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Dallas man dies in crane fall after police standoff
University Park :: FL :: USA | 12 months ago
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Texas Dallas police say a 44-year-old man fell 150 feet to his death as police tried to coax him down from a construction crane after a more than 14-hour standoff. Police say Lee Dell Thomas Jr., 44, died early Tuesday after slipping from the cab
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Man falls to death from crane in Dallas standoff
University Park :: TX :: USA | 12 months ago
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Texas (AP) — A man dangled from the cab of a construction crane before falling 150 feet to his death at a college campus in Dallas early Tuesday, ending a more than 14-hour standoff, police said. Police have yet to identify the
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Robbery suspect holed up in crane
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 12 months ago
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Police did not comment on the man's condition, the station said. The man was seen hanging from the side of the crane's cab about 1:45 a.m. (2:45 a.m...About an hour later, SMU issued an alert. "The SMU campus is open, and all buildings will be open
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Man in crane at Texas college says he's armed
University Park :: TX :: USA | 12 months ago
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Texas (AP) — Police tried Monday to coax a man from a crane cab on the Southern Methodist University campus in suburban Dallas after he told officers he was armed and threatened to shoot anyone who approached him. The crane
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Dallas police on scene of person in crane at SMU
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 12 months ago
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A person is holed up in a construction crane on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. SMU spokesman Kent Best says a person believed to have been a fugitive from Dallas police took refuge Monday in the cab of a
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Man in crane on SMU campus threatening to open fire
Progress :: Russia | 12 months ago
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Reports have been coming in for the last half hour that a man in a crane above the Bush Institute on the SMU campus has a gun and is threatening to open fire on those below. People have been warned to stay away from that part of the campus, near
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SMU receives $5 million donation for interdisciplinary institute
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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The end of the school year hasn't meant a slowdown for Southern Methodist University. Cranes are rising and donations keep coming in for the university, which is celebrating its centennial. SMU announced its most recent donation today -- a $5 million
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SMU fires AD Steve Orsini, 'national search' for replacement to begin immediately
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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17 May 2012 02:44 PM SMU athletic director Steve Orsini has been fired, effective immediately...There were no specific reasons given for the decision, which came only weeks after Orsini hired Hall of Fame basketball coach Larry Brown.
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Former Wildcat Nick Russell welcomes new system at SMU
Duncanville :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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When Nick Russell decided to transfer from Kansas State to SMU, he knew his life was going to change...Russell made his pledge to the Mustangs thinking he would be spending his final two seasons playing in Conference USA under Matt Doherty. Instead,
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SMU hires new director of presidential studies as construction continues on Bush library
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Along with a presidential library, Southern Methodist University will soon have a presidential scholar. Jeffrey Engel has been hired as the university's director of Presidential History Projects and associate professor of presidential studies. He
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