SPACEWALK: Shuttle Discovery’s astronauts breezed through their third and final spacewalk Sunday, replacing an empty gas tank at the International Space Station and collecting a sample of dusty debris. Discovery and its crew have two more days at the space station, before leaving Wednesday.
4 DEAD IN CRASH: A medical helicopter on its way from Huntsville, Texas, to a Houston hospital crashed in a national forest Sunday, killing all four people aboard, authorities said. Killed were a patient, flight nurse, pilot and flight paramedic.
MORE TASERS: The NYPD is expanding its use of the Taser stun gun, a common tool in the law-enforcement arsenal that’s seen limited use in the nation’s largest police force. Starting Wednesday, thousands of police sergeants will begin carrying electronic stun guns on their belts.
CLIPPED WINGS: Authorities at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said two planes clipped wings on the ground. Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman Patrick Hogan said no one was injured in the accident Sunday afternoon.
CRAWFORD MOVIE: About 300 people turned out Sunday for the local premiere of a documentary about how Crawford, Texas, was turned upside down by a new neighbor: the president. “Crawford” played on a 50-foot outdoor screen at the football field because the one-stoplight town has no movie theater.
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