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GARY, Ind. -- A teenager shot to death by an officer as he fled a burglary scene may have tried to pull up his sagging pants, causing the officer to mistake the movement for a reach for a weapon, according to newly filed court documents. In a motion to dismiss a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Vincent Smith Jr.'s father, the city of Gary suggests the 16-year-old was shot as he was reaching down to hoist up his drooping pants and sprint away from Officer Levi Randolph. "Police officers have to make a lot of split-second decisions," said city...

You have heard the old joke: I just flew in from New York and, boy, my arms are tired. While it's not very funny, I must report that I flew in from Australia and my arms were tired. My arms got tired from clutching my see-through plastic security bag, which I had read Down Under was required for international flights in lieu of the usual hand luggage. In this bag, I had my passport and ticket, a pen for filling in the form declaring, among other things, that I never visited a farm during my stay, and one pair of...

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GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 9/24/02 - Kabul, Babil, Sukkot, Ramallah, al-Shorja, Kosovo BREAKING: Babil, Babylon International Festival, BREAKING: Western Wall, Sukkot, BREAKING: Ramallah, clean underwear, BREAKING: Kosovo, UN accountability, Kabul, firewood, Ashiana center, brick factory, bodybuilders, Kandahar, Bagram, Baghdad, al-Shorja market, Baghdad, women's food rations, Jerusalem, Israel, Bethlehem, Gaza, Hamas, Al Aqsa Terrorists' Brigade, Palestinian police and terror, Gaza blood libel, Hebron, Tel Aviv, Tehran, ===================== Kabul =================== In Kabul, collecting firewood. In Kabul, women are free. Painting at the Ashiana center is allowed These people were FREED BY THE USA. In Kabul, at the brick...