Alarms blared and gunshots rang out through the halls of the college center's second floor over spring break as a handful of regional law enforcement agencies took part in an active shooter response training exercise.
The Police Training Institute (PTI) trained officers from Parkland Public Safety, Illinois State Police, Mahomet Police Department and others on Friday, March 27 in what has become somewhat of an annual event.…
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Through the years, News of the Weird has reported on restaurants around the world with singularly quirky themes and signature dishes, such as the one in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, that seats all diners on toilets and the Beijing restaurant whose cuisine features animal penises.…
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CHICAGO-The three dozen musicians, baton twirlers and dancers from the King College Prep Jaguar Band played intermittently in intermittent rain and 30-degree temperatures for nearly an hour Sunday morning when the big moment came.
It lasted about 63 seconds, which is how long it took for the 13 members of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission to file by the band on their way to a briefing inside the DuSable Museum about Chicago's Olympic plans for Washington Park.…
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DENTON, Texas-Whether a suspect someday spends his life in prison or gets released from jail could depend on the work of the 10 students inside Angie Ambers' molecular biology laboratory at the University of North Texas.
The students are studying forensics-the application of science to understand potential criminal cases.…
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CHICAGO-Walgreens has announced that the commander in chief will not sprout a Chia Afro on its shelves.
The Deerfield, Ill.-based company has pulled Chia Obama after a one-week run. Robert Elfinger, a spokesman for Walgreens, said the chain was yanking the product from test markets in Tampa, Fla.…
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