Nominated by Obama, MN policewoman would become first openly gay US marshalOctober 13th, 2009 Obama picks MN woman as 1st openly gay US marshalWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has nominated a Minnesota policewoman to become the first openly gay person to serve as a U.S. marshal. Sharon Lubinski is an assistant chief in the Minneapolis Police Department, where she has worked for 20 years.
Pa. firefighters stunned to find man alive after sleeping through house fire, partial collapseOctober 12th, 2009 Pa. man sleeps through house fire, survivesPITTSBURGH — A suburban Pittsburgh man slept soundly as his home caught on fire and partially collapsed. It wasn't until firefighters did a walk-through of the home more than two hours later that he woke up.
Police: Off-duty Detroit officer who fatally shot wife, self outside library left note at homeSeptember 23rd, 2009 Police: Officers found note in Mich. gunman's homeCANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.
Police say off-duty Detroit officer fatally shoots wife, then kills himself, outside librarySeptember 22nd, 2009 Police: Off-duty officer fatally shoots wife, selfCANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police in a Detroit suburb say an off-duty officer fatally shot his wife in the parking lot of a library and then shot himself.
Off-duty Detroit officer fatally shoots wife, then shoots himself, outside librarySeptember 22nd, 2009 Off-duty Detroit officer shoots wife, then himselfCANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police in a Detroit suburb say an off-duty officer fatally shot his wife in the parking lot of a library and then shot himself.
Mother kills disabled daughter, self in apparent murder-suicide at Oakland nursing homeSeptember 14th, 2009 Mother kills daughter, self at nursing homeOAKLAND, Calif. — Police say a woman fatally shot her disabled daughter before taking her own life at an Oakland nursing home.
Woman fatally shot on University of California campus; father of her child in custodySeptember 14th, 2009 Woman fatally shot in parking lot of Calif. campusIRVINE, Calif.
Police find husband, wife, cat fatally shot in NYC home, say he likely was gunmanAugust 28th, 2009 Husband, wife, cat found fatally shot in NYC homeNEW YORK — Police say a New York City man called them to claim he had accidentally shot his wife and their cat in their home and then he apparently shot himself. Fifty-one-year-old Karen Pizon was found shot in the torso Thursday on the living room floor of the single-family home in Staten Island.
Three-alarm fire at Mass. boat yard causes several millions in damagesAugust 8th, 2009 Mass. boat yard blaze causes millions in damagesIPSWICH, Mass. — A three-alarm blaze destroyed a vacant Massachusetts boat yard and caused several million dollars in damage, fire officials said Friday.
Police: Pakistani provincial minister fatally shot during robbery attemptAugust 6th, 2009 Police: Pakistani provincial minister shot deadKARACHI, Pakistan — Police say a provincial minister has been fatally shot during an attempted carjacking in the volatile southern Pakistani city of Karachi. Senior police officer Khaliq Shaikh says Sardar Rustam Jamali, the excise and taxation minister in the western province of Baluchistan, was killed Thursday when robbers tried to steal his car in an eastern neighborhood of the city.
Sheriff: 3 members of Va. family found shot to death in burning home; 1 son escapes fatherJune 29th, 2009 3 members of Va. family shot to deathAXTON, Va.
Man arrested after standoff at Calif. motel charged with murdering wife in KansasJune 12th, 2009 Man nabbed in Calif. charged in wife's Kan.
Off-duty NYC cop fatally shot by fellow officer while chasing man who broke into his carMay 29th, 2009 Off-duty NYC cop fatally shot by fellow officerNEW YORK — A New York City plainclothes policeman who drew his gun while chasing someone he found rummaging through his car has been shot to death by a fellow officer. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says 25-year-old Omar J.
4 shot on Chicago's South Side, including 1 reportedly killed by policeMay 8th, 2009 4 shot, 1 fatally, on Chicago's South SideCHICAGO — Authorities say four people have been shot, one fatally by Chicago Police, in gunfire on the city's South Side. Mark Payne is a spokesman for the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates all police-involved shootings.
Wesleyan U in Connecticut says student fatally shot at nearby bookstoreMay 6th, 2009 Connecticut college says student fatally shotMIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Wesleyan University officials say a student shot at a bookstore near campus has died.