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Results tagged “weapon”

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Rodgers can't be Green Bay's only weapon

Feb. 13: ProFootballTalk: We know Aaron Rodgers is solid under center, but how can the Packers build around their franchise QB? Mike Florio says Green Bay's No. 1 concern should be to create a larger running threat to take pressure of Rodgers.  (NBC Sports)ProFootballTalk: We know Aaron Rodgers is solid under center, but how can the Packers build around their franchise QB? Mike Florio says Green Bay's No. 1 concern should be to create a larger running threat to take pressure of Rodgers. (NBC Sports)

Medical examiner: Rifle primary weapon used in shootings

Dec. 15: Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver provides an update to the media after he and his team examined the victims' bodies at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown following Friday's shootings. Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver provides an update to the media after he and his team examined the victims' bodies at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown following Friday's shootings. (msnbc)

Weapon jam saved lives in Portland shooting

Dec. 12: Police are investigating why 22-year-old suspected gunman Jacob Tyler Roberts opened fire on people in a Portland, Ore., mall with a semi-automatic rifle. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (Nightly News)Police are investigating why 22-year-old suspected gunman Jacob Tyler Roberts opened fire on people in a Portland, Ore., mall with a semi-automatic rifle. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (Nightly News)

Deaf football players use secret weapon

Dec. 1: From Fremont, Calif., 19 players and the coach on this small football team have brought grit and motivation to the field, using color coded signs and their own language to communicate. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (Nightly News)From Fremont, Calif., 19 players and the coach on this small football team have brought grit and motivation to the field, using color coded signs and their own language to communicate. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (Nightly News)

Olympic athletes' secret weapon

July 25: The U.S. Olympic committee has asked the Navy SEALs to train athletes with about a dozen teams, including the women's field hockey team and swimmer Michael Phelps. Working with the elite warfare unit pushes the athletes to go beyond what they think they're capable of doing. NBC's Chris Jansing reports. (Nightly News)The U.S. Olympic committee has asked the Navy SEALs to train athletes with about a dozen teams, including the women's field hockey team and swimmer Michael Phelps. Working with the elite warfare unit pushes the athletes to go beyond what they think they're capable of doing. NBC's Chris Jansing reports. (Nightly News)

How easy is it to get an assault weapon?

July 23: NBC's Jeff Rossen investigates how easy it is to buy the same types of guns allegedly used by Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes with no background check and no questions asked. NBC's Jeff Rossen investigates how easy it is to buy the same types of guns allegedly used by Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes with no background check and no questions asked. (TODAY)

Cops' secret weapon in catching criminals: YouTube

July 6: Police across the country are turning to YouTube and social media to catch criminals at large. NBC's Pete Williams reports.  Police across the country are turning to YouTube and social media to catch criminals at large. NBC's Pete Williams reports. (TODAY)

Cops' secret weapon in catching criminals: YouTube

July 6: Police across the country are turning to YouTube and social media to catch criminals at large. NBC's Pete Williams reports.  Police across the country are turning to YouTube and social media to catch criminals at large. NBC's Pete Williams reports. (TODAY)

Israel insists Iran developing nuclear weapon

May 30: Israel's defense minister Ehud Barak said his country will do "whatever it takes" to prevent Iran from becoming a military power with a nuclear weapon. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)Israel's defense minister Ehud Barak said his country will do "whatever it takes" to prevent Iran from becoming a military power with a nuclear weapon. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)

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