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Author: Sean Curtis
In a non-descript building in the heart of the business sector in Loveland, Colo., a new venture is booming. Aaron Schefter and George Brown are the founding members of Hexmag, and they aim to be the company providing the number one consumer rifle magazine on the market. I stopped in to visit with them in March, nearly a year after their first sale, to see how they were progressing toward that goal …
Source: Police Updates
Hexmag makes colored 30-round mag that's custom, utilitarian

Author: Sean Curtis
By Michael Tarm Associated Press WAUKEGAN, Ill. — A prosecutor said Thursday that he won't charge a white northeastern Illinois police officer in the fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old, saying the fleeing teen was holding a loaded handgun and that the officer feared for his life and a fellow officer's. Lake County State's Attorney Michael Nerheim told reporters an investigation …
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Video: No charges for Ill. officer in fatal shooting of teen

Author: Sean Curtis
Associated Press BOSTON — The transit police officer almost killed during a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombers has returned to work — with a promotion. Richard Donohue Jr. returned to work Friday after more than two years of recovery. He was one of four Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officers promoted to sergeant. Donohue was injured in an early morning shootout in Watertown …
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Cop almost killed in Boston Marathon shootout returns to job