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Georgia hostage-taker dead after SWAT team rescues firefighters
A man who took five Atlanta-area firefighters hostage Wednesday was dead hours later after trading fire with a SWAT team that entered the home where the firefighters were being held, officials said. One SWAT officer was shot in the arm or hand and was...
Tags: Fires, Verizon Communications, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Heart Attack
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New York firefighter killed in Christmas Eve ambush laid to rest
Webster, N.Y., police and firefighters have had to deal with their share of tragedy just like any first responders, but it took an act of strength to bury one of their own on Sunday. Thousands turned out for the funeral of Webster Police Lt. Mike...
Tags: Homes, Prisons, Los Angeles Times, Firearms, Real Estate Buyers
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Illegally obtained assault rifles key in recent public shootings
Two deadly weeks. Three high-profile public shootings. Three assault rifles conceived for military use, and three men who weren't supposed to have them. As an ex-con, William Spengler was barred from having guns. But when he opened fire on Webster, N.Y....
Tags: Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, U.S. Military, Richard A. Serrano, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Quick-fix legislation won't solve our gun violence problem
Sometimes you just think there ought to be a law. In the case of William Spengler Jr., who killed two firefighters and wounded two others on Christmas Eve in Webster, N.Y., there was a law, in fact several of them ("Firefighters killed in ambush at N.Y....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
Apr 10, 2013
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