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One Oregon police chief was killed when a man allegedly took the officer's gun and shot him in the head. A policeman in Arizona was fatally shot when he went to a suburban Phoenix apartment complex to help a probation officer. And two South Dakota officers were killed in a shootout after a traffic stop.The number of fatalities from departments across the country caused by firearms made 2011 one of the deadliest years in recent history for U.S. law enforcement.Across the nation, 173 officers died in the line of duty, up 13 percent from 153 the year before, according to numbers as of Wednesday compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.The nonprofit group that tracks police deaths also reported that 68 federal, state and local officers were killed by gunfire in 2011, a 15 percent jump from last year when 59 were killed. It marks the first time in 14 years that firearms fatalities were higher than traffic-related deaths. The data shows that 6
t through. Ibrahim said her family, from the conservative southern Egyptian city of Sohag, was supportive of her going public."I was devastated," she told the private ONTV network. "I was hurt, and sad, and didn't expect that from them (soldiers.) The first thing dad said is...only the law will help you."
sent to the blaze in Stamford likely will take it personally that they were unable to save the five family members."Their desire was to get that family out and they were unable to. Totally understandable raging fire, people trapped inside. Sometimes the challenges are too big and it becomes personal at that point," he said."They feel this, they're going to feel this," he added. "It is our belief that every fire can be prevented and that no one should lose their life to fire. When that happens, we try to figure out why."Olshanski said the firefighters probably will feel a wide range of emotion. "There will be sadness, there will be grief," he said, adding how some might wonder if they could have done something more, or something different, to save the family.It is common for firefighters in these situations, Olshanski said, to go through a critical incident stress debriefing. He said it's important because they're going to have to go on similar calls in t
NEW YORK Three security contractors including two Americans were released by Iraqi Army forces Tuesday after they were held for more than two weeks, the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security announced as he demanded a full report on the episode.Republican Peter King identified the men as Army veteran Alex Antiohos of West Babylon, N.Y., National Guardsman Jonas March of Savannah, Georgia and Kevin Fisher of Fiji.King said they were working for a security firm when Iraqi Ministry of Defense officials rejected paperwork prepared on their behalf by the Iraqi Ministry of Interior and began holding them on Dec. 9.The men weren't charged with any crimes and King said it appeared that the men were not injured.He said Antiohos, who lives on Long Island, spoke to his wife Tuesday evening, and he was expected to be home later this week."She said he seems to be doing well," he said.King said they were released after efforts by his office, the State Depart
ginia, Perry returned to hand-to-hand campaigning, his strength, and is blanketing Iowa airwaves with ads promoting his biography and his record.Campaigning as a hard-talking outsider, Perry planned to rumble through Iowa on a bus tour, meeting with supporters in coffee shops and diners non-stop ahead of the caucuses. As he ended the day, a pastor in the audience of a town hall-style meeting questioned him about a recent endorsement of a pledge that opposes abortion in all cases.Perry signed the Personhood USA pledge, which states "abortion and the intentional killing of an innocent human being are always wrong and should be prohibited." Gingrich, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania also signed the pledge.Paul signed the pledge but with a footnote to emphasize his libertarian beliefs.Previously, Perry said he would allow abortion in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is at risk. He said he changed that vi
ReutersDec. 26, 2011: Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum takes a break from pheasant hunting in Adel, Iowa.With 45 percent of Iowa Republican voters undecided and a roller-coaster ride about to come to a screeching stop next Tuesday with the GOP caucuses, it may be Rick Santorum's turn to take the final ascent and surprise the political class by ... doing better than expected?Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, has been touted as the sleeper candidate by none other than 2008 Iowa caucuses winner Mike Huckabee. He has relentlessly campaigned in the state, hitting all 99 counties and moving his family out there. He has held 350 campaign events in the past year.He has received key endorsements from well-known social conservatives in the state, and has had solid performances at each of the debates. And he's running an old-school style campaign that Iowa voters expect in the retail-style politics of the Hawkeye State.T
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