India fire toll hits 89; senior hospital officials allegedly 'ran away'

Thu Dec 8, 2011 11:01 PM EST

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Second child shot by mother in welfare office standoff dies

Thu Dec 8, 2011 10:40 PM EST

McALLEN, Texas -- Authorities say a 10-year-old boy shot by his mother during a standoff at a Texas welfare office has died. Laredo police spokesman Joe Baeza says Timothy Grimmer died Thursday at a San Antonio hospital. His 12-year-old sister died of her wounds on Wednesday.

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Man fails to steal cop car despite being in the front seat with the keys, police say

Thu Dec 1, 2011 7:30 PM EST

Police officers in Amherst, Ohio, on Tuesday arrested a Lorain man they say tried to steal an Amherst police car. The incident happened outside the police station just before 7 p.m.

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