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S. Korea vows ‘firm’ action against North

By doris | Published: May 20, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SEOUL – South Korea accused North Korea Thursday of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country’s worst military disaster since the Korean War. South Korea said it would take “firm” measures against its impoverished and reclusive neighbor, which furiously responded that it [...]

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Bomb plot suspect arrested trying to catch flight to Dubai

By doris | Published: May 4, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — A naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan arrested overnight in the Times Square bombing investigation will appear in a Manhattan federal courtroom Tuesday morning to face formal charges. Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested at JFK International Airport in New York at 11:45 p.m. E.T. Monday as he prepared [...]

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Car bomb found in parked SUV in Times Square

By doris | Published: May 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A T-shirt vendor who noticed smoke coming out of a tinted, dark green sport utility vehicle alerted police to what turned out to be a potential bomb placed in Times Square. “We avoided what could have been a very deadly event,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg early Sunday morning. “It [...]

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Mexican violence scaring off American tourists

By doris | Published: March 19, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Tijuana, Mexico (CNN) — On Tijuana’s Avenue de la Revolucion, street vendor and sidewalk philosopher Juan Ramon Rocha leaned on his coin and jewelry cart and waited. But the tourists from across the border never rushed into the streets of T.J., as it’s often called. Rocha made one sale, to a [...]

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Victims with ties to U.S. were targeted, Mexican mayor says

By doris | Published: March 16, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) — Authorities believe assassins targeted a pregnant woman and two other people connected with a U.S. consulate who were killed in drive-by shootings over the weekend, Ciudad Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said Monday. The killings were carried out by a local gang, known as Los Aztecas, [...]

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Suspect kills self in Ohio State shooting, police say

By doris | Published: March 10, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — A man apparently angry over a poor performance evaluation entered an Ohio State University maintenance building early Tuesday and opened fire, killing a manager before turning the gun on himself, police said. Larry Wallington, 48, a building services manager at the OSU Maintenance Building, was pronounced dead at the [...]

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Teacher describes how he stopped shooting

By doris | Published: February 25, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Denver, Colorado (CNN) — During emergency drills at Deer Creek Middle School, teacher David Benke used to tell his students that if anything ever happened, he wanted to be able to “do something about it.” When he saw a man shooting at students as they were leaving the Littleton, Colorado, school [...]

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Police: Man stabs, kills estranged wife at Walmart

By doris | Published: February 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SUWANEE, Ga. – Police in Georgia say a man stabbed his estranged wife to death in a Walmart parking lot where they met to exchange custody of their children. A Suwanee police news release says the couple began arguing Sunday outside of the store in the city about 30 miles northeast [...]

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Skating icon Nancy Kerrigan’s brother jailed in father’s death

By doris | Published: January 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The father of American figure skating icon Nancy Kerrigan is dead and her brother is behind bars, accused of assault and battery against 70-year old Daniel Kerrigan, according to Massachusetts authorities. Daniel Kerrigan died Sunday after being taken by emergency personnel from his family home in Stoneham, Massachusetts, to [...]

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Source: Jordanian double-agent killed 7 CIA officers in suicide blast

By doris | Published: January 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officials and a Jordanian military officer last week in Afghanistan was a Jordanian double-agent, a former U.S. intelligence official told CNN Monday. The bomber was a source who came to the base camp in Khost near the Pakistan border for a [...]

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Thousands mourn slain teacher

By doris | Published: January 5, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Thousands stuffed the bleachers on both sides of a California high school football field Monday night to remember a beloved teacher who was slain in Mexico a few days ago. Grieving family members, friends and residents of El Monte, California, waved glowsticks in the air and listened to heartfelt stories about [...]

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TSA Threatens Blogger Who Posted New Screening Directive

By doris | Published: January 3, 2010

Full Story at Wired.com Two bloggers received home visits from Transportation Security Administration agents Tuesday after they published a new TSA directive that revises screening procedures and puts new restrictions on passengers in the wake of a recent bombing attempt by the so-called underwear bomber. Special agents from the TSA’s Office of Inspection interrogated two [...]

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Failed Attack Signals New Threat?

By doris | Published: December 27, 2009

Full Story at CBS News.com (CBS/AP) U.S. counterterrorism officials are scrambling to assess a potential new threat from an explosive mixture that evaded detection aboard a Detroit-bound airliner but failed to bring down the plane. The suspect, identified by multiple law enforcement officials as a Nigerian man named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, claimed to have ties [...]

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Passenger: Terror suspect seemed ‘stunned’

By doris | Published: December 26, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Syed Jafry was preparing for his plane to land in Detroit, Michigan, after a long flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, when he heard a noise that startled him. “There was a little bit of light, a little bit of — kind of flamish light and there was fire,” Jafry told [...]

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Salvation Army major shot dead in Arkansas on Christmas Eve

By doris | Published: December 25, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A Salvation Army major was shot dead in front of his three children on Christmas Eve in North Little Rock, Arkansas, authorities said. Maj. Philip Wise, 40, was gunned down Thursday. He was found lying by the back entrance of a Salvation Army facility, said police spokesman Sgt. Terry [...]

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13 die in drug shootout near Mexico border

By doris | Published: December 5, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com MONTERREY, Mexico – Mexican authorities say at least 13 people were killed in two shootouts between troops and gunmen in northern Mexico. An army official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media says all those killed were gunmen working for the Zetas [...]

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Pirates foiled in a second attack on Maersk Alabama cargo ship

By doris | Published: November 20, 2009

Full Story at  CNN.com (CNN) — A U.S.-flagged ship that played a central role in a bloody hijacking drama last spring was attacked again Wednesday, a busy day for piracy in the dangerous waters off the east coast of Africa. It was the first time a security team aboard a major merchant ship repelled a [...]

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Officers raid Texas home of suspect in Fort Hood shootings

By doris | Published: November 6, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) — Officers raided the apartment of the soldier suspected in the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, early Friday, searching for clues as to what caused the military psychiatrist to allegedly gun down soldiers he had taken an oath to help, a police spokeswoman said. The alleged gunman, [...]

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First victim identified in Cleveland sex offender’s home

By doris | Published: November 5, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Cleveland, Ohio (CNN) — Authorities have identified the first of 11 bodies found at a Cleveland, Ohio, home as a 52-year-old woman who had been missing for about a year. Tonia Carmichael’s remains were found at the home of Anthony Sowell, but the news was no surprise to Carmichael’s family members. [...]

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Security center opens to battle computer attacks

By doris | Published: October 31, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate the government’s response to cyberattacks. Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, said [...]

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