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HOBOKEN, N.J. – Disciplinary charges have been issued against an unspecified number of police officers associated with Hoboken’s now-disbanded SWAT unit, the city’s public safety director announced Thursday. The city’s SWAT team was disbanded in November after officials learned of racy pictures taken during a trip team members made to …

FORT SMITH, Ark. – A man charged with threatening to assassinate President Bush because of U.S. military action in Afghanistan has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Ahmad Dost, 35, was indicted May 3, 2006, by a federal grand jury for “threats against the president and successors to …

WASHINGTON – A classified Pentagon assessment concludes that long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to any new crisis, The Associated Press has learned. Despite security gains in Iraq, there is …