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6-year-old fends off intruder

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 9th 2008 2:00PM

A six-year-old girl in Bristow, Virginia is being hailed as 'amazing' for fighting off an intruder who jumped into the backseat of her mother's car while it was parked in the family's garage. The girl was strapped into the car alone while her mother ...
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Fast thinking moms stop crimes with kindness

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jul 9th 2008 2:00PM

When you have a guest in your home, Miss Manners says that the polite thing to do is to offer them a refreshment. And though she never said anything about being polite to intruders, two moms recently thwarted intruders by offering their attackers ...
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Quick-texting teen saves herself from intruder

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 14th 2007 5:02PM

In spite of complaints by educators that cell phone text-messaging is ruining the way kids communicate, it turns out those lighting-fast thumbs may occasionally come in handy. A 17-year-old Malaysian girl was woken up by a noise near her bedroom, ...
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Update: School districts stops teaching kids to fight back

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Oct 26th 2006 4:23PM

Just recently, I wrote about a Texas school district that was teaching students and teachers to fight back against an armed intruder by throwing things at the intruder's head. The Burleson Independent School District, which is outside of Ft. Worth, ...
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