Sydney Morning Herald | Gunman troubled, friends say Boston Globe WASHINGTON - John Patrick Bedell, whose doomed, cross-country odyssey ended in a brief gun battle outside the Pentagon on Thursday night, was a well-educated but troubled student of science, economy, ... Pentagon shooter was SJSU engineering student, troubled with drug problem Pentagon shooter had a history of mental illness Pentagon Shooting Witness Describes Chaos |
Globe and Mail | Shooting at Pentagon entrance by lone gunman leaves 2 police officers hurt Washington Post The officers and the suspect were taken to George Washington University Hospital, and the suspect was in Pentagon police custody. The Associated Press said sources identified the shooter as as 36-year-old John Patrick Bedell. ... Pentagon security officers shot near rail station Man shoots 2 officers outside Pentagon Suspect, Police Hurt in Pentagon Shootout |
Reuters | Obama tries to remain calm during political storm Washington Post President Obama urged Congress Wednesday to vote "up or down" on sweeping health care legislation in the next few weeks, endorsing a plan that denies Senate Republicans the right to kill the bill by st » |
Washington Post | Senate breaks logjam to restore jobless aid Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Highway money and jobless funds were set to flow again after the US Senate ended a standoff on Tuesday that disrupted benefits for hundreds of thousands of unemployed Americans. The Senate voted 78-19 to end a logjam that had ... Angry Ky. Sen. Jim Bunning holds up spending bill Bunning's abrasive behavior spans careers Sen. Bunning's one-man filibuster is over |
CBS News | Ford Decides Not to Run for New York Senate Seat New York Times Harold E. Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman who has sought to parlay his star power and W » |
The Hindu | Bachelet Appeals for Aid as Aftershocks Continue Voice of America Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (2ndR) talks to residents in a destroyed area of Concepcion, some 100 km (62 miles) south of the epicenter of a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile on February 27, 2010. Rescue workers in Chile braved ... Japan lifts » |
The Hindu | Chileans tell of terror BBC News Chileans are used to earthquakes, and it is not unusual to be woken by tremors and to wait for them to finish without major consequences. Those who expected it to pass quickly were wrong, and had to admit that this time it was "a ... Hawaii Escapes Major Tsunami |
