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Show DAILY Monday, February 4, 2008 HERALD FAST FACT Morning briefing C dfi.'ni'd jron Amanita phalloides, the death cap or death cup is the world's deadliest mushroom. It contains five different poisons and usually causes coma and death. Source: The Book of Answers Dully Heruld wire services The Nation Boy, 15, charged with murder of family (t K. Kl YsVll.l.F. Md. A 15a ear-ol- d boy tutully shot his ai enis and two younger not nets as thev slept, then spent more than 12 hours with irit'iids hetore returning home and i ailing HI to report tnat his lather was dead, police said Sunday. li Jive went to t heir subur-txiBaltimore home and later charged Nicholas Waggoner linmiung alter he admitted to l;v .tin mgv Baltimore County !' Ju v spokesman Bill Toohey I I n ; s;ud. .n iw ning w as charged as an ..dun with tour counts of in si tii uree murder m the slay- mus laiher. John Brown l ing 4"c in-- - mother Tamara, 44; a;u; his brut hers Gregory, 13, and i'.eniamin. 11.. teen had not been get-- I iisu ah tii" with his lather, polite said. Oil Friday night, he v. vni inio i he house after other lainiiv members had gone to sirtp and shot eachot them. is lai her s handgun had been :i! ne house, police said. ltcr the slavings, he threw the Handgun. into bushes near .me house.- police said. The gun u , recovered, looheysaid, I i a-- Chicago Police search for store attacker INi I V PARK. Ill, As police onliinied their search tor a gunman who Mu,u:i M'h-live women at a suburban hieano strip mall a day l (. t CHARLES erected a arlier.-passers-b- ot tive white crosses to the victims. aud 1', .a. i t leased tew details ahoui inc. Saturday shooting at trie Lane llrvant clothing store. Investigators believed it was'a .roblvrv that w as interrupted, but declined to say how it was stopped or who called 911. l Ins has been an extremely sensitive investigation," police. Chief Mike O'Connell said.. Police asked for the public's lull);.-- he department would not coiitirm media reports Sunday that a sixth woman was sliui und survived the attack at sti rp mall southwest of down-toChicago. Chicago and C nicago rnbune. citing unnamed sources, said in stones posted on their Web sites ilia! the survivor was treated at a hospital. 1 he reMrted that the woman was released Sunday afternoon. St. James Hospital spokes- woman Sherry Sissac continued that the facility received one temale shooting ictim Saturday but declined to m e tun her information. "We ha e not disclosed any iniorniation regarding Tfa&conv tlii ion.' she said Sunday. "We aicnui allowed to address any mini tuition involving a criminal tie est igation." a man-- , he ive women aster and tour customers - wore herded into the back room of the store and killed short iv after it opened, authori-- t ics have said. The Will County iik'Miwi in! i K i ' wn Sun-Tim- Sun-Tim- v Thousands rally for Obama Democratic A huge croietf gathers i? Rodney Square for coroner's office said all five died from gunshot wounds. Huckabee rejects Romney request MONTGOMERY, Ala. Facing heat from backers of Mitt Romney,: who say his continued presence in the race for the GOP nomination will hand that prize to Arizona Sen. John McCain, Mike Huckabee is not standing down. Desperate to stay relevant in this contest, the former Arkansas governor is instead dialing up his attacks on Romney and largely ignoring McCain, even though the latter has emerged r as the clear GOP heading into Super Tuesday, when Republicans in 21 states will vote. "Let me explain something to Mr. Romney and his supporters." Huckabee told a crowd in Huntsville, Ala., on Saturday afternoon. "It aint the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog, and there's a lot of fight left in this dog." In a news conference after the event. Huckabee noted that his poll numbers in some Southern states were stronger than Romney 's, and he blasted the former Massachusetts governor for having "held about front-runne- presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, every position that can be held" on some issues. "If anybody ought to be quitting, it's Mitt Romney," Huckabee said. "I think I'm a better conservative alternative because I'm not a latecomer to the cause." Romney has spent much of the past week working to undermine the case for Huck abee's candidacy. Appearing on the "Hannity & Colmes" show on Fox News on Friday, Romney said, "most people recognize that a vote for Mike Huckabee is a vote for John McCain." D-Il- l, in REX Press ARBOGASTAssociated Wilmington, Dei, on Sunday. I mm ' to lower drinking age for soldiers Bill If COLUMBIA. S.C you're old enough to fight, you're old enough to drink. That's the opinion of South Carolina state Rep. Fletcher Smith, who is sponsoring a bill that would make it legal for service members younger than 21 to down an alcoholic drink or buy a six pack. All the service member would have to do is show his or her military identification card to the bartender or store clerk. State law prohibits the sale or possession of alcoholic beverages by anyone 21. It doesn't make sense to pro- - fc 1 f A 1 ; -- LM v I OTERO Associated Press Super Bowl fan Mitt Romney hands back an autograph while watching the Super Bowl at Dave and Buster's restaurant in Maryland Heights, Mo., on Sunday. hibit a young soldier, Marine, airman or sailor from having a drink, said Smith, a Greenville Democrat. "They've proven they're adults," Smith said. "They have the maturity that an average wouldn't have." However, Smith's bill is opposed by highway safety advocates. And if it becomes law, South Carolina could lose up to 10 percent of its federal highway funds. Last year, that money totaled $287 million. Romney coasts to win as Maine caucuses Mitt AUGUSTA, Maine Romney coasted to a win in presidential preference voting by Maine Republicans on Saturday, claiming his third victory in a caucus state and fourth overall. The former Massachusetts, governor had 52 percent of the vote with 68 percent of the towns holding caucuses reporting. John McCain trailed with 21 percent, Ron Paul was third with 19 percent, and Mike Huckabee had 6 percent. Undecided votes accounted for 2 percent. :: The World Hidden camera images show Aruba confession THE HAGUE, Netherlands Hidden camera footage broadcast ST- - v r k 1 t 1 ' VADIM GHIRDA Associated in the Netherlands on Sunday showed Dutch student Joran Van der Sloot saying he was with Natalee Holloway when she collapsed on a beach in Aruba. He said he believed she was dead and asked a friend to dump her body in the sea. "She'll never be found," he said. A series of conversations between Van der Sloot and a man he believed to be his friend were recorded in a Range Rover that had been rigged with three hidden cameras by Peter R. de Vries, a Dutch television crime reporter. They were shown on Dutch television. Last week, Van der Sloot said he was lying in those conversations and denied that he had anything to do with the Alabama teenager's disappearance. Holloway, 18, vanished in May 2005 just before she was due to fly home to Alabama, Press at the end of her high school Gypsy contest Romaniun Gypsy contestants dance during a Gypsy beauty and traditional dance contest in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday. The contestants are judged taking into account appearance and traditional dancing skills. Romania, a country which joined the European Union in 2007, is home to a large Gypsy community. Egypt seals Gaza border JERUSALEM Egypt its embattled gateway to the Gaza Strip on Sunday after rebuffing Hamas's bid for a hand in controlling the crossing. But analysts said the militant Palestinian group emerged strengthened from sion was to agree to give visas to hundreds of Palestinians who had crossed the uncontrolled border, enabling them to travel to third countries for work, study or medical care. U.S. forces apologize for airstrike incident the standoff over its breach of the border wall last month. As barbed wire and metal barricades went up across the Rafah crossing's only remaining gap, Hamas made a show of cooperating with Egypt's Nine BAGHDAD, Iraq people were killed and four were injured in an errant U.S. airstrike southeast of Baghdad, the military said Sunday. " One child was among the dead, and two children were border guards rather than among the injured, U.S. Army trying to thwart them. Hamas Maj. Brad Leighton said. "We offer our condolences police beat back Palestinians trying to jump the barrier and to the families of those who were killed in this incident," arrested others for throwing stones at the guards. Leighton said. "We mourn the loss of innocent life." For the 1 1 days the border The news came the same was open, the beleaguered Hamas government reaped day the military announced that a U.S. soldier was killed huge political benefit at home. Its cobped-u- p constituents by a rocket propelled grenade poured into Egypt by the hun- 'Jan. 31 in eastern Baghdad. The identity of the soldier was dreds of thousands to unwind, not released, pending notificavisit relatives and shop for tion of next of kin. At least goods made scarce by an Israeli blockade of their coastal 3,944 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq since the conflict enclave. But Hamas received little im- began in May 2003, according mediate payback for ceding the to the independent Web site border to Egypt. In talks in Cai- icasuahies.org. graduation trip to the CaribAt least three members of bean island. No trace of her ro on Saturday, Egypt rejected a has been found. The mystery the group's main demand: that concerned local Hamas gain operational control citizens group, or CLC, were of her disappearance has frustrated authorities and garnered of its side of Rafah crossing un- among the dead in the misder an arrangement that would taken airstrike, according to a wide attention on television U.S. military source. The citiease the blockade. and in tabloid newspapers in zens groups are mostly Sunni- Europe, arid the United States. Egypt's only known conces -- Arab security forces organized and paid by the U.S. military in hopes that many eventually will be integrated into the Iraqi security d forces. The airstrike comes at a time when CLC members, typically paid $10 a day, are coming under deadly attacks by in Iraq and other militants because of their affiliation with the United States. The volunteers have received significant praise for their role in the improved security in many areas of the country. The airstrike occurred late Saturday night when the military spotted what it believed to be a team of insurgents readying a roadside bomb in a rural area 25 miles southeast of Baghdad, the military source said. Earthquakes in Rwanda, Congo kill 39 Two KIGALI, Rwanda earthquakes struck hours apart Sunday in Rwanda and neighboring Congo, killing at least 39 people including some who were in a church that lapsed, officials said. Nearly 400 people were jured. colin- A magnitude-6.- 0 quake struck Congo early, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The second quake, which registered 5.0, hit a few hours later near the countries' border in Rwanda's rural Rusizi District. |