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Del. inmate captured 1 week after airport escape »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) _ A prisoner who escaped from a private security guard at Philadelphia International Airport about a week ago has been captured.

Authorities ...

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West Texas braces for Mexican reservoir release »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

PRESIDIO, Texas (AP) _ Helicopters dropped huge sandbags on a levee and a crew of prison inmates worked to create a makeshift dam Saturday in ...

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Killer of forest officer in Wash. was wanted »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

SEATTLE (AP) _ A man who died in a shootout with authorities after gunning down two people in Washington state, including a U.S. Forest ...

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Court: US govt can't block detainee photos release »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

NEW YORK (AP) _ The United States cannot conceal pictures of abusive treatment of detainees by its soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan by saying their ...

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Georgia death row inmate presses innocence »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

ATLANTA (AP) _ One by one, nine witnesses took the stand against Troy Davis to say he was the man who gunned down an off-duty ...

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ACLU: Conn. inmate on hunger strike is force fed »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ State prison officials have begun force feeding an inmate who has been on a yearlong hunger strike, a lawyer for the ...

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US allows first family visits to Afghan prison »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ Five detainees in an American military prison in Afghanistan met with their families Tuesday in the first face-to-face visits allowed since ...

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Interpol wants to help Afghans track militants »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ When the Taliban engineered a prison break in the southern city of Kandahar in June, nearly 900 inmates escaped but not ...

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Georgia set to execute man for officer's death »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

ATLANTA (AP) _ A Georgia man convicted of killing an off-duty police officer was set to be executed Tuesday, even though witnesses have backed away ...

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US Supreme Court grants stay for Georgia inmate hours before execution for killing officer »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ US Supreme Court grants stay for Georgia inmate hours before execution for killing officer .

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Woman who fled Mich. prison in '76 gets probation »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

DETROIT (AP) _ A woman who climbed over a Michigan prison wall more than 30 years ago and lived on the lam as a California ...

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Fla. man: 15 years in prison for homeless beatings »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ A Florida man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his part in three attacks on homeless men ...

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Report: Briefly stolen key helped in NM jailbreak »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) _ An agent investigating last month's escape of eight jail inmates says prisoners probably stole a key left in a ...

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Inmate admits to planning hit job on head of NYPD »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

NEW YORK (AP) _ A jail inmate admitted that he tried to hire a hit man to blow up the New York Police Department's ...

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Report: Briefly stolen key helped in NM jailbreak »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) _ An agent investigating last month's escape of eight jail inmates says prisoners probably stole a key left in a ...

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