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Off-duty cop shoots, kills crook who tried to mug him

An off-duty cop fatally shot a robber in Brooklyn late Sunday night, officials said.

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Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people (AP)

Firemen hose down a commercial carrier truck on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., after it was involved in a multi-vehicle wreck which killed at least nine people in the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)AP – A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were instantly blinded. At least 10 people were killed.


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Swift-moving fire kills Bronx man 

A fast-moving fire killed a man and injured a woman in the Bronx Sunday morning. The blaze broke out inside the basement of a three-family home on E. 225th St. about 5:15 a.m.

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U.S. military kills nine pirates in rescue

U.S. military forces helicoptered into Somalia in a nighttime raid Wednesday and freed two hostages, an American and a Dane, while killing nine pirates, officials and a pirate source said.

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Explosion kills Queens man, 50

A 50-year-old man was killed in a mysterious explosion at his Queens home Monday morning, possibly caused by a homemade device or fireworks, police said.

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Child murderer kills self in jail

A 20-year-old child murderer was found dead in his jail cell of an apparent suicide Thursday, two days after he pleaded guilty to molesting and killing a 7-year-old girl, authorities said.

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Cop takes call, kills self on street 

An on-duty New York City police officer committed suicide Thursday night by shooting himself in the face on a Queens street after arguing with his girlfriend on the phone, police sources said.

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