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...unarmed British bobby took a hit last week after new details emerged about the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian killed by police when he was mistaken for a suspected suicide bomber the day after the failed July 21 terror attacks. In line with a shoot-to-kill policy put in place after Sept. 11, Menezes was shot eight times after boarding a London Underground train. Eyewitnesses said Menezes wore a heavy jacket, and that he vaulted over the ticket barrier. These observations seemed to tally with the limited information provided by police, who said that Menezes' clothes...
...Keefe apologized for a campus-wide e-mail Thursday, September 1 entitled “Civil Unrest in Baton Rouge” that spread unconfirmed rumors of shoot-outs and robberies across the campus and the capitol city, worsening tension between the local population, largely white, and the refugees who are largely low-income and black...
What single factor may explain why Whirlpool Corp. no longer donates to Planned Parenthood, why the Walt Disney Co. has a Roman Catholic priest on its board of directors and why Best Buy is cracking down on minors who try to buy shoot-'em-up video and computer games? Answer: a bunch of Catholic investors and their allies want it that...
...drifting off in every class, assembly, and other academic setting at which I was present. Each of my friends has their own favorite moment. Mine is the time I started nodding forward in English class until my head finally dropped so far it hit my desk, prompting me to shoot straight up. The entire class erupted in laughter...
...Meanwhile, his colleagues at the Herald feared for DeFede's safety. The reporter who had called him at home with the news of the suicide immediately transferred DeFede to Herald publisher, Jesus Diaz Jr. ?I think there was some ridiculous speculation that he had come to the Herald to shoot me. The publisher wanted to reassure me that I was okay...