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Police fear war on cops!

NEW YORK - January 24, 2011 - A spate of shooting attacks on law enforcement officers has authorities concerned about a war on cops.

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Former governor sues DHS and TSA over body scans and pat downs!

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - January 24, 2011 - Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura is suing the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, saying full-body scans and pat downs at airport checkpoints are violating his rights.

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Protests erupt anew in Yemen, Algeria and Tunisia!

LONDON, England - January 24, 2011 - Drawing inspiration from the revolt in Tunisia, thousands of Yemenis fed up with their president's 32-year rule demanded his ouster on Saturday in a noisy demonstration that appeared to be the first large-scale public challenge to the strongman.

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First grader punished for pointing finger

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - January 21, 2011 - An Oklahoma woman said she was outraged when school officials gave her 7-year-old son an in-school suspension for pointing his finger like a gun.

School officials - without confirming the identity of the boy in question - said a student pointed his finger like a gun repeatedly, even after being told "on more than one occasion" not to do it

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Ex-cop faces 30 years over torture of suspects!

CHICAGO, Illinois - January 20, 2011 - As a decorated Chicago police lieutenant, Jon Burge prided himself on sending bad guys to prison by getting them to confess to terrible crimes - and by committing terrible crimes himself in the process, prosecutors say.

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Bill would make Coloradans organ donors by default!

DENVER, Colorado - January 19, 2011 - Some Colorado lawmakers say their state should be the first one where people become organ donors by default, even though other states' efforts have been halted by worries about making such a personal decision automatic.

Colorado's proposal, introduced in the Legislature last week, would change the process for renewing driver's licenses and ID car

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Abortion doctor killed seven babies with scissors!

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - January 19, 2011 - A doctor who gave abortions to minorities, immigrants and poor women in a "house of horrors" clinic was charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of a patient and seven babies who were born alive and then killed with scissors, prosecutors said Wednesday.