Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear

Andrew Becker, G.W. Schulz
America’s War Within
December 22, 2011

If terrorists ever target Fargo, N.D., the local police will be ready.

In recent years, they have bought bomb-detection robots, digital communications equipment and Kevlar helmets, like those used by soldiers in foreign wars. For local siege situations requiring real firepower, police there can use a new $256,643 armored truck, complete with a rotating turret. Until that day, however, the menacing truck is mostly [...]

New York Bounce Houses Fly Away, Witness Calls Incident ‘Terrifying’

The father of two of the children playing inside a bounce house that blew into the air in New York this weekend recalled the event with horror today on “Good Morning America.”

“It was terrifying,” parent Richard Dowd said.

Thirteen adults and children were injured when strong winds lifted three bounce houses — with children playing inside — into the air and tumbled them along the ground at [...]