Pretty soon, cops won't just be packing stun guns. They'll be carrying electrically-charged riot shields, zapping their unruly without unholstering their weapons. That is, if the folks at Taser International have their way.
...she also sent conciliatory signals to Obama, saying she "deeply" admires him in what appeared to be a sign that she plans to spend the final weeks of the long campaign on an upbeat note. As she spoke, a group staffed by Clinton supporters .....
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$500 reward offered in cat cruelty case
Dr. Geoffrey Adams of Pasco Animal Hospital in New Port Richey holds the arrow he carefully removed from a cat last week.
Those more mundane details are at the heart of a debate about growing cases of mistreatment of horses in the United States, at a time when hay and grain prices are skyrocketing and when options for disposing of unwanted horses are dwindling.
"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal," he said in an interview for Internet hub Yahoo! and Politico magazine.
"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf," he said.
