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Fire near downtown Indy forces evacuations
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A fire engulfed a sprawling mixed-use building near downtown Indianapolis filled with tires and wooden pallets Saturday, producing a towering pillar of black smoke that prompted the evacuation of a five-block area surrounding the...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Business, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fires
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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, Local Government, Shootings
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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: Harry Reid, Video Games, Gun Control, John Boehner, Georgetown University
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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: Immigration, Think Tanks, Politics, Justice System, National Government
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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: Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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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, Richmond Hill, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Justice System
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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: Gun Control, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System, Mitt Romney, Brian W. Jones
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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, Weaponry, Firearms, 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: FBI, Emergency Incidents, Disasters and Accidents, Explosions, Michelin Group
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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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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: Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Defense, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lawyers, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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