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Amarillo police are currently in a standoff in southwest Amarillo near Amarillo High School.  Police were responding to a burglary call this morning at 10:15am in the Puckett residential area of the city at the 3500 block of Danbury St. A suspect in one or more of the burglaries ran into a home on the 3500 block of Carlton.  Police believe to have seen the man carrying a handgun as he made entry to the house.  Access to the neighborhood remains restricted as the situation continues to unfold.

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Yep, you read that right.  Our local police and firefighters will be going at it.  Now don't worry, it will all be in a boxing ring and it all benefits a great cause.

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After much debate about cell phone usage while driving, the ordinance is now going into effect.  Beginning Thursday, January 3rd if you are caught on your cell phone, you will  be pulled over. 

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A young man, Hayden Carlo, who has been hit hard times was pulled over in Plano, Texas for expired tags.  The police officer who pulled him over did something pretty shocking.  He placed a $100 bill in the traffic citation.

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Abandon all hope ye who enter here. Here being Detroit.

A recent report by the Detroit Police Officers Association offers a strict warning to those who plan to visit the city, saying that due to “grossly understaffed” and overworked law enforcement, people now enter the Motor City at their own risk.

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Nothing irks us more as writers than thinking up a great idea and forgetting it because we didn’t commit it to paper. This very lucky writer ain’t got nothing on us.

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Ever since he filmed himself shooting his daughter’s laptop with a .45 handgun, opinions have been sharply divided over Tommy Jordan’s brand of extreme parenting. In fact, someone who disagrees with his methods called police to his North Carolina home. But instead of arresting him, cops offered their thanks.

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A 26-year old man was arrested in Oshkosh, WI during a Recall Walk Demonstration.  Police were called to the scene to get the demonstration under control  when the demonstrators started blocking the drive of a local restaurant.  The man was shouting and ringing a cowbell and instead of the man moving like the officers asked him,  he decided to give them, "more cowbell."

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Last summer the day care where my son goes had a lesson on 911.  So he knows when there is an emergency he picks up the phone and dials 911.  Any time he sees those numbers on a poster he says, "Mamma I call 911 for emergencies.".  That is why this latest story is kind of funny.

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Having driven cross country a few times, I have been guilty of flashing my headlights to warn drivers of an upcoming speed trap. Maybe, you have done this too. In 2009, a man in Florida did the same thing, but it is illegal in that State and he was ticketed

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I totally get that it is illegal to speed, however, there are exceptions to every rule especially when a pregnant mother in labor is involved.  David Weber and his wife Genevieve were rushing to the hospital, speeding to the hospital I should say, when they were pulled over by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (this happened in Canada).

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‘Good Morning America’ reported on a Florida deputy sheriff who found a unique way to propose marriage to his girlfriend — over police radio.

Deputy Joseph Bracey proposed to Ashley West, who works as a Brevard County sheriff dispatcher, over a county-wide police channel. “I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?” he asked.

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