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NewsAugust 28, 2015

FARGO, N.D. -- Two North Dakota State University students got a scare when armed police officers mistook their telescope for a rifle. WDAY-TV reports Levi Joraanstad and Colin Waldera were setting up the telescope behind their apartment Monday night when they were blinded by a bright light and told to stop moving. An officer on patrol had seen them and thought the telescope was a rifle. Police said the students were never in danger, and it was a situation of "better safe than sorry."...

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FARGO, N.D. -- Two North Dakota State University students got a scare when armed police officers mistook their telescope for a rifle. WDAY-TV reports Levi Joraanstad and Colin Waldera were setting up the telescope behind their apartment Monday night when they were blinded by a bright light and told to stop moving. An officer on patrol had seen them and thought the telescope was a rifle. Police said the students were never in danger, and it was a situation of "better safe than sorry."

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