The birthplace of author John Steinbeck, and home to sprawling fields of vegetables, now faces one of the worst per capita gang problems in America. Police say the 24 homicides in Salinas, Calif. this year --all gang-related-- make the city twice as deadly as Los Angeles. Frustrated city officials are now turning to the military for help, collaborating with combat vets and faculty at the Naval Postgraduate ... read more
November 23, 2009
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November 18, 2009 12:13 PM
Four suspected pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday off the coast of Somalia, but this time the ship escaped hijacking by firing small arms and blasting noise from large circular speakers. When the Maersk was taken by Somali pirates back in April, there was no such security detail. Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, ... read more
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November 18, 2009 8:54 AM
The trial of Amanda Knox, the 22-year-old Seattle student accused of murder and sexual assault in Perugia, Italy, resumes on Friday, and a verdict is expected in early December. It’s crunch time for Amanda, who has sat through the trial for nearly a year. Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are both suspects in the grisly murder of Knox’s former ... read more
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November 17, 2009 1:03 PM
Thomson IL- After a brief tour of the Thomson Correctional Center in Northwest Illinois, Federal officials seemed to like what they saw. While in Chicago, opposition spoke out against bringing the Gitmo detainees to Illinois. Watch segments of the ... read more
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November 16, 2009 9:23 AM
The band Metallica played another sold out show at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday -- for the second of a two night tear for the hard rockers. He was also there to thank the band members of Metallica for offering up 50-thousand dollars towards that reward that will hopefully spark someone to come forward with information in the case. Lead singer ... read more
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November 13, 2009 11:17 AM
Update on Friday, November 13 at 9:13 a.m. local: Mayumi Heene's defense attorney says many reasons went into her decision to plead guilty to a misdemeanor of false reporting, including ... read more
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November 12, 2009 10:19 AM
Senior Sergeant Mark Todd doesn't consider himself a hero, but spend five minutes with him and you'll know that's exactly what he is. He and fellow Sergeant Kimberly Munley were the first officers to arrive at the shooting scene in Fort Hood last ... read more
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November 11, 2009 3:10 PM
Somali-based pirates have struck again. Hijacking a Greek-owned cargo ship 400 nautical miles northeast of the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. London-based piracy expert Nick Davis, tells Fox News, pirates now have “…no problem extending their reach.” He explains they “leapfrog” from skiff to skiff with a range of some 200 miles for each small ... read more
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November 11, 2009 10:57 AM
The suspect in the Ft. Hood shootings is awake and talking, but his attorney says he's not saying much. John Galligan, attorney for Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, says his client is sedated as he recovers in a San Antonio hospital room. Galligan was ... read more
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November 10, 2009 11:51 AM
The Secret Service is inspecting/sweeping cameras and other media equipment before allowing the press inside the massive security wall built in front of the U.S. Army III Corps Headquarters building at Fort Hood. The memorial service is scheduled to begin at 1p local time, 2p est. It is designed to honor the 12 soldiers and one civilian killed in the mass shooting on ... read more
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November 20, 2009 8:37 AM
Perugia: Too Many Wannabe Detectives?
A prosecutor in the Amanda Knox trial in Perugia, Italy, argued on Friday that a “parallel trial” has been taking place in the media, aimed only at destroying the work of investigators. Knox, a 22-year-old from Seattle, is on trial for murder and sexual assault along with her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. They are charged with the grisly killing of English ... read more