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iPhone Maker Foxconn Shuts Factory After Brawl

September 24, 2012, 8:56 am • Posted by KQED News Staff and Wires
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BEIJING (AP) — The company that makes Apple's iPhones suspended production at a factory in China on Monday after a brawl by as many as 2,000 employees at a dormitory injured 40 people. The fight, the cause of which was … Continue reading »

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Calif. Prisons Grapple with Violent Trend

September 20, 2012, 2:24 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
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What happens when you take 2,600 of the most violent people in the state and cram them in housing meant for 1,800? That question is surfacing in the wake of a riot among more than 50 prisoners at California State … Continue reading »

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Calif. Prisoners Hospitalized in Riot

September 19, 2012, 1:36 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
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A guard shot a prisoner and 10 other prisoners were hospitalized with "stab and slash" wounds in a riot at California State Prison Sacramento on Wednesday, the Department of Corrections reported. The facility is also known as "New Folsom" because … Continue reading »

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