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Fireworks wash up on beach
A popular Long Island beach has been evacuated on a holiday weekend because unexploded fireworks washed up on shore. About 2,000 visitors were ordered to leave Jones Beach after the leftover shells were found around midday on Saturday. State officials say the fireworks apparently came from a barge used to launch an Independence Day show Friday night.
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Man jailed over stun gun
A man in Waukesha, Wisconsin, who posted a video online showing him and his father shocking each other with a stolen stun gun has been sent to prison. Paul Crowell pleaded guilty to possession of an electric weapon and was sentenced on June 20 to two years in prison. Documents say he stole a Taser from an East Troy police officer. He got it while sitting in a patrol car after his vehicle was found in a ditch.
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