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U Of Mass Dartmouth Closed Amid Bomb Suspect Search

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

BOSTON (AP) - The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has closed campus and ordered an evacuation after confirming that a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is registered there. The school did not say what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is studying or whether he had lived on campus.

American Pie's Eddie Kaye Thomas calls 911 after houseguest pulls knife on him

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

By Natalie Abrams, Eddie Kaye Thomas was forced to call 911 on an unruly houseguest who pulled a knife on the actor and barricaded herself in his Los Angeles home, E! News reports. TV Scorecard: Renewed or canceled?

Boston bombing suspect captured, brother killed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

By JAY LINDSAY and EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated Press WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - Lifting days of anxiety for a city and a nation on edge, police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, found bloodied in a backyard boat Friday night less than 24 hours after a wild car chase and gun battle

Maine company unveils high-tech SWAT team robot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By CLARKE CANFIELDAssociated Press SANFORD, Maine (AP) - A Maine company that's developed manned and unmanned tanks with names like "Ripsaw" and "Riptide" for the military and Hollywood filmmakers has unveiled a new contraption - a high-tech police shield that sits atop a miniature, remote-

SWAT Situation Ends Peacefully In Coeur d'Alene

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Police in Coeur d'Alene, including the SWAT team, were called out to an apartment complex early Saturday morning after a burglary suspect barricaded himself inside of an apartment. It happened around 5:00am in the 4200 block of Abbey Road in Coeur d'Alene. Police

SWAT Situation Ends Peacefully In Coeur d'Alene

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

Police: hostage-taker gave no signs of compromise

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By KATE BRUMBACK and RAY HENRYAssociated Press SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) - As a gunman held four firefighters hostage in his Georgia home, police tried to buy time and create a rapport by meeting his initial demands. But when his requests became unreasonable and negotiations seemed to go nowhere, police

Ryan Seacrest is the latest victim of "swatting" prank

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By Liz Raftery, Add Ryan Seacrest to the list of celebrities who've been victims of a "swatting" prank — where jokesters call 911 to report a (fake) incident and have officers sent to the celeb's home.

Ga. firefighters 'relieved' hostage ordeal is over

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By JOHNNY CLARK and PHILLIP LUCASAssociated Press SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) - It's a call that firefighters routinely respond to - a report of a medical emergency. But when five firefighters answered one in a neighborhood north of Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said, they encountered an

Gunman holding firefighters killed; 4 hostages OK

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By JOHNNY CLARK and PHILLIP LUCASAssociated Press SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) - An armed man who was having financial problems held four firefighters for hours in a suburban Atlanta home, demanding his cable and power be turned back on, before being shot dead when SWAT members stormed the house, authorities