The America's Intelligence Wire articles from August 2004

The America's Intelligence Wire archives from August 2004

Arson Suspected in Washington Wildfire.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: SHANNON DININNY A wildfire that destroyed two homes and threatened dozens of others appears to be the work of an arsonist who has set 10 other fires in central Washington in the last two months, authorities...

WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SHANNON DININNY SOCCER: ENGLAND-ERIKSSON: Lampard, Terry, latest England players to back Eriksson LONDON _ Frank Lampard and John Terry become the latest England players to support national coach...

AP News Pronunciation Guide.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SHANNON DININNY A Abakan -- ah-bah-KAHN' Feroz Abbasi -- feh-ROOZ' ah-BAH'-see Abayas -- ah-BY'-ahz Abul Abbas -- AH'-bool ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abbas -- mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS' Mahmoud...

The death of Iraqi prisoner No. 0310337.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SHANNON DININNY EDITOR'S NOTE _ Nearly a year before photographs surfaced of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi man was beaten by Marines at a military jail in southern Iraq. His death was declared a...

New Pakistani television channels pushing new political, social boundaries.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ZANAB HUSSAIN The scars around her eyes were visible even before the young Pakistani woman lifted her veil, showing TV viewers the burns suffered when her husband doused her with kerosene and set her on...

Architects, neuroscientists and clerics look at connection between design and devotion.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: KEN KUSMER Why is it that the arches and open spaces of a cathedral inspire faith, yet so does the comfort and familiarity of a small country chapel? The connection between design and devotion is...

AP News Pronunciation Guide.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: KEN KUSMER K Ahmed Tejan Kabbah -- AH'-mehd TEH'-jahn KAH'-bah Kabul -- kah-BOOL' (though the pronunciation KAH'-bool is also common) Farouk Kaddoumi -- fah-ROOK' kah-DOO'-mee Akhmad...

Blockbuster! Bosox send Garciaparra to Cubs in flurry of late trades.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BEN WALKER In a dizzying flurry of deals, the Boston Red Sox sent star shortstop Nomar Garciaparra to the Chicago Cubs in a blockbuster, four-team swap right before Saturday's trade deadline. Steve...

Dahlberg on boxing: Tyson loss could mean end of career.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: TIM DAHLBERG So this is how it all ends for Mike Tyson. Broke and bloodied, fighting in the same arena where Muhammad Ali made his pro debut 44 years ago, Tyson is knocked silly by the kind of British...

Lies Catch Up to Missing Woman's Husband.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: PAUL FOY By all accounts, Mark Hacking was fun to be around _ a loving husband who wanted to be respected and, like his father, become a doctor. But years of deceptions are catching up to the former nightshift...

Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Budget.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: TOM CHORNEAU Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a $105 billion state budget into law Saturday, noting that no new taxes were imposed while balancing spending with income. The Republican governor failed to...

Ala. Ten Commandments Monument Opens Tour.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: BILL POOVEY The Ten Commandments monument banished from Alabama's state judicial building began a national tour on the back of a flatbed truck on Saturday _ starting outside the courthouse where the teaching...

Amid rising tensions, one Brazilian farmer killed and six injured in land clash.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALAN CLENDENNING In a sign of rising tensions between Brazil's haves and have-nots, one poor farmer was shot dead and six were injured when their group of hundreds tried to seize ranch land and clashed...

Wildfire in Washington burns buildings and forces evacuations; authorities suspect arson.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SHANNON DININNY A wildfire that destroyed two homes and threatened dozens of others appears to be the work of an arsonist who has set 10 other fires in central Washington in the last two months,...

Sudan steps back from rejection of U.N. resolution on Darfur.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: IBRAHIM ALI SULEIMAN Sudan stepped back from rejecting the U.N. Security Council resolution on Darfur, with Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail saying such talk was unwarranted. In a sign the West...

ATP Tennis Masters Canada Results.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: IBRAHIM ALI SULEIMAN Results Saturday from the US$2.5 million ATP Tennis Masters Canada at Rexall Centre (seedings in parentheses): Singles Semifinals Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def....

U.N. Security Council balances diplomacy with urgent need to act in Sudan's Darfur region.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: KIM GAMEL Some call it ethnic cleansing, some call it genocide. All agree that the killings of thousands of people by Arab militias in Sudan's western Darfur region have produced a major humanitarian...

Powell Urges Bosnia War Criminals Capture.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: GEORGE GEDDA Bosnia's future is being put at risk because indicted war crimes suspects from the bloody Balkan ethnic wars a decade ago continue to escape justice, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saturday....

Vatican Fears Feminism Threatens Families.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: FRANCES D'EMILIO The Vatican on Saturday denounced feminism for trying to blur differences between men and women and threatening the institution of families based on a mother and a father. The drive for...

Woman Upset About Lobster Hunt Arrested.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: FRANCES D'EMILIO A woman who was upset about lobster divers in the canal behind her house in the Florida Keys was arrested after allegedly shooting at them with a handgun. Mary Alice Workman fired a shot...

ACLU Withdraws From U.S. Charity Program.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: CHAKA FERGUSON The ACLU withdrew Saturday from a program that allows federal workers and military personnel to contribute to charities because it requires participating nonprofit groups to check their...

Group behind Uzbek suicide attacks reportedly takes orders from al-Qaida.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BURT HERMAN The group behind suicide bombings targeting the U.S. and Israeli embassies takes direct orders from al-Qaida, and the attacks were retaliation against Uzbekistan's support of the U.S.-led...

Islamic Nigerian state holds first polio vaccinations since boycott.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: OLOCHE SAMUEL Health workers took a polio vaccination campaign to villages in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north, ending a ban on inoculations that led to a regional outbreak and threatened global eradication...

Circus Tiger Escapes, Causes Scare in NYC.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN After escaping from the circus, a white tiger alarmed picnickers and motorists Saturday on what for him apparently was a calm, half-mile stroll through an unfamiliar urban jungle. The...

Marine Feared Beheaded in Iraq on Leave.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: MARK THIESSEN A Marine once feared beheaded by terrorists in Iraq arrived at his brother's house Saturday after being granted military leave. A family member moving cars in a driveway said Saturday evening...

Schwarzenegger signs $105 billion budget as new deficits loom.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: TOM CHORNEAU Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a $105 billion California state budget into law, noting that no new taxes were imposed while balancing spending with income. The Republican governor...

Four People Killed in Alaska Plane Crash.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: TOM CHORNEAU Four people heading to a fishing excursion died when their plane crashed near the mouth of an Alaska river, authorities said Saturday. A Montana family was on board the Cessna 170, which...

Al-Qaida-linked group claims assassination attempt in Pakistan, threatens more attacks.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MUNIR AHMAD A militant group has claimed responsibility in the name of al-Qaida for a failed assassination attempt against Pakistan's prime minister-designate, threatening more attacks unless Pakistan...

Marine Once Feared Beheaded Goes on Leave.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: MARK THIESSEN A Marine once feared beheaded by terrorists in Iraq arrived at his brother's house Saturday after being granted military leave. A family member moving cars in a driveway said Saturday evening...

Four People Killed in Alaska Plane Crash.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: MARK THIESSEN Four people heading to a fishing excursion died when their plane crashed near the mouth of an Alaska river, authorities said Saturday. A Montana family was on board the Cessna 170, which...

India steps up efforts to free Indians held hostage in Iraq.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: RAJESH MAHAPATRA India has sent a senior diplomat to Baghdad, stepping up efforts to free three of its nationals held hostage in Iraq, and officials said negotiations with the abductors were progressing...

Lack of food, medicine hampers flood relief efforts in Bangladesh.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JULHAS ALAM Thousands of children in flood-devastated Bangladesh are suffering from hunger and disease due to a lack of basic food and medicine, doctors and relief agencies said, as the death toll from...

Uzbek president pleads to nation to resist extremist Islamic influences, says one group behind all suicide attacks.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BURT HERMAN President Islam Karimov blamed suicide attacks against the U.S. and Israeli embassies on the same group behind unprecedented similar attacks earlier this year, pleading in a nationwide TV...

Ex-Guantanamo Prisoners From France Probed.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD Anti-terrorism judges placed four returned Guantanamo Bay detainees under investigation, the first step toward prosecuting them for alleged terror-related offenses, judicial officials...

Idaho Dedicates Official Veterans Cemetery.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: CHUCK OXLEY Veterans, top military brass and politicians consecrated 77 acres of uplands north of Boise on Saturday, erasing Idaho's distinction as the only state without an official veterans cemetery. The...

Peacekeepers Detain Ex-Karadzic Bodyguard.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: CHUCK OXLEY NATO-led peacekeepers Saturday detained a former bodyguard of Radovan Karadzic, one of the U.N. war crimes tribunal's most-wanted fugitives, the force said. Mile Pejic was apprehended in the...

Webster Adds 'MP3,' 'Pleather' and Others.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: TRUDY TYNAN "Teensploitation's" time has come _ at least in the dictionary. "Pleather," "body wrap," "MP3," and "information technology" are among the other words and phrases that have gotten the nod from the...

Uzbek Leader Denounces Islamic Extremists.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: BURT HERMAN President Islam Karimov blamed suicide bombings against the U.S. and Israeli embassies on the same group behind unprecedented similar attacks earlier this year, pleading in a nationwide TV address...

Arson Suspected in Washington Wildfire.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: SHANNON DININNY A wildfire that destroyed two homes and threatened dozens of others appears to be the work of an arsonist who has set 10 other fires in central Washington in the last two months, authorities...

Four dead in Alaska plane crash.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SHANNON DININNY Four people heading to a fishing excursion died when their plane crashed near the mouth of an Alaska river, authorities said. A Montana family was on board the Cessna 170, which crashed...

Marine once feared beheaded in Iraq goes on leave, headed to brother's Utah home.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MARK THIESSEN An Arab-American Marine once feared beheaded by terrorists in Iraq arrived at his brother's house after being granted military leave. A family member moving cars in a driveway said...

Federer, Roddick advance to Tennis Masters final to set up Wimbledon rematch.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MARK THIESSEN Andy Roddick advanced to the final of the Tennis Masters Canada with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Nicolas Kiefer of Germany on Saturday, setting up a rematch of his Wimbledon final against Roger...

WORLD at 0100 GMT.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MARK THIESSEN HIGHLIGHTS: Update: WTO-TRADE TALKS _ WTO negotiators approve framework accord on global trade that cuts subsidies for agriculture, industry New: UN-SUDAN RESOLUTION _ U.N. Security...

Vatican fears radical movements blurring differences between men and women.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: FRANCES D'EMILIO The Vatican denounced feminism, saying it was trying to blur differences between men and women and threatening the institution of the family based on a mother and a father. The drive...

State vote could shape 2006 Mexico presidential race.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JOHN RICE It says a lot about Mexico's political progress that Sunday's gubernatorial election in the poor southern state of Oaxaca could affect the nation's future. Roberto Madrazo _ the head of...

Big Unit stays in Arizona.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JOHN MARSHALL The Big Unit is staying in the desert. After weeks of speculation about where the game's most dominant left-hander would end up, Randy Johnson was still with the Arizona Diamondbacks...

Marine Once Feared Beheaded Goes on Leave.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: MARK THIESSEN A Marine once feared beheaded by terrorists in Iraq arrived at his brother's house Saturday after being granted military leave. A family member moving cars in a driveway said Saturday evening...

Md. Woman Crowned Ms. Wheelchair America.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: MARK THIESSEN Juliette Rizzo of Maryland was crowned Ms. Wheelchair America 2005 on Saturday, beating out contestants from 24 other states and the nation's capital for the right to represent the achievements of...

Powell says Bosnia's future at risk while war crimes suspects escape justice.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GEORGE GEDDA Bosnia's future is being put at risk because indicted war crimes suspects from the bloody Balkan ethnic wars a decade ago continue to escape justice, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said....

WTO negotiators approve framework accord on global trade that cuts subsidies for agriculture and import duties.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NAOMI KOPPEL World Trade Organization members on Sunday agreed on the basis for a new global trade accord, vowing to end export subsidies on farm products and cut import duties across the world. "This...

Italian manhunt ends with shootout and capture of suspected police killer near Rome's Circus Maximus.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: FRANCES D'EMILIO A 10-day manhunt for the suspected killer of a policeman ended in bloodshed before horrified tourists in central Rome, where the fugitive grabbed a Frenchwoman at gunpoint before he was...

Woman Who Stole Fuel Ordered to Wear Sign.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: FRANCES D'EMILIO A woman who stole $4.52 worth of fuel was ordered to stand outside the gas station Friday wearing a sandwich board sign that declared: "I was caught stealing gas." Sherelle Purnell obeyed...

Belgium's king leads mourning for victims of pipeline explosion that killed 16, injured 120.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: LAURENCE FROST Belgium's king led the nation in mourning the victims of a pipeline explosion that killed 16 people and injured 120 in one of the country's worst industrial accidents. Flags flew at...

Powell Urges Capture of Bosnia Suspects.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: GEORGE GEDDA Bosnia's future is being put at risk because indicted war crimes suspects from the bloody Balkan ethnic wars a decade ago continue to escape justice, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saturday....

Belgians Mourn Victims of Gas Explosion.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: LAURENCE FROST Belgium's King Albert II led the nation Saturday in mourning the victims of a spectacular pipeline explosion that killed 16 and injured 120 in one of the country's worst industrial accidents. ...

Microsoft Releases Security Patch.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: ALLISON LINN Microsoft Corp. released a patch to halt the spread of a computer virus that can steal personal information, more than a month after the virus began winding its way through the Internet. ...

Transgender Slaying Defendant Granted Bail.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: ALLISON LINN One of the three men charged with the murder of Newark transgender teenager Gwen Araujo has been granted $1 million bail. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Harry Sheppard said Friday that...

Tropical Depression Forms; Warning Issued.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: ALLISON LINN The first tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Saturday, and a tropical storm warning was issued for coastal areas of the Carolinas, forecasters said. The depression,...

Rescuers Free Colo. Hiker Pinned by Rock.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: ALLISON LINN A 4,000- to 5,000-pound rock fell on a hiker who was trying to climb it Saturday, but she suffered no broken bones in the mishap. Judy Curtis, who had been hiking with a church group in Hell's...

70 Hurt As Montana Casino Balcony Falls.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: SHANNON DININNY A balcony crowded with dozens of people at a popular bar and casino collapsed, injuring at least 70 people, officials said Saturday. There were no immediate reports of any deaths from the...

Britain's Lady Davina Windsor marries New Zealander.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: PAUL FOY Lady Davina Windsor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and 20th in line to the British throne, married a New Zealander at Kensington Palace. Lady Davina, 26, met Gary Lewis, a...

Militants take two Turks hostage, threaten to kill them in 48 hours; talks to free seven truck drivers continue.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: PAUL GARWOOD Iraqi militants said they kidnapped two Turks and threatened to behead them within 48 hours, the latest in the country's unrelenting wave of abductions, even as efforts intensified to free...

China stages first-ever military parade in Hong Kong, in bid to boost national pride ahead of elections.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: HELEN LUK China's military staged its first parade in Hong Kong on Sunday, with 3,000 soldiers marching crisply in formation as others rode in armored vehicles and helicopters, as part of efforts by...

German leader seeks to smooth ties with Poland on 60th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Commemorations of the Warsaw Uprising were peaking with a visit by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, a high-profile mission to atone for the Nazis' brutality in crushing the doomed...

Federer, Roddick advance to Tennis Masters final to set up Wimbledon rematch.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Andy Roddick advanced to the final of the Tennis Masters Canada with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Nicolas Kiefer of Germany on Saturday, setting up a rematch of his Wimbledon final against Roger...

Francesco Totti scores winner as AS Roma beats Celtic 1-0.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Francesco Totti scored the game's only goal in the first half as AS Roma shut out Celtic 1-0 on Saturday at the SkyDome. Totti received a mixture of cheers and boos in the pre-game...

Kerry, Bush scour battleground states for support.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DEB RIECHMANN With dueling economic messages, President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry campaigned head-to-head in the battleground industrial states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, getting so...

Prosecutors urge makers of trivia board game not to distribute it in northern Australia.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DEB RIECHMANN Prosecutors will urge a trivia board game's distributors not to sell it in northern Australia because one of the game's questions breaches a court order banning publication of evidence in a...

Bush Speaks In Ohio; Floods Devestate Bangladesh.
August 1, 2004... (From CNN News) Byline: Fredricka Whitfield, Satinder Bindra, Sanjay Gupta GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.: My budget for next year $447 million to encourage this vital technology. I will tall you why; in order for us to be less...

Morales takes decision over Hernandez.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: KEN PETERS Erik Morales peppered Carlos Hernandez with jabs and rocked him with uppercuts to take a unanimous decision Saturday night in their super featherweight title unification bout. WBC champion...

Fighting in troubled Fallujah kills 10.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: KEN PETERS Clashes between U.S. forces and insurgents in the troubled city of Fallujah left at least 10 people dead and 19 wounded, hospital officials said Sunday. The casualties occurred during...

Thompson leads Comets over Fever 62-54.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: KEN PETERS Tina Thompson had 31 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Houston Comets to a 62-54 win over the slumping Indiana Fever on Saturday. Sheryl Swoopes added 12 points for the Comets, who did not...

Israel trying to prevent U.S.-Jordan deal for.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Israel is trying to torpedo an arms deal that would put high-tech U.S.-made AMRAAM air-to-air missiles on Jordanian aircraft, Israeli government and security officials said Sunday....

Deforestation, urbanization and rising sea disrupt Bangladesh's natural water rhythms, causing flooding.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: PARVEEN AHMED Mahmuda Khatun left her flood shelter in a small boat loaded with empty water containers, prowled her inundated neighborhood for a while, and came back empty-handed. "No one had any water to...

ATP Tennis Masters Canada Results.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: PARVEEN AHMED Results Saturday from the US$2.5 million ATP Tennis Masters Canada at Rexall Centre (seedings in parentheses): Singles Semifinals Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Thomas...

Search Called Off for Missing Utah Woman.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: PAUL FOY Relatives of a missing woman and her husband said late Saturday that the husband has given them information that prompted them to call off a volunteer search for the woman. The families' statement did...

Search Called Off for Utah Missing Woman.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Byline: PAUL FOY Relatives of a missing woman and her husband said late Saturday that the husband has given them information that prompted them to call off a volunteer search for the woman. The families' statement did...

Israel trying to prevent U.S.-Jordanian arms deal for air-to-air missiles.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Israel is trying to torpedo an arms deal that would put high-tech U.S.-made AMRAAM air-to-air missiles on Jordanian aircraft, Israeli government and security officials said Sunday....

Indian cricket board tells unauthorized Pakistani masseur to stay away from team.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SANDEEP NAKAI The Indian cricket board has objected to the presence of a Pakistani masseur in the Indian team camp and directed him to stay away from the squad. Sohail Khan, who hails from the eastern...

A hog with those ribs? Harley Davidson riders claim world drive-through restaurant record.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SANDEEP NAKAI Would you like a hog with those ribs? A restaurant in the central Australian city of Alice Springs claims it's set a world record after 127 Harley Davidsons rode in its back door and out...

South Africans lose second close match in a row.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SANDEEP NAKAI After watching the Springboks lose their first two Tri-Nations away matches by a combined total of six points, coach Jake White returned home Sunday looking for better things in his team's...

Gregan could easily become most capped rugby player.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SANDEEP NAKAI One hundred and counting. Australian captain George Gregan has a "lot more" test rugby ahead of him, Wallabies coach Eddie Jones said Sunday. Gregan will match David Campese's Australian...

China stages first-ever military parade in Hong Kong in bid to boost national pride ahead of elections.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: HELEN LUK China's military staged its first parade in Hong Kong on Sunday, with 3,000 soldiers marching crisply in formation as others rode in armored vehicles and helicopters, as part of efforts by...

3 Dead, Child Critical in Texas Shooting.
August 1, 2004... (From AP Online) Three people were shot dead in a house Saturday in what police said was an apparent murder-suicide. A 6-year-old boy was in critical condition. The man believed to be the shooter was among the dead, police Sgt. Cindy...