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Judge reviews N.O. police reform blueprints

Judge reviews N.O. police reform blueprints
By KEVIN MCGILL and MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Details of a sweeping agreement to clean up the troubled New Orleans Police Department were heard Friday by a federal judge who must approve the reforms, some of the widest ranging ever negotiated by the federal government

Sentencing Hearing Set For Karl Thompson In Beating Death Of Otto Zehm

Sentencing Hearing Set For Karl Thompson In Beating Death Of Otto Zehm
SPOKANE, Wash – Former Spokane Police Officer Karl Thompson will be sentenced November 15th for his role in the 2006 beating death of Otto Zehm.  More than a year ago, a jury convicted Thompson of using excessive force and lying about it.  Thompson's defense team requested a

Sentencing Hearing Set For Karl Thompson In Beating Death Of Otto Zehm

Sentencing Hearing Set For Karl Thompson In Beating Death Of Otto Zehm
SPOKANE, Wash – Former Spokane Police Officer Karl Thompson will be sentenced November 15th for his role in the 2006 beating death of Otto Zehm.  More than a year ago, a jury convicted Thompson of using excessive force and lying about it.  Thompson's defense team requested a

Sentencing Hearing Set For Karl Thompson In Beating Death Of Otto Zehm

Sentencing Hearing Set For Karl Thompson In Beating Death Of Otto Zehm
SPOKANE, Wash – Former Spokane Police Officer Karl Thompson will be sentenced November 15th for his role in the 2006 beating death of Otto Zehm.  More than a year ago, a jury convicted Thompson of using excessive force and lying about it.  Thompson's defense team requested a

Sentencing Hearing Set For Karl Thompson In Beating Death Of Otto Zehm

Sentencing Hearing Set For Karl Thompson In Beating Death Of Otto Zehm
SPOKANE, Wash – Former Spokane Police Officer Karl Thompson will be sentenced November 15th for his role in the 2006 beating death of Otto Zehm.  More than a year ago, a jury convicted Thompson of using excessive force and lying about it.  Thompson's defense team requested a

Boys, 13, charged with killing great-grandmother

Boys, 13, charged with killing great-grandmother
By DINESH RAMDEAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - Two 13-year-old Wisconsin boys were ordered held on $1 million bond Friday after being accused of using a hatchet and hammer to kill one boy's great-grandmother while stealing jewelry and a car from her home. Prosecutors allege that the boys

Mich. police reprimanded over homeless man's death

Mich. police reprimanded over homeless man's death
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - A Saginaw police supervisor has been demoted and two officers have been disciplined for their roles in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding, mentally ill homeless man in a parking lot, city officials said Friday. The on-scene supervisor during the July 1 shooting of Milton

Police probe alleged poisoning of dogs in Moscow

Police probe alleged poisoning of dogs in Moscow
By LAURA MILLSAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Vera Lesovets held up photographs of her dog, Yasha, a spunky 5-year-old corgi, nipping playfully at the heels of a German shepherd twice her size. But Yasha's life was cut short this week: After snacking on something in a Moscow park, she fell

In automated market, old-fashioned paper hangs on

In automated market, old-fashioned paper hangs on
By CHRISTINA REXRODEAP Business Writer Bob Kerstein loves his paper stock certificates. At a time when stock trading is dominated by rapid-fire computers, he relishes paper stocks for their palpability. Wall Street seems cryptic and far away, but certificates are something he can see and hold.

Border shootout kills Israeli soldier, 3 militants

Border shootout kills Israeli soldier, 3 militants
By ARON HELLERAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - A shootout along the Israel-Egypt border on Friday, in which three Islamic militants and an Israeli soldier were killed, highlighted the growing threat posed by al-Qaida-inspired groups that have taken hold in the vast desert of the Sinai