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Monday May 7 | The Waterloo Region Record

What a cattle-theft case could mean for U.S. law enforcement use of drones

It was a strange and historic moment when North Dakota police decided to call in an unmanned Predator surveillance drone over a farmers' dispute about animals.

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Fri May 04, 2012

TheBlaze.com

'Guerilla-Like Police Tactics': First American Arrested...

Prosecutors have said the Predator drone was used after warrants were issued and not to investigate guilt in the case but to survey safety before the arrest of Rodney Brossart was made in June 2011.

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Thu May 03, 2012

US News & World Report

Attorney: 'Guerilla-Like Police Tactics' Used in First American Drone Arrest

The lawyer for the first American arrested with the help of a pilotless drone says "guerilla-like police tactics" were used to make the arrest.

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Mon Apr 16, 2012

Mass Transit

ND: Remembering N.D.'s Worst Train Accident

April 16--BROCKET, N.D. -- It was a warm, sunny day on Aug. 9, 1945, when 20-year-old Marian Pederson and her parents boarded the Great Northern Railway's Empire Builder in Grand Forks.

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Mon Apr 09, 2012

US News & World Report

First Man Arrested With Drone Evidence Vows to Fight Case

The tiny town of Lakota, N.D., is quickly becoming a key testing ground for the legality of the use of unmanned drones by law enforcement after one of its residents became the first American citizen to be arrested with the help of a Predator surveillance drone.

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