Read more police stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1283/police.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:59:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74424/man-fleeing-cops-jumps-from-geo-washington-bridge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man being pursued by police drove his red Pontiac onto the eastbound George Washington Bridge, abandoned the car, and jumped into the Hudson River this morning. It's not clear why the cops were after the driver, and a search of the water beneath the span is under way, reports...http://www.newser.com/story/74424/man-fleeing-cops-jumps-from-geo-washington-bridge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74111/case-of-line-cutting-sparks-racial-firestorm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTrial is set to begin in a case of Wal-Mart line-cutting that has turned into a racially charged media circus. Heather Ellis was arrested almost three years ago after an incident that began when she switched checkout lines at a Missouri store—to join her cousin in a faster queue,...http://www.newser.com/story/74111/case-of-line-cutting-sparks-racial-firestorm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 11:34:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73324/man-stabs-himself-to-get-out-of-blockbuster-shift.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAaron Siebers was willing to go to some pretty radical lengths to avoid his shift at Blockbuster. On Monday the 29-year-old stabbed himself in the leg before going into work, claiming he’d been attacked by three men. He got out of work, but things swiftly got out of hand when...http://www.newser.com/story/73324/man-stabs-himself-to-get-out-of-blockbuster-shift.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 13:40:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour Utah teens are in trouble with the law for attempting to place their McDonald's order in the form of a rap song. The four teens, rolled into the drive-through this week and, finding themselves the only customers, attempted to re-create a 2006 YouTube video by rapping their order. The...http://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72524/san-jose-suspends-cops-in-student-beating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour San Jose police officers videotaped as they beat and tasered a college student have been placed on administrative leave pending an official review. A grainy cell phone video shows the officers using nightsticks to repeatedly strike Phuong Ho, 20, after responding to a domestic disturbance call last month. Ho...http://www.newser.com/story/72524/san-jose-suspends-cops-in-student-beating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 1:49:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71992/brit-cops-sic-dogs-on-eco-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagClimate change activists were chewed up by police dogs as British cops sicced German shepherds on protesters scaling fences at a power station. ''Of course this is regrettable, but it's a combination of reckless behavior by some protesters and us having to respond with a different style of policing," said...http://www.newser.com/story/71992/brit-cops-sic-dogs-on-eco-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 2:58:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71824/mexico-city-puts-1300-cops-on-a-diet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith seven of every 10 members of its force obese, Mexico City’s police department is putting some 1,300 cops on a diet. They were put on scales in public today, and given advice for dieting in a city known for its street food, AFP reports.http://www.newser.com/story/71824/mexico-city-puts-1300-cops-on-a-diet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 21:11:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70222/chicago-day-care-home-used-for-dogfights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChicago police raided an Illinois day-care center that apparently doubled as a brutal dogfighting operation. Ten children were being watched at the private home at the time of the raid. A swing set used by the kids was only 10 feet from a bloody garage where a “vicious” pit bull...http://www.newser.com/story/70222/chicago-day-care-home-used-for-dogfights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 14:16:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68746/georgia-man-innocent-in-trailer-slayings-kid-brother.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe brother of a Georgia man charged with slaying his father and seven others in a mobile home insists that 22-year-old Guy Heinze Jr would never harm his family, and instead speculates that a drug dispute could have prompted the killings. "I know my brother didn't do this. My brother...http://www.newser.com/story/68746/georgia-man-innocent-in-trailer-slayings-kid-brother.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 14:09:16 CDT