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BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke...
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BELTSVILLE, Md. -- Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes,...
View ArticleBooze, smokes on agenda for quirky government bureau
BELTSVILLE, Md. -- Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes,...
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Charles Dharapak - AP Photo In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, Dr. Abdul Mabud, director of the scientific services division of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...
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View ArticleOakland police give up control over department
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland police officials have agreed to surrender authority of the department's command staff to a court- appointed director. The Oakland...
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland police officials have agreed to surrender authority of the department's command staff to a court- appointed director. The Oakland Tribune...
View ArticleCalifornia: Deal Reached for Board to Oversee Oakland Police
Oakland officials have agreed to relinquish power over the city’s police department to a court-appointed director to avert a federal takeover. As part of a tentative deal announced Wednesday, the...
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland city officials have agreed to relinquish broad power over the embattled police department to a court-appointed...
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SAN DIEGO Autopsy report released A Border Patrol agent who shot and killed a mother of five after she hit him with her vehicle fired his gun 10 times from the hood of her car as he tried to get the...
View ArticleOakland deal would avoid court takeover of police force
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View ArticleOakland police sued in Occupy beating
A college instructor and activist from Marin County who was thrown to the ground by police and struck twice with a baton during an Occupy protest in Oakland - an incident captured on video and posted...
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