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AP - Amnesty International said Thursday that security forces in the Maldives attacked supporters of ex-president Mohamed Nasheed, failed to protect them from counterdemonstrators and detained five members of parliament.
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Private security companies like those that failed to stop the 9/11 hijackers could be manning more airport checkpoints under a new bill heading for President Obama’s desk.
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AP - Officials of a Mexican political party are apologizing to 650 Indians and other people who suffered food poisoning after attending a campaign rally in southern Mexico.
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A CON ED WORKER has been busted for posing as a cop and forcing Brooklyn prostitutes to have sex with him, police said Wednesday. His arrest was sparked by the probe of a real cop suspected of being a pimp, a law enforcement source said.
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ALBANY — The NYPD would be required to provide the list of cops who worked at Ground Zero to cancer researchers under legislation being drafted in the Legislature. The measure was requested by the police officers union, which says the studies could help secure needed federal...(more)
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UNDERDOG RICK Santorum now must scramble to raise enough cash to compete with Mitt Romney after his stunning sweep of three swing states rattled the Republican presidential race. Santorum’s Tuesday hat trick, following a fallow stretch in which his campaign was given up for dead, stunned...(more)
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An 85-pound Argentine mastiff dog dramatically rescued a day earlier from an icy lake was impounded Wednesday after viciously biting a Denver television news anchor on her face during a live in-studio segment.
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A student who was allegedly fed semen-laced cookies at Miramonte Elementary School has broken her silence as Los Angeles County investigators sift through a new cache of 200 bondage-style student photos.
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An elderly woman was shot in the face when a bullet pierced through a window of her Brooklyn apartment while she watched television Wednesday evening, cops and witnesses said.
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A judge says a convicted serial killer on California's death row can be extradited to New York to stand trial for two 1970s-era murder cases there. A Marin County judge on Tuesday ruled that 68-year-old Rodney Alcala, who was a contestant on "The Dating Game" in...(more)
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US helicopter Prince Harry will fly isn't the fastest, takes 16 months of training to master, but is the attack aircraft of choiceThe army regards the Apache helicopter as the attack aircraft of choice in Afghanistan. It is not the fastest helicopter, but those who have...(more)
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If you want a picture of deprivation, the east end of Richmond, Virginia paints it. But look closer and you will see changeThe east end of Richmond, Virginia is a community rich in people, but depressingly poor otherwise. It's like every other inner city in America....(more)
