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Associated Press Isaiah Sabounjian (left) and brother Tyler Sabounjian make rubbings of their grandfather's name, Capitol Police Sgt. Christopher Eney, who was accidentally killed during a SWAT training exercise in Washington in 1984, after a ceremony honoring Eney on the 25th anniversary of his death at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington in 2009. Tough calls don't often confront the people responsible for deciding who belongs on a national memorial for officers killed in the line of duty. But recognizing fallen men and women in blue isn't always a black-and-white decision. The cases of two inductees this year highlight challenges for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. It holds a vigil today for 321 officers added to the wall.
Memorial comes with some tough calls
DETROIT — Deciding which police officers killed in the line of duty belong on a national memorial usually is driven by facts and presents few obstacles. But this year, two cases show that it isn’t ...
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Barber offers haircuts for hugs
HARTFORD, Conn. — Each Wednesday, barber Anthony Cymerys sets up his chair in the shade of an oak tree in Hartford’s Bushnell Park. For longtime clients, the homeless or those just down on their lu...
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Chairman: Clinton didn’t make Benghazi call
WASHINGTON — The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillar...
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After 100 years, Rockefeller charities group remain active
NEW YORK — For the richest American family of their era, the goal was fittingly ambitious: “To promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world.” With that mission, underwritten by the vas...
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Gunmen fire into crowd at parade
NEW ORLEANS — Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people, police said. The FBI said the shooting ...
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2 bodies found after standoff
TRENTON, N.J. — Police stormed a New Jersey home early Sunday and fatally shot a registered sex offender who had held his girlfriend’s three children hostage, ending their 37-hour ordeal and recove...
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Associated Press Calaveras County sheriff's deputies and volunteers stand watch at Jenny Lind Elementary School after the murder of one its students over the weekend in Valley Springs, Calif. Authorities on Saturday arrested the 12-year-old brother of an 8-year-old girl who was mysteriously stabbed at her home in a quiet Northern California community last month.
Mom: Accused boy ‘could never’ hurt sister
VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. — A day before a 12-year-old boy was arrested for the stabbing death of his 8-year-old sister, his mother described him as “protective” of his younger sibling. Leila Fowle...
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Associated Press One of the new Amtrak Cities Sprinter Locomotives built by Siemens Rails Systems moves down some rails Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. The new electric locomotive will run on the Northeast intercity rail lines and replace Amtrak locomotives that have been in service for 20 to 30 years.
Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet
NEWARK, N.J. — When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better relia...
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Bloomberg bars reporters from client activity
LOS ANGELES — Financial data and news company Bloomberg LP says it has corrected a “mistake” in its newsgathering policies and cut off its journalists’ special access to client log-in activity on t...
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Poll: Conspiracy belief around JFK slipping slightly
A clear majority of Americans still suspect there was a conspiracy behind President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, but the percentage who believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone is at its highest l...
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