"Soldier paralyzed in shooting at homecoming party" December 25, 2011
A decorated Army soldier recovering from injuries suffered in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan has been shot at his homecoming party, and family members say he’s paralyzed and in critical condition.
Christopher Sullivan, 22, was shot late Friday while trying to break up a fight between his brother and another man at a San Bernardino, Calif., residence....
Police said Sullivan’s brother and a partygoer got into an argument over football....
His enlistment would be complete in April, after which Sullivan had planned to come home to go to college.
Family members are calling on the shooter to surrender. Police have not identified the suspect.
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"4-year-old, 2 adults found dead in Ohio house fire" December 25, 2011|Associated Press
Authorities say a 4-year-old boy, his mother and a third person were found dead in a Christmas Eve fire at a vacant house in central Ohio....
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Related: Peabody firefighter dies in 3-alarm blaze
"NYC police investigate delay in giving officer blood-alcohol test" December 26, 2011
The New York Police Department is investigating why it took more than eight hours for a police officer suspected of drunken driving to be given a blood-alcohol test....
I think I know why.
By then, his blood-alcohol level was well below the legal limit....
Investigation over.
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"Police find 7 dead in Fort Worth-area apartment
GRAPEVINE, Texas—Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot to death in a suburban Fort Worth apartment, police said Sunday.
Authorities said they believe the shooter is among the dead....
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