg police had to arrest a fellow officer overnight after they said he was drunk and making threats at the Transit Center in uptown Charlotte. According to CMPD, Officer Byron Blair was arrested and charged with ...and more »
  
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• Police investigate bias crime after gun pointed at 2 on Rainier Avenue - KOMO News

  05-05-2017 07:37 via komonews.com
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  Police investigate bias crime after gun pointed at 2 on Rainier Avenue
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  SEATTLE -- Bias crimes investigators with the Seattle Police Department are looking for a man who pulled a gun on two people Wednesday night on Rainier Avenue South. Police say a 23-year-old man and 30-year-old woman were crossing Rainier Avenue ...and more »
  
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• 'Tragic Homicide': Police Identify Woman, 50, Found Dead in ... - NBC Chicago

  05-05-2017 04:16 via nbcchicago.com
  
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  Police were conducting a homicide investigation after a 50-year-old woman was found dead in her home by a relative Thursday afternoon, authorities confirmed.
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• 'Tragic Homicide': Police Identify Woman, 50, Found Dead in Hinsdale Home - NBC Chicago

  05-05-2017 04:16 via nbcchicago.com
  
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  'Tragic Homicide': Police Identify Woman, 50, Found Dead in Hinsdale Home
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  Police were conducting a homicide investigation after a 50-year-old woman was found dead in her home by a relative Thursday afternoon, authorities confirmed. Natalie Martinez reports. (Published Thursday, May 4, 2017). Police were conducting a homicide ...
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• Police Identify Woman, 50, Found Dead in Hinsdale Home - NBC Chicago

  05-05-2017 04:16 via nbcchicago.com
  
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  Police Identify Woman, 50, Found Dead in Hinsdale Home
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  Police were conducting a homicide investigation after a 50-year-old woman was found dead in her home by a relative Thursday afternoon, authorities confirmed. Natalie Martinez reports. (Published Thursday, May 4, 2017). Police were conducting a homicide ...
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• 'Good Samaritan' Kills Active Shooter in Texas Sports Bar: Police - NBCNews.com

  05-05-2017 03:41 via nbcnews.com
  
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  'Good Samaritan' Kills Active Shooter in Texas Sports Bar: Police
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  A "good Samaritan" with a gun killed an active shooter who may have been gearing up for a deadly rampage at a Texas sports bar Wednesday night, police said. When 48-year-old James Jones walked inside the Zona Caliente Sports Bar, started yelling and ...
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• FBI, police round up suspected drug-dealing gang members across metro Denver - The Denver Channel

  05-05-2017 02:51 via thedenverchannel.com
  
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  FBI, police round up suspected drug-dealing gang members across metro Denver
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  DENVER — FBI agents and local police officers rounded up dozens of gang members Thursday morning suspected of turning areas of Denver's Five Points neighborhood into “an open-air drug market,” brazenly selling crack cocaine in parks, around a light ...and more »
  
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• Man Convicted in Plot to Murder LAPD Detective Granted Parole

  05-05-2017 02:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man convicted in the 1985 plot to kill a Los Angeles police detective will be released on parole within the week, over the objections of Gov. Jerry Brown and city police leaders, according to California state corrections officials, reports the Los Angeles Times.Voltaire Williams, 54, has spent 27 years in state prison after being convicted of joining the scheme to kill LAPD Det. Thomas C. Williams.Voltaire Williams has no relationship to the slain detective, who was fatally shot while picking
  
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• Police: Known 'Bloods' gang member arrested in Marietta - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  05-05-2017 02:34 via ajc.com
  
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  Police: Known 'Bloods' gang member arrested in Marietta
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  A 23-year-old Cobb County man is one of three known Bloods gang members arrested Thursday morning, police said. Franklin Ellis Summerour faces aggravated assault charges in connection with a recent gang-related shooting in Marietta, police ...and more »
  
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• Traffic advisories for Delaware State Police trooper's funeral; includes I-95 closures - 6abc.com

  05-05-2017 01:40 via 6abc.com
  
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  Traffic advisories for Delaware State Police trooper's funeral; includes I-95 closures
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  A number of traffic advisories are being issued ahead of the funeral for a Delaware State Police trooper on Friday. Highway closures will begin on Interstate 95 at 6 a.m. as a procession for Cpl. Stephen Ballard moves through. At that time, the ...and more »
  
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• Police Stop Teen Girl's Facebook Live Suicide Attempt - NBCNews.com

  05-05-2017 01:33 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Police Stop Teen Girl's Facebook Live Suicide Attempt
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  Since the launch of Facebook Live last year, a disturbing trend has emerged: a number of teenagers and adults have been broadcasting suicide attempts for friends and family to see. But on Tuesday, police in Bibb County, Georgia, were able to stop ...
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• Texas' new ban on 'sanctuary cities' could put police in jail if they fail to enforce immigration holds - Los Angeles Times

  05-05-2017 01:20 via latimes.com
  
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  Texas' new ban on 'sanctuary cities' could put police in jail if they fail to enforce immigration holds
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  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was poised Thursday to sign the nation's most stringent law yet to target “sanctuary cities,” a measure that could impose heavy fines or even jail time on local law enforcement officials who refuse to honor immigration detention ...and more »
  
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• Former New Orleans police chief Richard Pennington dies - NOLA.com

  05-05-2017 00:50 via nola.com
  
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  Former New Orleans police chief Richard Pennington dies
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  Richard Pennington, the former New Orleans police superintendent widely credited with reforming the department and reining in violent crime in the late 1990s, has died. He was 69. State Sen. Troy Carter, a former New Orleans City Council member, said ...
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• Police Searching for Man Who Slashed $3 Million Painting at Gallery - NBCNews.com

  05-05-2017 00:28 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Police Searching for Man Who Slashed $3 Million Painting at Gallery
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  A vandal who slashed a multi-million dollar painting hanging in a high-end Colorado art display may have made a series of suspicious phone calls to the gallery prior to his brush with the law. Police continue to search for the man who entered Opera ...and more »
  
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• Police arrest man at Heathrow on terrorism-related charges - CNN

  05-05-2017 00:24 via cnn.com
  
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  Police arrest man at Heathrow on terrorism-related charges
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  (CNN) British police arrested a man at London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses, Metropolitan Police said. The 30-year-old man was arrested by counterterrorism officers as he stepped off a flight from Istanbul ...and more »
  
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• New details on Aaron Hernandez's death released in police report - The Boston Globe

  05-05-2017 00:02 via bostonglobe.com
  
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  New details on Aaron Hernandez's death released in police report
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  Aaron Hernandez was elated after his acquittal last month on charges of murdering two men in Boston in 2012 and began thinking he might play professional football again, “even if it wasn't with the Pats,” according to an investigative report into his ...
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• Police search for man who pulled gun on pedestrians in South Seattle - KING5.com

  05-05-2017 00:01 via king5.com
  
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  Police search for man who pulled gun on pedestrians in South Seattle
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  Seattle police are searching for a man they say pulled a gun on two people Wednesday evening on Rainier Ave. According to police, around 8 p.m., a 23-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman crossed Rainier Ave. at South Genesee St. in front of a black ...
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