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Geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. today, there's a new focus on a tool that police departments have used for years. tasers. they have been embraced by law enforcement agencies as a nonlethal method of subduing suspects. today, they are used by d97% of law enforcement agencies in the u.s. that's nearly 18,000 police departments. tasers carry 50,000 volts of electricity. the company that makes them, taser international, says they are designed to temporarily immobilize suspects. marketing tasers as a safe alternative to guns. >> our long-term mission is we want to make the bulle...

Government operations. they have so much trouble. >> indeed. they need christmas. black congressional staffers planning to walk off the job this afternoon. gathering on the steps of the capitol speaking out on the decisions of the eric garner and michael brown killings. now spilling on basketball courts in college. the georgetown team wearing i can't breathe shirts last night before the game. the officer panteleo who avoided indictment, he met with internal affairs this week and insists he never used a chokehold. he claims he used a takedown technique he was taught at the police academy. thi...

Chokehold on eric garner. he claims he used a takedown technique he was taught at police academy. this comes as the new york police department plans to arm more officers with stun guns for subduing suspects who resist arrests. the department needs funding to buy the stun guns and develop protocols to use them. a growing number of americans believe the american dream is out of reach. a new york times poll showing there is more pessimism today than there was right after the financial crisis of 2008. the poll finds 64% of americans believe it is still possible to work hard and become rich. that...