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  • May 2008

    • Police Quiz Ex-Tenants of Fritzl House

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 2, 08 8:20 AM CDT

      Police Quiz Ex-Tenants of Fritzl House

      A former tenant who lived just above the basement where Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter recalled wondering why his electricity bills were so high and why food disappeared from his kitchen, AFP reports. Police are tracking down the 100 or so lodgers who lived at the Fritzl house in the last 24 years, hoping to shed more light on what occurred there, the Guardian notes. "We want to talk to all of them," an officer said. More »

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      rape  • Josef Fritzl  • Austria  • incest  • Elisabeth Fritzl  • abuse  • police pursuits  • police hunt

  • March 2008

    • Feds Probe SC Highway Cops for Bias

      newser  |  State (Columbia, SC)  |  Mar 21, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      Feds Probe SC Highway Cops for Bias

      Dash-cam videos that show the South Carolina Highway Patrol ramming black suspects with patrol cars and using racial slurs have triggered a federal probe, the State reports. In one of the five incidents, a trooper sent a suspect flying with his cruiser and then told a fellow officer, "Yeah, I hit him. I was trying to hit him." The state's US attorney is investigating.   More »

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      police  • South Carolina  • racism  • highways  • federal investigation  • police pursuits  • highway patrol

  • October 2007

    • GM Puts Brakes on Stolen Cars

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Oct 10, 07 7:01 AM CDT

      GM Puts Brakes on Stolen Cars

      GM's OnStar service could soon reduce dangerous police pursuits, AP reports, by allowing police who spot stolen cars to ask operators to send a signal that slows the car to a halt. "This technology will basically remove the control of the horsepower from the thief," said OnStar's president. The system will be installed in about 20 2009 models. More »

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      General Motors  • police pursuits  • stolen cars  • OnStar

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