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Written by ESPN.com
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 NASCAR will allow race cars to display the Virginia Tech logo for the next three weeks in tribute to the victims of this week's shootings at the school.
The logo will be displayed against a black background on the area just to the right of the driver's side window net on cars in both the Nextel Cup and Busch Series at Phoenix International Raceway on Friday and Saturday, Talladega Superspeedway (April 28-29) and Richmond International Raceway (May 4-5).
Also, entries in the Craftsman Truck Series event April 28 at Kansas Speedway will display the logo.
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Written by Associated Press
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 BRUSSELS, Belgium - Two men hijacked a helicopter Sunday and forced the pilot to land in a prison courtyard, where they picked up an inmate in a dramatic jailbreak, the pilot told Belgian television.
The accomplices paid for a helicopter ride at an airstrip near the city of Sint-Truiden, about 40 miles east of Brussels, saying they were tourists from Marseilles in southern France, pilot Eric Mathieu told the RTL-TVI network.
After takeoff, they produced a pistol and hand-grenade, ordering Mathieu to fly to Lantin prison outside nearby Liege.
"They pointed a revolver at my forehead," Mathieu told RTBF television. "The prison yard was so small, at first I refused to land there, but they threatened to kill me, so I had to do it."
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Written by Tampabays10.com
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New Port Richey, Florida - "9-1-1 what is your emergency?”
The caller on the line says, “My girlfriend... I don't know, she's choking!”
911 operator Jenny Montanino received that call March 24th saying that Nancy McGhee was choking to death inside a Land O'Lakes home.
The operator asks the caller if he can do the Heimlich Maneuver, but he misunderstands and asks if she means to get behind her.
As part of the investigation into the incident by the Pasco Fire Department, Montanino says she asked for assistance for what's called "emergency medical dispatch," because she is not yet certified to do this.
But her supervisor Dave Cook, who in the past has been disciplined for sleeping on duty, said "I am not getting on with a hysterical caller." |
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Written by Greenville Online
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 A 32-year-old man has been charged following an armed standoff with officers outside the Simpsonville police station early Saturday morning, said police spokesman Lt. Ralph Bobo.
Around 3 a.m., Simpsonville dispatchers saw the armed man in the police station patrol car parking lot over the department's video surveillance system and alerted officers, Bobo said.
When officers arrived, the man said he wanted them "to shoot" him, Bobo said.
"We believe he wanted to commit suicide and wanted law enforcement officers to do it for him," Bobo said.
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 ...then post it on the internet for all the world to see.
Four teenagers were charged with burglary after video clips of them breaking into a home appeared on MySpace.com, sheriff's officials said.
Kayla Rose, 19, of Belfry; Nick Newsome, 19, of Crum, W.Va.; and two juveniles were also charged with criminal mischief. Rose was arrested Monday, and Newsome was arrested Saturday. The juveniles were cited but not taken into custody, Pike County Chief Deputy Melvin Sayers said.
Sheriff's Deputy Bill McCoy said the four broke into an unoccupied home, took several items and broke a door. Video clips of the four inside the house were posted on the Internet, leading to their arrests, McCoy said.
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