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Foes sigh when Scifres booms punts for Chargers
AP Sports WriterPeyton Manning's biggest nemesis in Saturday night's wild-card loss to the Chargers wasn't a defender eager to pound him into the ground or pick off a pass. It was punter Mike Scifres, San Diego's secret weapon who stuck six punts inside the 20-yard...Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, History, Darren Bennett, Australian Rules Football, Football
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Authorities investigating Sanford shooting that injured 2
Sentinel Staff WriterThe Seminole County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting in Sanford that left two people injured, one with a gunshot wound to the leg and another victim who was struck by a car while trying to escape the gunfire. Authorities said the incident...Tags: Prosecution, Police Investigations, Police, Murder, Seminole County Sheriff's Office
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Woman charged with robbery in Hampton hotel parking lot
247-7838Police have arrested a woman wanted for the armed robbery of a 33-year-old man in a hotel parking lot in Hampton last year. Patricia Taylor, 21, from Long Creek Lane, Hampton, was arrested Tuesday. She has been charged with robbery, use of a firearm...Tags: Prosecution, Transportation, Police, Theft, Defense
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5 platoon members honored for bravery in 2005 Iraqi firefight
Jesse Hickey admits he was afraid during a firefight in Iraq in which five Marines were killed and 11 badly wounded -- afraid not for his life but that he might let down his comrades. Hickey was a Navy corpsman with a Marine platoon ordered to roust...Tags: Northern Illinois University, Colleges and Universities, Rebellions, Awards and Prizes, Civil Unrest
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2 local men caught after S.C. car chase
Authorities have arrested two Virginia men after they drove off from a traffic stop on Interstate 85, wrecked their car at an apartment complex and attempted to escape on foot. Sid Gaulden of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety said 19-year-...Tags: Vehicles, Police, Virginia, Police Arrests, Defense
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Videos of fatal police shooting in Oakland, Calif., spark violent protests, homicide probe
Associated Press WritersOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In grainy cell-phone videos played over and over on the Internet, police officers force an unarmed black man to the ground and hold him face-down on a crowded train platform. Suddenly one of the officers draws his gun and...Tags: Riots, Police, Police Investigations, Law Enforcement, New Year's Day
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The Lohdown: COTY Conundrum -- Damned if we do, damned if we don't
MotorTrend MagazineWelcome to my new year's resolution. Instead of blogging in fits and starts as I did throughout 2008, this year I've resolved to make it regular part of my week, in addition to 100 push-ups and sit-ups every morning and the elimination of beer from my... -
Ex-wife: Man shot by police had heart transplant
A man fatally shot by a police officer was unbalanced because of medication he was taking after a heart transplant operation, his ex-wife said. Sharon K. Thompson told The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne that her former husband, Stephen T. Thompson, wasn'...Tags: Police Investigations, Police, Heart Disease, Murder, Diseases
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Name-calling provoked fatal beating at federal prison downtown, officials say
Tribune reporterA fatal beating last year at Chicago's downtown federal prison was sparked after one inmate called another a snitch, federal prosecutors revealed for the first time. The attack occurred March 11 as the two inmates were attending a class in the chapel...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Court Administration, Murder, Litigation
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Virginia hunting deaths up in 2008-09
It has been a deadly season for hunters in Virginia. According to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the state recorded nine hunting deaths since the start of the fiscal year in 2008. That's the most since the 1994-95 season when 12...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Virginia, Hunting, Defense
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Teen charged with 4 killings in Rochester
Associated Press WriterA 17-year-old high school dropout shot, bludgeoned or stabbed to death four people over the Christmas holidays, three of them in the home of a jewelry merchant, police said Thursday. Jaquan Clark was a passenger in a minivan pulled over Tuesday by...Tags: Prosecution, High Schools, Social Sciences, Police, Murder
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17-year-old charged in Christmastime triple slaying and fourth killing in Rochester, NY
Associated Press WriterROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A 17-year-old high school dropout shot, bludgeoned or stabbed to death four people over the Christmas holidays, three of them in the home of a jewelry merchant, police said Thursday. Jaquan Clark was a passenger in a...Tags: High Schools, Prosecution, Social Sciences, Police, Murder
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