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Chief: 2 officers hurt, suspect killed in shootout
DETROIT (AP) — Two members of a joint federal, state and local anti-crime task force got in a shootout with a Detroit homicide suspect that ended with the man being killed and one officer critically hurt, police said Tuesday. The wounded Detroit...
Tags: Henry Ford, Shootings, Local Government
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Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Reince Priebus, Harry Reid, Weaponry, Politics
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Michigan Senate to consider 3 gun-related bills
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee plans to meet this week to consider three gun-related bills introduced in the first week of the state's legislative session. Gun purchases and licensing information would...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama administration spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from a non-partisan immigration policy think tank concludes the Obama administration has made immigration its highest law enforcement priority, spending more money -- $18 billion -- on immigration enforcement in the...
Tags: Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Criminals, U.S. Secret Service, Think Tanks
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Demolitions ordered in fatal Ind. home explosion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Demolitions have been ordered for more than two dozen homes in a blast-ravaged Indianapolis neighborhood where a house explosion that killed two people is being investigated as a homicide case, officials said Wednesday. The...
Tags: Lawyers, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Justice System, Richmond Hill
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Gun industry thrives during Obama's term in office
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has presided over a heyday for the gun industry despite predictions by the National Rifle Association four years ago that he would be the "most anti-gun president in American history." He hasn't pressed such...
Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Justice, Weaponry, Politics, Laws
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NE Indiana man loses hand in blast, police find bomb
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Several bombs and bomb-making materials were found at the Fort Wayne apartment of a man suspected of causing an explosion that blew off one of his hands, police said Tuesday. Police were not releasing the name of the 43-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Emergency Incidents, Firearms
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Shooting event's stray gunfire hits N. Indiana homes
GALVESTON, Ind. (AP) — Local authorities have contacted federal investigators after police said stray gunfire from a northern Indiana gun store's shooting event narrowly missed a woman and young child inside their home more than a mile away. A Cass...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Firearms, Weaponry, Shootings
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Police investigate Upper Peninsula explosion
MUNISING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan state police say they're investigating an explosion at the home of an Upper Peninsula man who was experimenting with powdered chemicals in his workshop. Officers say 61-year-old Kenneth Rieli (RYE-lee) is a hobby...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Michelin Group, FBI, Explosions
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Michigan police: 3 hurt in possible car bomb blast
MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Police say an explosion in southeastern Michigan that's being investigated as the detonation of a car bomb seriously injured three people inside the vehicle. The Monroe Police Department said in a statement that fire crews...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Detroit, Explosions
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ATF: Illegal to sell guns to med marijuana users
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Federal authorities say firearms dealers in states where medical marijuana is legal can't sell guns or ammunition to registered users of the drug. Licensed gun dealers already can't sell guns to buyers who answer "yes" when a...Tags: Lawyers, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Personal Weapon Control, Firearms, Justice System
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Mishawaka businessman gets 46 months for bank fraud
SOUTH BEND — A Mishawaka businessman was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison for bank fraud. U. S. District Court Judge Robert Miller Jr. handed down the sentence to Troy Treat, 44, of Edwardsburg, who three months ago entered a guilty...Tags: Fraud, Bank of America Corp., Banking, Corporate Crime
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