As she began a foot pursuit of a suspect down a dark alley and around a forbidding street corner, Cincinnati police officer Mandy Curfiss radioed to headquarters that she was heading toward a local gas station.
Sitting at the kitchen table in his small house, Steven Butler has trouble even with a very simple question. He cannot tell you the day of the week or the month, and he has to have the help of a calendar to tell you the year.
The maker of Taser stun guns has advised law enforcement agencies to avoid hitting suspects in the chest, partly "to minimize controversy."
Friends and family identified the 20-year-old Frederick, Maryland, man who died after police used a Taser stun gun on him Sunday morning, according to a local television station.
A 20-year-old man died Sunday after being shot with a Taser device during a scuffle with a sheriff's deputy in Maryland, a spokeswoman for the Frederick County Sheriff's Office said.
About 65% of U.S. law enforcement uses Tasers regularly, but no regulations govern the use of the controversial weapon
Business 2.0: Hits & Missesupdated: Fri Oct 12 2007 12:44:00
You've sold 3.3 million copies of Guitar Hero II, a game in which would-be Claptons try to match the furious fingering of onscreen musicians. So what do you play for an encore? If you're Activision, you strike a profitable new chord by selling songs to players who've grown bored with the tunes that came with the game. In April the company began offering three-song downloads for $6.25 - yup, more than double the price of songs on iTunes - and sold 300,000 in the first three months.
CNNMoney: Stock advance stuntedupdated: Wed Dec 21 2005 10:27:00
Stocks snapped back Wednesday to break a four-session losing streak but gains were slim as rising crude prices weighed on investors.
FSB: Hot Shotupdated: Fri Jul 01 2005 00:01:00
Oh, What a Heart-Thumping Ride: A 2,000% STOCK run-up, more than a quadrupling of profits, and the kind of marketing buzz—such as an appearance in Meet the Fockers—that other companies only dream o...
Stun-gun maker Taser International said Friday that an independent study of the effects of one of its new devices, the Taser X26, found no significant heart rhythm abnormalities in volunteers subjected to its shock.
Shares of Taser International Inc. fell 6 percent on Friday after a published report said a 54-year-old Chicago man died after police used a Taser stun gun to subdue him.
CNNMoney: GM warns, stocks diveupdated: Thu Jan 13 2005 09:49:00
Stocks slumped Thursday, after General Motors' late-session profit warning turned a mild slide into a steeper selloff.
One week after President Bush nominated him to be secretary of homeland security, former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik withdrew from consideration Friday night after discovering a former household employee had a questionable immigration status.
Miami-Dade County Police are reviewing their policy on using Tasers after officers stunned two children with the weapons in the past few weeks.
Money Magazine: Market Benchmarksupdated: Wed Sep 01 2004 00:01:00
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Technology markets ended down Thursday, despite falling oil prices and a spate of news prompting surges in a diverse set of companies.
Technology stocks charged ahead Tuesday, lifted by Internet stocks such as Yahoo! Inc. and online marketplace operator eBay Inc., which is due to issue its earnings after Wednesday's close.
The Nasdaq closed higher on the day and the week Friday thanks to an afternoon tech rally during a quiet session on Wall Street.
Last year's hottest small cap was a stunner: Taser International, the Scottsdale firm that makes stun guns, saw its stock rocket 1,938% in 2003 after it wangled a million-dollar line item in the de...
Don't laugh: though it sounds like something out of a Farrelly brothers movie, the latest technological breakthrough in law enforcement is in fact a stun gun.
Fortune: A Hello To Armsupdated: Mon Nov 12 2001 00:01:00
Sure, shares of defense contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin have shot up since the Sept.11 attacks. It's only natural: America is at war. But the big guns aren't the only ones ben...
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