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SANTA FE, N.M., March 30 (UPI) -- The brand-new, quarter-million-dollar mobile command post bought by Santa Fe law enforcement broke down on its maiden voyage.
The high-tech vehicle, bought with $278,000 of U.S. Homeland Security Department funds, spewed smoke and lost power Saturday on U.S. 84 just a quarter-mile into its first day on the job, the New Mexican reported.
"It's a good thing it happened now instead of during a real emergency," said Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano. The vehicle, built on a Freightliner chassis with a Cummins diesel engine, was towed to Albuquerque for repairs.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Whitney Houston's funeral is to be held Saturday at the church in Newark, N.J., where she first began singing, the woman handling the arrangements said Tuesday.
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DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
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BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
An Australian man who bared his buttocks to Queen Elizabeth during the monarch's visit to the country was fined $800.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
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