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NEWS ABOUT: motorcade

motorcade stories: 8 news summaries
COLLATERAL DAMAGE

En Route to Daily Show,
a Not-So-Funny Incident

3 injured in Biden motorcade wreck

Nov 17, 09 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Three people were injured tonight when New York police clearing the way for Vice President Joe Biden’s appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart collided with a livery cab trying to skirt the stopped traffic. “They T-boned him,” a witness told the Post of the incident,... More »

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entertainment • Joe Biden • New York City • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • neck injury • motorcade • traffic accident • head injury • livery cab

 Jackson Laid to Rest 

Elizabeth Taylor, ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley among invitees

Sep 3, 09 10:55 PM CDT
(AP) - Paris Jackson wept as she stepped into the Forest Lawn mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with her son's final resting place. On a sultry evening, amid a sea of white flowers and with a bejeweled... More »

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entertainment • Al Sharpton • Los Angeles • homicide • Chris Tucker • funeral • Michael Jackson • Elizabeth Taylor • burial • motorcade • coroner • Macaulay Culkin • Katherine Jackson • Joe Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • celebrity death • Forest Lawn cemetery • Corey Feldman

 Meet Obama's 'Beast' 

Secret Service says 44's impenetrable vehicle is most sophisticated in the world

Jan 20, 09 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The latest limousine to join the presidential fleet is essentially a tank with a Cadillac exterior, Wired reports. The armored vehicle—code-named “Stagecoach” but dubbed “The Beast” due to its makeup—is the world’s most sophisticated car. The Secret Service and General Motors refuse to divulge specs... More »

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Barack Obama • intelligence • Secret Service • General Motors • homeland security • Cadillac • motorcade • President Obama • presidential limousine

Georgia Prez Charges Russians Fired on Motorcade

Shots fired as Georgian leader travels with Polish president to refugee camp

Nov 24, 08 4:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Shots were fired close to a motorcade ferrying Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili and Polish President Lech Kaczynski  to a refugee camp in Georgia near the border with the breakaway region of South Ossetia, officials said. Saakashvili blamed Russian troops at a border checkpoint for the gunfire, reports Voice of America.... More »

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Russia • Georgia • Lech Kaczynski • Mikheil Saakashvili • motorcade • South Ossetia • Rose Revolution • gunfire

Driver Cuts Off Motorcade, Finds Himself at Gunpoint

Secret Service point guns at foolish motorist

Nov 7, 08 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A less-than-cautious Chicago motorist tried to shave a couple minutes off his drive yesterday by driving around the president-elect's motorcade, only to find himself face-to-face with drawn Secret Service weapons. The Sun-Times advises Chicago drivers to get used to flocks of siren-blaring police cars and Secret Service SUVs—and... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • motorcade • President Obama

 Colo. Cops 
 Tackle Palin 
 Protesters 

Motorcade almost flattens officer

Oct 21, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police dragged away a group of protesters who were attempting to block Sarah Palin’s motorcade today in Colorado, and tackled at least two of them, CNN reports. A group of eight to 10 protesters broke from a larger group to stand in front of Palin’s car, holding up... More »

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police • protests • Election 2008 • motorcade • Sarah Palin • protesters

Iraq's First Lady Survives Attack on Motorcade

Road bomb injures
4 guards, capping an especially bloody week

May 4, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani escaped injury after a roadside bomb hit her motorcade in Baghdad this morning. Hiro Ahmed Ibrahim was on her way to a cultural festival when the blast hit, injuring four of the first lady's bodyguards. It is unclear whether the attack was random... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • bombing • Anbar • Jalal Talabani • fatalities • bodyguard • motorcade • Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed

Officer Dies Escorting Clinton

Hillary 'devastated' by motorcade crash

Feb 22, 08 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A Dallas police officer escorting Hillary Clinton's motorcade to a rally died today when he lost control of his motorcycle and slammed into a viaduct pillar, the Dallas Morning News reports. The officer, whose name was not being released, was rushed to a nearby hospital but died shortly afterward. More »

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Hillary Clinton • police • Dallas • motorcycle crash • campaign rally • motorcade

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