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PHILADELPHIA - A jury will soon begin deliberating whether a man should be sentenced to the death penalty or life in prison for the fatal shooting of a Philadelphia police officer during a robbery. Closing arguments are set for Tuesday in the penalty phase of the trial for 23-year-old John Lewis. Jurors will then begin deliberating Lewis' fate. Lewis was convicted ...

TAYLOR, Texas — A black cat showed affection by crawling up and down a Texas police officer in a friendly display captured on the patrol car's dashcam. Taylor police Officer Keith Urban was seen being patient with the cat, whose image was captured during a recent traffic stop, then finally gently booting the kitty away. The Taylor Daily Press reported Urban ...

A 79-year-old man received probation after pleading guilty to negligent motor vehicle homicide in the death of a Weymouth police officer killed while directing traffic. [widget:news__chiefs__sheriffs] Ronald Gale of Weymouth was sentenced to 15 years of probation - with one year of house arrest - in the death of Officer Michael Davey. Prosecutors asked for Gale to be sentenced to the ...

WASHINGTON — There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said after a briefing from Pentagon and Army officials that his committee will investigate how those and other ...

-UPDATE-BOW, N.H. -- A Bow police officer was killed Tuesday morning in an accident at his home involving a chain saw.Bow officials said Nathan Taylor, 34, died at his Epsom home, and town officials were notified of his death by the Epsom police chief.Relatives said Taylor was alone, trimming tree branches on his property on Goboro Road when the chainsaw kicked ...

WASHINGTON — A deal to house Guantanamo Bay detainees at a northwestern Illinois prison could bring nearly 3,000 jobs to the area, a White House analysis says. Residents from the seven-county area surrounding the Thomson, Ill, prison would be "excellent candidates" for up to 1,400 of the jobs generated in the deal's first year, according to the report by the president's ...

Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com. The three, all members of the Navy's elite commando unit, have refused non-judicial ...

A Columbia County man picked the wrong place and time to pick a fight, especially one that Scranton police say involved a loaded handgun. Joseph Peter Zapach, 40, of Bloomsburg, was arrested early Friday in the parking lot of Chick's Diner after three off-duty police officers who spotted the fight from inside the Moosic Street restaurant dashed outside and tackled him ...

LAS VEGAS - North Las Vegas police have arrested two more teens in connection with the Thursday murder of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer. Quadrae Scott and Emmitt Ferguson, both 18, were booked into the North Las Vegas Detention Center on Sunday. Scott has been charged with murder with a deadly weapon, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon and conspiracy ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A police officer in a small Arkansas town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so. Now the town's mayor is calling for an investigation into whether the Taser use was appropriate. According to a report by Officer Dustin Bradshaw, obtained Wednesday by The Associated ...

Extra cars on the road coupled with holiday parties mean more deadly crashes this Thanksgiving, police said. The Georgia State Patrol is predicting 3,570 traffic crashes with 1,398 injuries and 16 deaths this holiday period. The holiday extends from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. “Thanksgiving is the most heavily traveled holiday of the year and that’s a recipe for disaster ...

OAKLAND, Calif.—A man involved in an incident with a Bay Area Rapid Transit officer shown on the Internet will not face felony charges. [widget:news__california] Michael Gibson appeared in Alameda County Superior Court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace, public drunkenness and indecent exposure.Related: Video: Window Shatters During BART ArrestGibson was facing possible felony charges ...

Bow Police Officer Killed In Chainsaw Accident Officer Killed In Chainsaw Accident In Yard POSTED: 3:18 pm EST November 24, 2009 UPDATED: 1:38 am EST November 25, 2009 BOW, N.H. -- A Bow police officer was killed Tuesday morning in an accident at his home involving a chain saw.Bow officials said Nathan Taylor, 34, died at his Epsom home, and town ...

Fort Hood, Texas (AP) - A civilian police officer who shot the Fort Hood gunman four times during his bloody rampage stopped the attacker cold, a U.S. Army official said Friday. Officer Kimberly Munley of the Fort Hood Police Department is a "trained, active first responder" who acted quickly after she "just happened to encounter the gunman," said Lt. Gen. Bob ...

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CHICAGO - Last week a Chicago Police sergeant was busted for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his union coffer, and now authorities say it was even more. Prosecutors told a judge today that John Pallohousky laundered about a million bucks from the Chicago Police Sergeants' Association, using the money for everything from steak dinners to gambling trips to ...

INDIANAPOLIS -An 18-year-old is in police custody after he warmed up a bottle for a crying baby inside the house he was allegedly robbing. [widget:news__off_beat] Indianapolis police arrested the suspect at Arlington High School on Tuesday after receiving a tip from a television viewer saw surveillance video on a newscast. Detectives said two suspects forced their way into a home on ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. - When an eastern Kentucky census worker was found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest, suspicion fell on the hardscrabble Appalachian area where bad news seems like a way of life. Perhaps Bill Sparkman had been a victim of violent anti-government sentiment in an area known for a rampant ...