Chicago teen shot 22 times believed to be mistakenly targeted

In the 11500 block of South Perry Avenue in West Pullman, neighbors said they watched in horror as a gunman pumped bullet after bullet into a 13-year-old boy who was already down on the street...

Missed PTA meetings could mean prison for parents

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DETROIT (AP) - Detroit parents may be forced to shape up their child-rearing habits or face jail time...

Angry dad pulls gun on Little League coach in parking lot

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VIDEO - A Tennessee dad points loaded gun at his son's baseball coach after being asked to stop cursing...

Mr. T blasts new 'A-Team' film as too graphic

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Mr. T has become the latest original star of "The A-Team" to criticize the new film...

Jamaica: 44 civilians dead in slum shootouts

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Officers and soldiers are still fighting holdout defenders of Christopher Coke, known as "Dudus," in pockets of the Tivoli Gardens area...

Sharpton: Death of 7-year-old Detroit girl a 'breaking point'

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DETROIT (AP) - Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of a 7-year-old girl killed in a police raid and were told they must help stop the violence that has recently swept the city...

Police shooting of sleeping 7-year-old should be a wake-up call

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OPINION - If we fight hard enough to understand the death of little Aiyana Jones, we can save another child from having the same fate...

69-year-old woman killed by stray bullet in own home

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VIDEO - Police said the victim, Geraldine Jackson, was hit by a stray bullet after two men began shooting at each other outside her home...

Cory Booker wins second term as Newark mayor

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NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) - Cory Booker has handily won a second term as mayor of Newark, a New Jersey city that has struggled with gun violence...

Asians cry 'hate crime' fueling Cal. black-Asian racial tensions

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From The San Francisco Chronicle - A rash of high-profile attacks involving black suspects and Asian victims in San Francisco and Oakland have prompted cries of racial hate crimes...

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Chicago teen shot 22 times believed to be mistakenly targeted

Missed PTA meetings could mean prison for parents

Angry dad pulls gun on Little League coach in parking lot

Mr. T blasts new 'A-Team' film as too graphic

Jamaica: 44 civilians dead in slum shootouts

Sharpton: Death of 7-year-old Detroit girl a 'breaking point'

Police shooting of sleeping 7-year-old should be a wake-up call

69-year-old woman killed by stray bullet in own home

Cory Booker wins second term as Newark mayor

Asians cry 'hate crime' fueling Cal. black-Asian racial tensions

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