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By Ben Embry

Kansas City, MO – Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin says two officers accused of misusing a Taser on a handcuffed man should be fired. A conservative Kansas legislator seeks to review a policy that allows gays and lesbians to adopt children in state custody. A benefit concert is planned for the widow of a man who was killed while trying to stop a purse-snatcher in Olathe.

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