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Police standoff ends peacefully after suspect threatens Yonkers officers

A police standoff in Yonkers ended peacefully Tuesday after a man called claiming to have killed his girlfriend and threatened to shoot any officers who came near him. Heavily armed police surrounded

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Jul 18, 2006, 5:54 PM

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