Thursday, April 29th, 2010

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Death penalty sought for Fort Hood shooting suspect.

The Army officers responsible for prosecuting the Fort Hood shooting suspect will be seeking the death penalty, the suspect’s attorney told CNN.
John Galligan — the attorney for the suspect, Maj. Nidal Hasan — said that the filing of a memo by the prosecutors
Wednesday indicated that finding Hasan guilty of more than one of the [...]

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

17-year-old Mexican to be sentenced in Border Patrol agent’s death.

A 17-year-old Mexican faces a maximum penalty of life in prison when he is sentenced for killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in the head, neck and torso in a remote mountainous area.
Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez pleaded guilty in November to murdering a federal officer near Campo, about 60 miles east [...]

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Intel: Pakistan Taliban chief now believed alive.

The head of the Pakistani Taliban is now believed to have survived a U.S. missile strike earlier this year, intelligence officials said Thursday, reversing earlier claims he had died and handing the militants something of a propaganda victory.
U.S. security officials had also said they believed Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in the January attack in an [...]

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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Studies show decrease in Arizona crime rates over time.

Supporters of Arizona’s harsh new immigration law claim that it is, in part, a crime-fighting measure. However, people like Republican State Senator Russell Pearce of Mesa, the bill’s author, overlook two salient points: crime rates have already been falling in Arizona for years despite the presence of unauthorized immigrants, and a century’s worth of [...]

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Dissecting the sound of weapon fire may give soldiers an edge; Army probes gun acoustics.

Distinguishing enemy from friendly fire is a challenge in the confusing, stressful throes of combat. Turns out it’s a challenge even under the controlled conditions of a weapons acoustics study.
Listeners can tell handguns from rifles, but telling one rifle from another is harder, U.S. Army researchers reported April 19 at a meeting of the Acoustical [...]

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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Taran Butler defeats Team Sig Sauer Eric Lund in 32-man shoot-off.

Taran Butler defeated Team SIG Sauer’s Eric Lund in an unprecedented 32-man shoot-off on the FNH USA 3-Gun Nation Tour, Presented by SureFire, earning a check for $5,000, following the Sabre Defence Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun at the Rockcastle Shooting Center here April 23-25.
Competing in his second 3GN shoot-off, Butler seemed determined to fare better [...]

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Blackwater setting up shop in Fayetteville, N.C.

Blackwater is opening a Pro Shop and range in Fayetteville, NC. Grey Group doesn’t know when they plan to open, but judging from the construction going on and the shipments of product for the Pro Shop, it should be soon.
Grey Group has been curious why no one else has opened in the area in [...]

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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

MSNBC Video: Coast Guard to burn off spilled oil in Gulf of Mexico.

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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Missing In America Project/Veterans Recovery Program aims to identify and inter the unclaimed cremated remains of American veterans.

The purpose of the MIAP/VRP is to locate, identify and inter the unclaimed cremated remains of American veterans through the joint efforts of private, state and federal organizations. To provide honor and respect to those who have served this country by securing a final resting place for these forgotten heroes.
In New York State – the [...]