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A police officer on Thursday shot a man carrying a meat cleaver near Macy's in New York City, a police source said, according to ABC News. Officers ordered the man -- spotted on 32nd Street and Broadway, blocks away from the department store -- to drop the cleaver and opened fire when he did not, the source said. The suspect was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center, according to the source, and is listed in critical condition. The incident took place around 5:00 p.m. local time on Thursday. One officer suffered a laceration to the head and a second officer may...

Intruder putting Lewisville on edge Victims wake up to man at foot of beds; his motive is unclear 12/06/2002 By RACHEL HORTON / The Dallas Morning News LEWISVILLE - Linda Moody awoke to the sensation of a cold breeze brushing across her foot. She opened her eyes. The figure of a stranger, crouching at the foot of her bed, crept from right to left across her room, passing in front of her digital clock. It was 12:37 a.m. Wednesday. The 61-year-old and her husband, Aubrey, had just become the victims of a home invasion. Their house was the ninth...