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Emergency responders train for events like Moore
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSedgwick County Emergency Operations director Randy Duncan says events like the Moore tornado are why emergency operations centers exist. It’s also something they train for over and over again. “The first thing they’re trying to...Tags: Natural Disasters, Tornadoes
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Man calls in bomb threats to Delray Beach sober house, say police
A 28-year-old former resident of a Delray Beach sober house phoned in profanity-laced bomb threats in which he claimed the facility would become the "next Boston," police said. Michael Sontag, of Yonkers, N.Y., was arrested by Palm Beach County Sheriff'...
Tags: Bombings, Explosions, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Delray Beach
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Bank manager's boyfriend faked bomb vest, indictment says
The boyfriend of an assistant bank manager arranged for her to strap on a fake bomb so she would appear to be a hostage -- setting the stage for him to rob $565,000 from an East Los Angeles bank last year, according to a federal indictment unsealed...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests, Explosions, FBI
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Dollar index off three-year high, Asian shares ease
ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses versus a basket of currencies on Tuesday, having retreated the previous day as traders pared back expectations that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would hint at tapering bond buying this week....Tags: Shanghai (China), Christopher Johnson, North Sea, Cyprus, Music
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT May 20
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- AMMAN/BEIRUT - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian...Tags: White House, VF Corporation, Wars and Interventions, Arts and Culture, Walmart
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Bomb attacks kill more than 70 Shi'ites across Iraq
ReutersBAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew in December...Tags: Basra (Iraq), Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, Al-Qaeda
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Men indicted in connection with bizarre kidnapping, bank robbery
Several men -- including a friend of a bank manager who was kidnapped and strapped with explosives as part of a bizarre bank robbery in East L.A. last fall -- have been indicted in connection with the crimes, several law enforcement sources said. Ray...
Tags: Kidnapping, Explosions, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Theft, Bank Robbery
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Dozens killed in wave of bombings in Iraq
A string of car bombs and shootings tore through Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials said The attacks, some of which hit market places...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Bombings, Al-Qaeda, Explosions, Baghdad (Iraq)
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Car bomb blast kills at least 12 in Iraqi capital
ReutersBAGHDAD, May 20 (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a Shi'ite neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital Baghdad killing at least 12 people on Monday, police and hospital sources said. The blast, near a crowded market in the northern Shaab district of Baghdad,...Tags: Bombings, Explosions, Baghdad (Iraq)
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Yuba County Sheriff's program lends a hand to residents
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.Max Smith wanted to cut down the old tree in his back yard. He wanted to cut his lawn, clean up his bushes and clear out the weeds, tall grass and bottles and cans others left in his yard. "I was going to do it, but I got all sick," the 86-year-old...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Explosions, U.S. Air Force, Law Enforcement
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Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Pakistan, Bombings
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Reuters World News Highlights 1430 GMT, May 20
ReutersAMMAN - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. - - - SEOUL -...Tags: Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress, White House, Bangladesh, Barack Obama
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