Colorado gunman sent warning
BAILEY, Colorado (AP):
The gunman who took six girls hostage in a high school classroom, killing one of them before taking his own life, sent his brother a long, rambling letter warning of his impending death, investigators said Yesterday.
"This is not a suicide note or a diary," Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener said. "However, many times, the letter references suicide.
This letter clearly acknowledges his pending death.
"It also apologises to his family for his actions that will occur."
Porn star Carey running again
LOS ANGELES (Reuters):
Sporting new breasts and draped in a cream-coloured, ankle-length gown, porn star Mary Carey, who gained worldwide fame running for California governor in 2003, set out on Wednesday to do what she could not three years ago - beat Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"I think I'm more serious now," Carey said as she arrived at a Los Angeles County elections office to launch her 2006 guber-natorial campaign. "As you can see I'm dressed more seriously. I've got brown in my hair because brunettes are taken more seriously."
Bush chief of staff urged Rumsfeld
be fired - book
WASHINGTON, (Reuters):
President George W. Bush's former chief of staff tried twice to convince the U.S. leader to fire Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld but failed, The Washington Post reported yesterday, citing a new book by investigative reporter Bob Woodward.
Woodward wrote that White House chief of staff Andrew Card urged Bush to replace Rumsfeld with former Secretary of State James Baker following the 2004 election, the Post reported on its Web site.
Bush decided not to do so after Vice-President Dick Cheney and political adviser Karl Rove persuaded him the move would be seen as an expression of doubt about the direction of the war and expose him to criticism, the Post said.
