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2 NYPD cops shot dead ‘execution style’ in Brooklyn — A possible suspect was found shot at the scene and rushed to a nearby hospital. — Two uniformed NYPD officers were shot dead — execution style — as they sat in their marked police car on a Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, street corner.
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Two NYPD officers dead in ‘ambush’ while sitting in patrol car in Brooklyn by gunman who boasted on Instagram about killing cops for ‘revenge’ (GRAPHIC IMAGES) — Ismaaiyl Brinsley fired at the officers in their squad car outside of the Tompkins Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant sources said.
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Two N.Y.P.D. Officers Are Killed in Brooklyn Ambush; Suspect Commits Suicide — Two police officers sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn were shot at point-blank range and killed on Saturday afternoon by a man who, officials said, had traveled to the city from Baltimore vowing to kill officers.
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VIDEO: NYPD officers turn away from Mayor de Blasio as he enters police presser for murdered cops — PIX11 — Police officers turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he walked into the police press conference about the two NYPD officers shot and killed execution-style in Brooklyn.


Killer of 2 NYPD officers first shot ex-girlfriend in Owings Mills — The shooting of a woman at an Owings Mills apartment complex was the precursor for the ambush killing of two New York City police officers later in the day, law enforcement officials said.
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2 NYPD officers shot, killed in ambush on cop car — DEVELOPING: Two New York City police officer were shot and killed Saturday after they were shot by a gunman as they sat inside a patrol car. — The attack took place in Brooklyn at around 3 p.m., the New York Daily News reported.
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Updates on Fatal Shooting of Two N.Y.P.D. Officers
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2 New York police officers shot to death
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NYPD cops furious with Bill de Blasio turn their backs on the mayor as he enters hospital where officers died
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Gunman Kills Two NYPD Officers In Brooklyn
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‘They were quite simply assassinated:’ 2 NYPD officers shot and killed execution-style in Brooklyn ambush

Two NYC Police Officers Assassinated ‘Execution Style’
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Obama: North Korea's hack not ‘war,’ but ‘cyber vandalism’ — Watch Candy Crowley's interview with President Barack Obama on “State of the Union with Candy Crowley,” Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on CNN — Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama says he doesn't consider North Korea's Sony hack “an act of war.”
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Sony hack reveals threat of ‘psychological’ cyber warfare — The Sony Pictures hack has forced Americans to confront an aspect of cyber warfare common overseas but rarely discussed domestically — psychological cyberattacks. — When U.S. policymakers discuss the threat of cyberattacks …

US mulls putting NKorea on terrorism sponsor list — HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama says the United States is reviewing whether to put North Korea back onto its list of state sponsors of terrorism. — Obama says the high-tech attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment isn't an act of war …


Will Jeb stumble in Iowa? — With no love lost for Jeb Bush among the Republican base, the Iowa caucuses could be an early stumbling block in his 2016 quest. — The former Florida governor's business-friendly stances and willingness to criticize GOP hard-liners make him popular with the donor class.
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2014 frustrates US hopes for Israeli-Palestinian peace — WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is ending 2014 much in the same way he started it, frustrated in efforts to push Israel and Palestinians toward peace. — With a diplomatic showdown looming this past week over Arab plans …

Clinton: Off Her Peak, but Still Towering — Hillary Clinton is off her peak but still overwhelmingly strong in support for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, while Elizabeth Warren has inched up in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. — Clinton's backed by 61 percent …
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