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Toddler kills brother
A three-year-old girl accidentally shot dead her two-year-old brother after the children found a loaded handgun in their home in California, police said on Thursday. A police spokesman in Bakersfield, 177km north of Los Angeles, said the tragic incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred after the girl found a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun under her parents’ bed. The boy was rushed to hospital following the shooting but died from a gunshot wound to the chest. “I don’t know that there’s another word to describe it — it’s just a tragedy,” Sergeant Greg Terry of the Bakersfield Police Department said.
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Obama bobbleheads stopped
President Barack Obama bobbleheads that are supposed to be given away at a minor-league baseball game apparently haven’t gotten the nod from customs officials. The West Virginia Power Class A baseball team said Thursday that 1,000 of the figures have been held up at a Customs and Border Protection warehouse in Los Angeles since May 20. A Customs spokeswoman in Los Angeles said she didn’t have more information on why they were stalled. The bobbleheads are a likeness of Obama in his high school basketball uniform and are part of today’s theme of fitness and healthy lifestyles.
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