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JsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said.The standoff began around 1:30 p.m., after a Wheaton police officer responded to a call of a hit-and-run accident near the bank. When the officer arrived, the suspect grabbed the officer from behind, held a knife to his throat and demanded his gun, Deputy Chief Thomas Meloni said.During an ensuing struggle, the officer was cut on a forearm and the suspect was able to take the gun and run the lobby of the Wheaton Bank & Trust, where he ordered everyone to the floor, Meloni said.Police in Wheaton, about 20 miles west of Chicago, did not immediately release the gunman's identity.As officers evacuated nearby businesses and homes and shut down streets and rail service, hostage negotiators talked to the gunman by phone. They were able to persuade hi...
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9="Trust me. Trust me. Published: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 3:30 a.m. 2:50 p.m. Friday, Sept. Trust me. The bridge is still open.It was the rumor that had legs Friday; Snows Cut bridge was closing - and soon.Some people said they had heard it over the loud speakers at Wal-Mart. Others said it was sweeping through the post office.A friend of a friend also seemed to be a good source.No matter how the rumor got started, the end result was a lot of confusion as Pleasure Island residents worried if they’d be able to get home before Tropical Storm Hanna hit.But Tim Owens, town manager for Carolina Beach, said there’s a very specific criteria for when the island’s sole bridge to the mainland would close.“When sustained winds hit 45 mph, the bridge gets shutdown,” he said, noting that any closure is closely coordinated with Kure Beach and state and county emergency officials.Owens added that officials also try to give folks several hours notice before a closure takes place.Tropical stor...
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U.S. U.S. 2008 Pres. According to news coverage at the time, the librarian said she would definitely not be all right with it. A few months later, the librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, got a letter from Palin telling her she was going to be fired. The censorship issue was not mentioned as a reason for the firing. Emmons had been city librarian for seven years and was well liked. It all happened 12 years ago and the controversy long ago disappeared into musty files. Until this week. Under intense national scrutiny, the issue has returned to dog her. The stories are all suggestive, but facts are hard to come by. Emmons told the Frontiersman she flatly refused to consider any kind of censorship. I was shocked. Were any books censored banned? Pinell-Stephens also had no record of any phone conversations with Emmons about the issue back then. Emmons was president of the Alaska Library Association at the time. Four days before the exchange at the City Council, Emmons got a letter from...
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Bleacher Report. BR.currentArticle = BR.Article.load({"hit_count": 437, "has_been_star_rated": true, "body": "\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 130%;\"\u003EFor NASCAR fans, this is the last hurrah\u0026mdash;the last race before the Chase for the Cup championship ensues.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 130%;\"\u003EThe Chasers and those who want so desperately to be in the Chase are all headed to Richmond International Speedway this weekend,\u0026nbsp;where the 12 drivers who will get the chance to compete will finally be decided.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 130%;\"\u003EThis is our \"big one.\" It's stock car's version of the Democratic and Republican conventions all in one.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 130%;\"\u003EAlas, instead of the impending demolition derby between Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch and the stealth attack by Jimmie Johnson, there may be another major factor in determining the Chase lineup.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u0...
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