Update: Police Use Backhoe to Breach Delaware Prison, End Standoff; 1 Dead
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Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of footlockers, authorities stormed Delaware's largest prison early Thursday and ended a nearly 24-hour hostage standoff involving inmates armed with sharpened objects. One hostage - a correctional officer- died.
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