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2 brothers held in New Orleans parade shooting
A pair of brothers have been charged with attempting to murder 20 people during a shooting spree at a parade on Mothers Day in New Orleans, and four other people have been arrested for allegedly harboring the fugitives during an intense manhunt, officials...Tags: Mardi Gras, Trials, Murder, Crimes, Police Arrests
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Police: 2nd suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon. Shawn Scott, 24, was arrested Thursday, police Chief Ronal Serpas said. He is the brother...Tags: Mardi Gras, Trials, Police Arrests, Witnesses, Crimes
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Suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting
NEW ORLEANS -- The suspect in a Mother's Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded in New Orleans was taken into custody Wednesday night, police said. Akein Scott, 19, was arrested in the Little Woods section of eastern New Orleans, police...Tags: Mardi Gras, Festive Events, Trials, Shootings, Juvenile Delinquency
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Suspect named in New Orleans mass shooting
Police late Monday identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman captured by surveillance camera videos. Superintendent...Tags: Broken Arm, Mardi Gras, Shootings, Mother's Day, Juvenile Delinquency
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Police: Man, 19, sought in N.O. Mother's Day parade shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police and federal authorities were searching early Tuesday for a young man who is suspected of opening fire at a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19. Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas identified the...
Tags: Broken Arm, Festive Events, Mardi Gras, Shootings, Mother's Day
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Police ID suspect in New Orleans mass shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of nearly 20 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman. Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said...
Tags: Broken Arm, Mardi Gras, Festive Events, Shootings, Mother's Day
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UPDATE: Morgan, Blythe guilty on all counts
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Guilty. On all counts. That was the verdict late Thursday in the forgery trial involving former chair of the county Democratic Party Butch Morgan and party member Dustin Blythe, who were accused of conspiring to forge signatures on...Tags: Barack Obama, Trials, Martin Luther King Jr., Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Crimes
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Fireworks use restricted in Boyne City under new ordinance
BOYNE CITY -- Those who wish to set off fireworks all night long in Boyne City will now have that opportunity on specific days of the year. The same goes for every other city in Michigan. The Boyne City Commission unanimously voted to approve an...
Tags: Presidents' Day, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, New Year's Day, Columbus Day
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History of US bombings, failed attempts
Here is a list of some of the worst bombings in the U.S. dating to the 1800s, including some famous attempts that failed: — April 15, 2013: Two bombs explode in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing two people and...
Tags: Kennedy Airport, Trials, Suicide, LaGuardia Airport, Police Arrests
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Lunch conversation, community inspiration
Last week, I enjoyed joining a lunch discussion with a few dozen community leaders who were interested in education, volunteerism, and the community. The goal of the lunch was to brainstorm ways together to inspire students, parents and policy-makers to...
Tags: Media Industry, Tribune Tower, Chicago Public Schools, Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Tribune
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Bettye Durham Smith: Former mayor touched many lives in Sanford
People close to Bettye Durham Smith say she probably touched just about every life in Sanford in one way or another during three terms as mayor and decades in civic service. Smith, who served as Sanford's first female mayor from 1985 to 1997, died...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Sex Crimes, Lake Mary, The Salvation Army, Elections
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A new Christopher Commission for the Christopher Dorner case?
He was, by every account, both a cop killer and a killer cop, and even in death, he might end up shaking the LAPD like no one since Rodney King. Christopher Dorner regarded himself as a victim of institutional racism and a wronged man unfairly turned...
Tags: O.J. Simpson, Robin Hood, Civil Rights, Murder, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Feb 18, 2013
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