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APM Reports documentary: When Tasers Fail

APM Reports documentary: When Tasers Fail

Tasers are less reliable than their maker has claimed. The results can be deadly.
by MPR News Staff

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Man charged in brother's death in northwestern Minnesota

Authorities in northwestern Minnesota have charged a 28-year-old man with murder in the fatal weekend assault of his brother on a street in Fosston, Minn.
by Associated Press

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Man who threw child from MOA's 3rd floor gets 19 years; family forgives

Man who threw child from MOA's 3rd floor gets 19 years; family forgives

Emmanuel Aranda had previously pleaded guilty to attempted premeditated first-degree murder in the April 12 attack on a 5-year-old boy. Aranda told authorities he went to the mall that day looking for someone to kill.
by Alisa Roth and Tim Nelson

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Virginia Beach attacker notified boss of plans to leave city job

Virginia Beach attacker notified boss of plans to leave city job

The gunman who attacked his colleagues at a Virginia Beach government office building resigned by email hours before the shooting, a city official said Sunday as authorities sought a motive in the assault that killed 12 people.
by Associated Press

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Arrest in 43-year-old murder case stuns Wisconsin town

Arrest in 43-year-old murder case stuns Wisconsin town

Word of the arrest — via a friend's text message — hit Wayne Sankey like a thunderbolt. "I said, 'You gotta be kidding me,'" Sankey recalled. "And then I told the wife and she couldn't believe it. 'There's no way,' she said. 'Ray down the road?'"
by Associated Press

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Police: City worker kills 12 in Virginia Beach; suspect dead

Police: City worker kills 12 in Virginia Beach; suspect dead

A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover before police shot and killed him following a "long gun battle," authorities said.
by Associated Press

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