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Published on Thursday, Sep 13, 2007
1CUTLER BAY, FLA. Officer, gunman die
A gunman killed one Miami-Dade County police officer and wounded three during a traffic stop Thursday. Police later killed suspect Shawn Sherwin Labeet, 25. The dead officer was Jose Somohano, 37. Another officer, Jody Wright, 31, underwent surgery, and two officers were treated and released.
2HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA. Gun discharge
A military-style machine gun accidentally discharged at a gun club exhibition, killing an off-duty police officer who was working with the weapon, state police said Thursday. A Gatling gun mounted on the back of a Hummer discharged Wednesday night during a demonstration, shooting Michael Kurty, 36, once in the head.
3PHILADELPHIA Men on crime watch
The city's embattled police chief, acknowledging that police alone cannot quell a run of deadly violence, has called on 10,000 men to patrol the streets to reduce crime. Sylvester Johnson, who is black, says black men, in particular, have a duty to protect more vulnerable residents.
4WASHINGTON Fake interviews
A former ABC News consultant fired last year because he couldn't authenticate academic credentials is at the center of a new dispute over apparently faked interviews with Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Gates, Kofi Annan, Alan Greenspan and Michael Bloomberg. Alexis Debat quit the Nixon Center think tank Wednesday and acknowledged Thursday that he never conducted any of the interviews published under his byline.
5LOS ANGELES Google space prize
Google Inc. and the X Prize Foundation on Wednesday announced a $30 million contest that could significantly boost the commercial space industry and spur the first non-governmental flight to the moon. The bulk of the prize will go to the first private company that can land a robotic rover on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and video to Earth. /p>
6ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Bribes to lawmakers
The former head of an oil field service company admitted Thursday in court that he bribed three Alaska legislators, including the son of a U.S. senator who is the target of a federal investigation. Former VECO Corp. CEO Bill Allen, 70, testified Thursday in the federal corruption trial of former state House Speaker Pete Kott. Allen and a former company vice president, Rick Smith, have pleaded guilty to bribing lawmakers, and await sentencing.
Compiled from wire reports.
1CUTLER BAY, FLA. Officer, gunman die
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