Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer

Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:45 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Five North Carolina sheriff's deputies will be disciplined after they used a Taser while serving an arrest warrant on a man at his father's funeral.

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Green light for changes to endangered list

Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:51 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The Bush administration on Monday said that changes it wants to make to endangered species rules before President Bush leaves office will have no significant environmental consequences.

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Homeless homing pigeon creates flap

Seeded on Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:54 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A New Hampshire couple are trying to figure out what to do with a homing pigeon that came to the wrong home - theirs. From an identification band, Don and Fran Roy of Manchester have traced the bird - which they have named "Trouble" - to a Pennsylvania man who races pigeons.

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O.J. Simpson goes to trial, dogged by his past

Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 6:54 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

O.J. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart go on trial Monday in Las Vegas on armed robbery and kidnapping charges.

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Man finds dead shark in Lake Michigan

Seeded on Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:49 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A man found a dead 2-foot shark while fishing in Lake Michigan.

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D.C. residents start applying for gun permits

Seeded on Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:16 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that overturned Washington's 32-year-old handgun ban was the first to arrive Thursday as the city began registering firearms.

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