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A 19-month-old boy critically injured when a police device was tossed into his bed has a 50 percent chance of surviving, his parents said today. But a northeast Georgia sheriff defends the officers’ actions, calling it a tragic accident. “The last thing you want is law enforcement to injure someone innocent,” Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terrell told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “There was no malicious act performed. It was a terrible accident that was never supposed to happen.” Hours after a confidential informant said he bought methamphetamine from Wanis Thometheva at a Habersham County home late Tuesday, officers returned to the...

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AP) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. Police say a 7-year-old girl died Saturday when her 5-year-old brother accidentally pushed a big screen TV onto her. The children were watching television in their mother's bedroom at about 8 a.m., while she slept. Police say the boy inadvertently pushed the television forward when he went behind it to plug in a video game. His sister was on the floor below. The girl suffered head injuries and died at a local hospital. Police are treating it as an accident.