ODESSA, Texas – A West Texas man has been charged with impersonating an officer by using sirens and flashing lights to skip to the head of the drive-thru line at a fast-food restaurant. Odessa police say Michael Chico was arrested after an off-duty officer spotted a truck with law-enforcement trappings. …
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NEW YORK – A suspected work slowdown by New York City police at the start of the year has cost the city an estimated $5 million in lost fines. The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/1ymyAVU ), citing figures provided by the city comptroller’s office, reports that the biggest loss came from …
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Jurors are conferring for a second day on the fate of an ex-CIA officer accused of leaking secrets about a classified operation to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, heard closing arguments Thursday and began its deliberations in the afternoon. Friday marks the …
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A 3-year-old boy found a handgun in his mother’s purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday, police said. According to investigators, the toddler apparently reached for an iPod but found the loaded weapon. Police believe the shooting …
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SHOREWOOD, Minn. – Police in Minnesota used a stun gun to free a live buck that was stuck to a dead deer. South Lake Minnetonka Police were called to the strange sight at a home in Shorewood in the Twin Cities area on Sunday morning. The antlers of the two …
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TROY, Ohio – Two teenage sisters died and two other children were hospitalized after a relative found all four unresponsive Friday from a suspected carbon monoxide leak in their western Ohio home, officials said. Sisters Dionanna Bishop, 14, and Dejah Bishop, 13, died at a local emergency room, said Dr. …
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A couple devastated by Superstorm Sandy now has hundreds of thousands of reasons to celebrate: they’ve won the Connecticut state lottery. The 2012 storm washed away Mary Ann Daino’s Staten Island, N.Y. home. At the same time, Dennis Klaus lost his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. They were strangers then and …
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Police say a University of Kentucky student was fatally shot in an altercation near campus. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office told media the victim, 22-year-old Jonathan W. Krueger of Toledo, Ohio, died of a gunshot wound to the chest. Lexington police say they responded to a report …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The state Department of Health has agreed to let a Tennessee couple give their child the surname of their choice, bringing to an end a contentious legal battle that began last year. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit last year on behalf of Dr. Carl …
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STOCKHOLM – Swedish peace activists who argue that military hardware isn’t the best way to deter Russian submarines have launched their own underwater defense installation: a gay-themed sonar system. In a publicity stunt dubbed “Operation The Singing Sailor,” the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society placed a sonar device in the …
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