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FBI Releases 2011 Preliminary Statistics for Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty

According to preliminary statistics released today by the FBI, 72 of our nation’s law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in during 2011. By region, 29 victims were killed in the South, 21 in the Midwest, 10 each were ki …

The Death of Liberalism

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. documents a political suicide -- the Infantile Left and Stealth Socialism.

Pope praises Polish predecessor

Pope Benedict XVI has praised his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, as a model for the Polish people on the first anniversary of his beatification.

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Police Chief Killed One Week from Retirement, 4 Officers Wounded During Drug Raid Shootout

Greenland, NH Police Chief Michael Maloney, 48, who was one week from his retirement after 12 years on the force, was killed in a shooting while attempting to execute a Warrant. A detective and 3 Officers were wounded in the shooting, one of which is in Intensive Care.

Coast Guard: 2 dead in Shootings at Alaska Station

KODIAK, Alaska - Two Coast Guard members were fatally shot at a communications station on an island off Alaska, officials said Thursday. Officials said it remained unclear if the deaths at the Coast Guard Station on Kodiak Island were a double homicide or murder-suicide. Capt. J …

UN: Syrian authorities torturing children

Syrian security forces are detaining and torturing children, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillaysaid in an interview with the BBC, published Wednesday.

Texas State Trooper Killed in Fiery Crash

Texas Highway State Trooper, Javier Arana Jr., was killed in a two vehicle accident early Saturday morning in Far East El Paso. Officials said Arana, 32, was responding to a call around 1:30 a.m., when his patrol car was struck by a Ford Ranger at the intersection of Joe Battle  …

Breaking News - Malcolm Naden arrested in NSW

A man, reported to be Australia's most wanted criminal Malcolm Naden, has been arrested in the New South Wales Upper Hunter. Police say the 38-year-old was arrested just after midnight (AEDT) after officers from the Tactical Operations Unit and Dog Unit surrounded him on a pri …

Person of Interest in Custody in Fatal Hit-and-Run of Indiana Correctional Officers

Lake County Sheriff John Buncich was contacted Wednesday by an attorney who wanted to surrender his client, which he did that evening, according to a release from the sheriff's department.

Architect Charged in Death of Firefighter at Hollywood Celebrity Mansion Blaze

NBCLosAngles.com has reported the owner-architect of a Hollywood Hills mansion where a falling ceiling killed Los Angeles firefighter Glen Allen, 61, during a blaze last February, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.  According to The Associat …

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