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• Search resumes for missing AirAsia jet
• NYPD chief says rift between police and mayor 'will go on for a while'
• Ferguson officer placed on unpaid leave after calling Brown memorial 'trash'
• Ferguson police spokesman suspended after 'pile of trash' remark
• Tensions with New York City police go beyond racial issues: commissioner
• U.S. commander lauds progress as NATO ends its Afghan war
• 1 dead, hundreds stranded in Greek ferry disaster
• Photos: AirAsia Flight QZ8501 disappears
• Police boss: Less rhetoric, more dialogue needed

Search resumes for missing AirAsia jet Posted: 28 Dec 2014 04:33 PM PST The plane carrying 162 people disappeared over stormy waters en route to Singapore.

NYPD chief says rift between police and mayor 'will go on for a while' Posted: 28 Dec 2014 08:58 AM PST New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton says the rift between the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio will continue for the foreseeable future.

Ferguson officer placed on unpaid leave after calling Brown memorial 'trash' Posted: 28 Dec 2014 07:48 AM PST The spokesman for the Ferguson, Mo., police department has been placed on unpaid leave after calling the makeshift memorial to slain teenager Michael Brown a "pile of trash in the middle of the street."

Ferguson police spokesman suspended after 'pile of trash' remark Posted: 28 Dec 2014 02:51 PM PST (Reuters) - The spokesman for the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, has been suspended without pay after admitting he referred to a roadside memorial to an unarmed teenager killed by police as a "pile of trash," the city announced over the weekend. After insisting he had been misquoted, Officer Timothy Zoll later admitted he made the remark to a Washington Post reporter who called him on Friday about reports that a motorist had driven over the flowers and signs left in tribute to 18-year-old Michael Brown. ...

Tensions with New York City police go beyond racial issues: commissioner Posted: 28 Dec 2014 12:28 PM PST By Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tensions between New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police are rooted in issues that go beyond racial relations, the police commissioner said on Sunday, a day after the funeral of one of two officers slain a week ago as they sat in their patrol car. The tensions "involve labor contracts. They involve a lot of history in the city that's really different from some of what's going on in the country as a whole," Commissioner Bill Bratton said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "You need to understand this isn't just about policing," he said. ...

U.S. commander lauds progress as NATO ends its Afghan war Posted: 28 Dec 2014 03:09 AM PST Gen. John Campbell hailed the achievements of 13 years of fighting against the Taliban.

1 dead, hundreds stranded in Greek ferry disaster Posted: 28 Dec 2014 12:35 PM PST An Italian Coast Guard official says one person died while attempting to escape from a blazing ferry stranded in the Adriatic Sea, and another was injured.

Photos: AirAsia Flight QZ8501 disappears Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:35 PM PST An Indonesia Search and Rescue officer inspects the operational air navigation map during the investigation of missing Air Asia QZ8501 at the crisis centre of Juanda International Airport Surabaya on December 28, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia. (Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

Police boss: Less rhetoric, more dialogue needed Posted: 28 Dec 2014 03:39 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — A day after the funeral of one of two police officers gunned down in their patrol car, the city's police commissioner called Sunday for a "lot less rhetoric and a lot more dialogue" to defuse the tension between police officers and the population they protect.

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