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'Supergran' Ann Timson Shows Off Mad Crime-Fighting Skills

By Lisa FlamFeb 16th 2011 – 10:23AM
Today

Today

The 71-year-old British woman hailed as "Supergran" for foiling a jewelry store robbery brought the handbag she used to clobber a gang of six would-be thieves to the U.S., demonstrating how she used both hands to wind up and hit them again and again. "It's just a two-handed thing like that," Ann Timson said on NBC's...

Every Cop in Mexican Town Quits After Station Attack

By Lauren FrayerOct 28th 2010 – 9:56AM
Carlos Jasso, AP

Carlos Jasso, AP

(Oct. 28) -- The entire 14-man police force in a northern Mexican town has resigned en masse after their station came under fire from suspected drug traffickers. The police headquarters in Los Ramones, a rural town about 40 miles east of Monterrey, is pockmarked with bullet holes after gunmen drove up to the station and...

3 Colombian Teens on Facebook 'Hit List' Killed

By Carl FranzenAug 24th 2010 – 9:45PM
Adrian Wyld, AP

Adrian Wyld, AP

(Aug. 24) -- A status update nobody wants to see: Three Colombian teenagers have been killed after their names appeared, along with 97 others, on a multipart "hit list" posted on Facebook, according to multiple international reports. Even more frightening, police don't know who is responsible for the killings and the list...

Background on gang

A gang is a group of recurrently associating individuals with identifiable leadership and internal organization, identifying with or claiming control over territory in the community, and engaging either individually or collectively in violent or other forms of illegal behavior .

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