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What that translates to, unfortunately, is about 14 acts of arson a day. nearly 5,000 a year. thats just arson. that doesnt include the thousands of other types of fires and medical emergencies the detroit fire department responds to every day. with an ever-lower valued housing market where you can buy a home for as little as $500, many houses are burned down for the insurance. many because angry neighbors, desperate to hang on, see abandoned structures taken over by crackheads or drug gangs. wi...

Moldering and shambolic. but they fight on. this is the second time theyve been to this house. if it happens to be arson, chances are no one will ever know for sure. given the ever-shrinking resources available to the department, most fires cant even be investigated. this fire is out within an hour. and after the fire, dinner. the cliche that is firemen are great cooks. in this case, the cliche is true. lieutenant mike devins and the boys of squad 3 are cooking up a family meal. is every firefig...

Its important to note the location of the barracks because its in a wooded area, 35 miles east of scranton like we said and also located in an area where theres a ton of hunting going on. last night, three different agencies from three different states went to the crime scene from new york, pennsylvania, and well as new jersey and s.w.a.t. team responded. helicopters were in the air searching for suspects in a wooded a interstate i-40 ---i-8 route 82, there were blocks put in place and frank noo...

They are talking to or why. we do know they are conducting the interviews and no arrest is made yet and the serarch is on ghoing f going for the person or people who did this. >> the individual who perpetrated this heinous crime is still at large. we dont have the description or any real information on the identity. >> whoever it was the person or persons shot and killed one pennsylvania state trooper and injured another overnight. the shooting occurred around 11:00 p.m. about 35 miles outside o...

Legislation is not extended? where do they go for help? >> in fact these first responders, the men and women who stayed at ground zero for more than a year at least, correct? still working in that condition. the head of the epa at the time said there was no air problem in terms of quality. we see the diseases. it didnt take long for people to begin suffering. >> the experts it might take 10 to 20 years to see the after effects of that. as you stated, we almost immediately began seeing the result...

Western sanctions. russia reportedly successfully launching now an intercontinental missile thats capable of carrying up to ten nuclear warheads. after that launch putin declared he is taking control of the government commission overseeing military industries. two more of these ballistic missile launches are set for the fall. a day of remember wrans for the nearly 3,000 victims that lost their lives on this day 13 years sxashgs the family and friends who are affected by the horrible act of ter...

6-year-old boy sunday they say the cat was a 65-pound male in a tree but exhibited aggressive behavior. dna tests will be conducted to confirm if it was the cat responsible. the boy is okay now and recovering at home. >> a car plowed into a group of people, sending five people to the hospital the victims include three special-needs students and their teacher. police are interviewing the driver, the 50-year-old man is also in the hospital. >> we have had our first fatality associated with last mo...

Otherwise. however, the agree of extremism in a handful of people is alarming. >> the mosque is and ought to be subject of scrutiny because theres just too many factors involved. >> she was found in 2008 carrying bomb makinging documents for a mass casualty chemical and biological weapons attack against targets like the statue of liberty and the boston bridge. boston pharmaceutical student was found guilty of plotting an attack on a local shopping mall. and boston high school wrestler will stand...

Desperate economic times. by rolling up their sleeves and going it on their own with little of washingtons help or dysfunction. from houston and its rebuild houston plant, 200 projects to improve quality of life with quarter billion of mostly taxpayer dollars. to seattle, which voted to raise the minimum wage and detroit where private money is revitalizing a moribund motor city. in oklahoma city, what used to look like this now looks like this. all designed to jump-start city economies. scenes u...

To seattle, which voted to raise the minimum wage and detroit where private money is revitalizing a moribund motor city. in oklahoma city, what used to look like this now looks like this. all designed to jump-start city economies. scenes us bureau figures now show many urban populations are on the rebound. >> how desperate was oklahoma city? >> we may have had the worst economy in the country. we finally decided were going to have to invest in ourselves. no one is going to come bail us out. >> t...