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National Roundup Nets More than 35,000 Fugitives

CHICAGO – Police searching for fugitive sex offenders, violent criminals and gang members made more than 35,000 arrests nationwide during an annual monthlong crackdown — the most in the roundup’s 5-year history and nearly double the number from last year — authorities announced Thursday. The U.S. Marshals Service said the …

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Virginia Tech Victims' Families Want to Reopen Investigation Into Massacre

ROANOKE, Va. – Relatives of Virginia Tech victims are asking the state to reopen its investigation of the 2007 mass shootings at the school. A group including parents of many of the 32 people killed by student gunman Seung-Hui Cho issued a statement Tuesday calling on Gov. Tim Kaine to …

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Madoff Arrives at Prison in North Carolina to Start 150-Year Sentence

WASHINGTON – Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff has arrived at a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, to start serving a 150-year sentence. Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Linda Thomas says Madoff arrived at the Butner facility Tuesday morning, after a brief stay at an Atlanta prison while in transit from …

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