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Old-Fashioned Call Box Averts Tragedy in Philly

A veteran dispatcher for the city's transit police said she was stunned to receive an emergency call reporting that a stroller carrying a toddler had rolled off a train platform.

News • May 17th, 2013

Dying Man's Eye Blinks Lead to Ohio Murder Verdict

Ricardo Woods was found guilty Thursday of fatally shooting a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator.

News • May 17th, 2013

N.Y. Authorities Probe Money Trail in Smuggling Ring

A smuggling ring that made a fortune selling more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York may have funneled some of the illicit proceeds to terrorist groups.

News • May 17th, 2013

Documents: Ricin Letters Suspect Evaded Police

The man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials appears to have attempted to evade law enforcement just days before his arrest.

News • May 17th, 2013

911 Calls Released South Carolina Children Slayings

Authorities say a woman killed her two young children and seriously injured her husband.

News • May 17th, 2013

Maryland Governor Signs Tougher Gun-Control Bill

The National Rifle Association says it plans to challenge the state's strengthened law in court.

News • May 17th, 2013

Alaska Man Runs Onto Frozen Lake to Avoid Jail

Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

News • May 17th, 2013

Authorities Arrest Man in Idaho in Terrorism Case

Fazliddin Kurbanov allegedly helped a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan an attack.

News • May 17th, 2013

Two Men Arrested in New Orleans Parade Shooting

Akein Scott has been arrested in the shooting that left 19 people wounded on Mother's Day.

News • May 16th, 2013

Two Killed, Columbus Officers Wounded in Shootout

A man and a woman were killed, two officers were injured and shell casings littered the scene.

News • May 16th, 2013

Cleveland Area Boosts Efforts to Find the Missing

Cuyahoga County is launching a website about unresolved missing persons cases.

News • May 16th, 2013

Report: Tsarnaev Called Victims 'Collateral Damage'

The bombing suspect reportedly scrawled on the boat he was hiding out in that the attack was payback.

News • May 16th, 2013

Battle Rages Over Issue of Gun Sale Loopholes

Straw purchasing has been at the forefront of the gun debate that has raged across the country.

News • May 16th, 2013

Report: MBTA Officer Was Hit by Friendly Fire

Two police sources have shed new light on exactly what happened in Watertown, Mass. on April 19.

News • May 16th, 2013

Texas Executes Man Who Fatally Shot Officer

Jeffrey Demond Williams was convicted of killing Houston Officer Troy Blando while being handcuffed.

News • May 16th, 2013

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