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September 2 2010

LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, left, stands with Captain Fabian Lizarraga during a news conference  to discuss the mummified infants case in Los Angeles Thursday, Sept 2, 2010. Los Angeles police identified the owner of a trunk, belonging to Janet M. Barrie, in which the mummified remains of a baby and a fetus were found. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.


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September 1 2010

Police kill Discovery building gunman

James J. Lee is seen in a booking mugshot from 2008 on disorderly conduct in Montgomery County, Md.Police shot to death a gunman who held three hostages for several hours at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, Md., authorities say.


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September 1 2010

Police: SD teen wanted to be ‘infamous sociopath’

Authorities say an 18-year-old South Dakota high school student stockpiled weapons and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated, rape women and “become the world’s most infamous sociopath.”

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August 30 2010

Mexico fires 10 percent of its federal police

A soldier and investigators work at the site where a vehicle exploded outside the Televisa network in the northern city of Ciudad Victoria, in Mexico, on Friday Aug. 27. Mexico’s federal police agency has fired nearly 10 percent of its force this year for failing checks designed to detect possible corruption, a major obstacle in the country’s battle against increasingly brutal drug gangs.


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August 30 2010

Police ID alleged shooter in Mormon church killing

Church members react after a shooting that killed lay bishop Clay Sannar of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 in Visalia, Calif. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Gary Kazanjian)Authorities have identified a man suspected of shooting and killing a Mormon church official in Central California before dying in a shootout with police.


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August 30 2010

Police capture suspect in Utah deputy’s killing

This undated photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office shows Scott Curley. Searchers are combing a remote desert area in northern Arizona for a gunman who allegedly shot and killed a Utah sheriff's deputy. Officials say the 41-year-old Brian Harris was chasing 23-year-old burglary suspect Scott Curley on foot Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 when the suspect allegedly opened fire. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff's Office)The suspect in the shooting death of a Utah sheriff’s deputy was captured early Monday near the Utah-Arizona border after a resident reported an armed prowler, authorities said.


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August 30 2010

‘Spiderman’ climbs Sydney building into police net

A police search and rescue officer watches French skyscraper climber Alain Robert climb the Lumiere Residential building in Sydney, Australia, on Monday.SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – A French daredevil climber who has scaled skyscrapers around the world was arrested in Sydney on Monday after climbing a 57-storey building and into the arms of waiting police.






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August 29 2010

2 police officers fatally shot in Alaska village

Two police officers were fatally shot in a tiny Native village in southeast Alaska and authorities were in a standoff Sunday with the suspect, local officials said.

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August 23 2010

Mexico police recover 7 bodies from mines

Authorities said Monday that seven bodies were pulled from mine shafts in central Mexico, while mounting drug violence forced U.S. diplomats to pull their kids out of a school in the northern city of Monterrey.

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August 23 2010

Police poised to storm Philippines hostage bus

Former police officer Rolando Mendoza stands by the entrance of a tourist bus as a hostage peers from a window during a standoff in Manila on Monday. Police were poised to storm a bus where a sacked former colleague was holding 15  tourists hostage in downtown Manila after shots were heard at the scene.


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