Author: Carrie Antlfinger
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September 11 trials postponed again and again
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NEW YORK • Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the U.S. scored its most thrilling victory yet against the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks — the capture of a disheveled Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, hauled away by intelligence agents from a hideout in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The global manhunt for al-Qaida’s No. 3 leader had taken…
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Police: Gunman killed 5 at Milwaukee brewery complex
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MILWAUKEE • An employee opened fire Wednesday at Milwaukee’s Molson Coors complex, killing five fellow workers before taking his life, police said. The gunman was identified as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. “There were five individuals who went to work today, just like everybody goes to work,…
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Bird-dog lovers descend on Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE – Hunting dogs are on display at two canine gatherings this week. One is in New York at the famed Westminster Kennel Club show, where judges look for perfection in the breeds’ appearance – the shape of an ear, the size of a tail. The other is in Milwaukee, where bird hunters will celebrate…
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Midwest hopes for ‘Public Enemies’ tourism
MILWAUKEE – John Dillinger: America’s most notorious criminal or Robin Hood of the Great Depression? It doesn’t matter to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, which wants people to visit Wisconsin locales related to his gang’s time here in the 1930s and the movie filmed in the state, “Public Enemies.” It stars Johnny Depp as Dillinger.…