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Explosion
shakes up
Texas town
By PAUL J. WEBER
Associated Press
WEST, Texas (AP) On the
frst Sunday aIter a Iertilizer
plant explosion leveled part oI
a tiny Texas town, pastor John
Crowder stood atop a long fat-
bed overlooking a hayfeld and
spoke to his congregation.
Crowder`s First Baptist
Church in West remains blocked
oII as investigators work on the
scene oI Wednesday`s blast that
killed at least 14 people and in-
jured 200. So about 100 people
sat in white Iolding chairs Sun-
day morning, while others car-
ried their own.
'We have lost our Iriends
and neighbors, Crowder told
the audience. We have lost
the saIety and comIort oI our
homes. But as scary as this is,
we don`t have to be aIraid.
Authorities have not yet
identifed what caused the blast,
which was so powerIul it regis-
tered as a small earthquake. As-
sistant state fre marshal Kelly
Kistner said the blast leIt 'a
large crater.
The explosion destroyed
about 50 homes and severely
damaged a nursing home and
other buildings nearby. Kist-
ner said all fres have been
We have a million questions, and those
questions need to be answered.
Dzhokhar Tsalverlan hospitalized, in serious condition, as the country wait for answers
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
An interfaith service is heId near a makeshift memoriaI on BoyIston Street, near the nish Iine of the Boston
Marathon, Sunday, April 21, 2013, in Boston. The city is coping in the aftermath of the marathon bombing.
Interrogators wait to question bombing suspect
By BRIDGET MURPHY
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) As the
lone surviving suspect in the
Boston Marathon bombing lay
hospitalized under heavy guard,
the American Civil Liberties
Union and a Iederal public de-
Iender raised concerns about
investigators` plan to question
19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
without reading him his Miran-
da rights.
What Tsarnaev will say and
when are unclear. He remained
in serious condition Sunday
and apparently in no shape Ior
interrogation aIter being pulled
bloodied and wounded Irom a
tarp-covered boat in a Water-
town backyard. The capture
came at the end oI a tense Fri-
day that began with his 26-year-
old brother, Tamerlan, dying in
a gunbattle with police.
U.S. oIfcials said an elite
interrogation team would ques-
tion the Massachusetts college
student without reading him his
Miranda rights, something that
is allowed on a limited basis
when the public may be in im-
mediate danger, such as when
bombs are planted and ready to
go oII.
ACLU Executive Direc-
tor Anthony Romero said the
legal exception applies only
when there is a continued threat
to public saIety and is 'not an
open-ended exception to the
Miranda rule, which guarantees
the right to remain silent and
the right to an attorney.
The Iederal public deIend-
er`s oIfce in Massachusetts
said it has agreed to represent
Tsarnaev once he is charged.
Miriam Conrad, public deIend-
er Ior Massachusetts, said he
should have a lawyer appointed
as soon as possible because
there are 'serious issues regard-
ing possible interrogation.
There was no immediate
word on when Tsarnaev might
be charged and what those
charges would be. The twin
bombings killed three people
and wounded more than 180.
The most serious charge
available to Iederal prosecutors
would be the use oI a weapon oI
mass destruction to kill people,
which carries a possible death
sentence. Massachusetts does
not have the death penalty.
President Barack Obama
said there are many unanswered
questions about the bombing,
including whether the Tsar-
naev brothers ethnic Chech-
ens Irom southern Russia who
had been in the U.S. Ior about
a decade and lived in the Bos-
ton area had help Irom others.
The president urged people not
to rush judgment about their
motivations.
Gov. Deval Patrick said
Saturday that Tsarnaev was
probably unable to communi-
cate. Tsarnaev was at Boston`s
Beth Israel Deaconess Medi-
cal Center, where 11 victims
oI the bombing were still being
(AP Photo)
Dzhokhar Tsarnev, the
19-year-old suspect.
(AP Photo)
Maureen Quaranto, a
rst-time marathon
volunteer who worked
duringthe Boston Mara-
thon, attends Mass in
Boston on April 21.
Doctor: Dead bomb suspect had wounds head to toe
By MARILYNN MAR-
CHIONE
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) A doctor
involved in treating the Bos-
ton Marathon bombing suspect
who died in a gunbattle with
police says he had injuries head
to toe and all limbs intact when
he arrived at the hospital.
Dr. David SchoenIeld said
26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev
was unconscious and had so
many penetrating wounds when
he arrived at Beth Israel Dea-
coness Medical Center early
Friday that it isn`t clear which
ones killed him, and a medical
examiner will have to deter-
mine the cause oI death.
The second bombing sus-
pect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev, was in serious condi-
tion at the same hospital aIter
his capture Friday night. The
FBI has not allowed hospital
oIfcials to say any more about
his wounds or condition.
SchoenIeld lives in the
Boston suburb oI Watertown
and heard explosions Irom the
shootout between the two broth-
ers and police early Friday. He
called the hospital to alert staII
they likely would be getting in-
jured people, then rushed in to
coordinate preparations.
'We had three or Iour trauma
teams in diIIerent rooms set up
and ready, unsure oI whether
they would be treating a bomb-
ing suspect, injured police or
China rushes relieI aIter Sichuan quake kills 186
Gunfre at
Colorado
pot event
By KRISTEN WYATT
Associated Press
DENVER (AP) Authori-
ties are hunting Ior suspects aI-
ter shooting broke out during a
massive marijuana celebration
in Denver, leaving two people
with gunshot wounds.
The gunfre scattered thou-
sands attending Saturday`s 4/20
counterculture holiday, the frst
since Colorado legalized mari-
juana.
A man and a woman each
suIIered non-liIe threatening
gunshot wounds, oIfcials said.
Local media reports said a third
person was grazed.
Denver Police spokesman
Sonny Jackson said investiga-
tors are looking Ior one or two
suspects, asking Iestival attend-
ees Ior possible photo or video
oI the shootings.
He said police had no motive
Ior the gunfre.
Witnesses described a scene
in which a jovial atmosphere
quickly turned to one oI panic
at the downtown Civic Center
Park just beIore 5 p.m. Sev-
eral thought frecrackers were
being set oII, then a man Iell
Church service
held in West
By GILLIAN WONG
Associated Press
LUSHAN, China (AP) Luo
Shiqiang sat near chunks oI con-
crete, bricks and a ripped orange
soIa and told how his grandIa-
ther was just returning Irom
Ieeding chickens when their
house collapsed and crushed
him to death in this weekend`s
powerIul earthquake in south-
western China.
'We lost everything in such
a short time, the 20-year-old
college student said Sunday. He
said his cousin also was injured
in the collapse, but that other
members oI his Iamily were
spared because they were out
working in the felds oI hard-
hit Longmen village in Lushan
county.
Saturday`s earthquake in Si-
chuan province killed at least
186 people, injured more than
11,000 and leIt nearly two doz-
en missing, mostly in the rural
communities around Ya`an city,
along the same Iault line where
a devastating quake to the north
killed more than 90,000 people
in Sichuan and neighboring
areas fve years ago in one oI
China`s worst natural disasters.
The Lushan and Baoxing
counties hardest-hit on Satur-
day had escaped the worst oI the
damage in the 2008 quake, and
residents there said they ben-
efted little Irom the region`s re-
building aIter the disaster, with
no special reinIorcements made
or new evacuation procedures
introduced in their remote com-
munities.
Luo said he wished more
had been done to make his
community`s buildings quake-
resistant. 'Maybe the country`s
(AP Photo)
A woman reacts after her
house was damaged in the
China earthquake.
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leaders really wanted to help
us, but when it comes to the
lower levels the oIfcials don`t
carry it out, he said.
RelieI teams few in heli-
copters and dynamited through
landslides Sunday to reach
some oI the most isolated com-
munities, where rescuers in or-
ange overalls led sniIIer dogs
through piles oI brick, concrete
and wood debris to search Ior
survivors.
Many residents complained
that although emergency teams
were quick to carry away bodies
and search Ior survivors, they
had so Iar done little to distrib-
ute aid.
'No water, no shelter, read
a hand-written sign held up by
children on a roadside in Long-
men.
'I was working in the feld
when I heard the explosions
oI the earthquake, and I turned
around and saw my house sim-
ply fatten in Iront oI me, said
Fu Qiuyue, a 70-year-old rape-
seed Iarmer in Longmen.
Fu sat with her husband, Ren
Dehua, in a makeshiIt shelter
oI logs and a plastic sheet on a
patch oI grass near where a heli-
copter had parked to reach their
community oI terraced grain
and vegetable felds.
She said the collapse oI the
house had crushed eight pigs to
death. 'It was the scariest sound
I have ever heard, she said.
The quake measured by
China`s earthquake administra-
tion at magnitude 7.0 and by the
U.S. Geological Survey at 6.6
struck shortly aIter 8 a.m. on
Saturday. Tens oI thousands oI
people moved into tents or cars,
unable to return home or too
aIraid to go back as aItershocks
continued to jolt the region.
The quake killed at least 186
people, leIt 21 missing and in-
jured 11,393, the oIfcial Xin-
hua News Agency quoted the
provincial emergency command
center as saying.
As in most natural disasters,
the government mobilized thou-
sands oI soldiers and others,
sending excavators and other
heavy machinery as well as
tents, blankets and other emer-
gency supplies.
Two soldiers died aIter their
vehicle slid oII a road and rolled
down a cliII, state media re-
ported. The Chinese Red Cross
said it had deployed relieI teams
with supplies oI Iood, water,
medicine and rescue equipment
to the disaster areas.
United Nations Secretary-
General Ban Ki-moon said Sun-
day that the U.N. stood ready
'to provide assistance and to
mobilize any international sup-
port that may be needed, ac-
cording to a statement released
by the U.N. spokesperson.
In his condolence message,
Ban said he 'is deeply saddened
by the loss oI liIe, injuries and
destruction caused by the
earthquake and aItershocks that
struck Sichuan province.
Lushan, where the quake
struck, lies where the Iertile Si-
chuan plain meets Ioothills that
eventually rise to the Tibetan
plateau and sits atop the Long-
menshan Iault, where the 2008
quake struck.
The seat oI Lushan county
has been turned into a large
reIugee camp, with tents set up
on open spaces, and volunteers
doling out noodles and boxed
meals to survivors Irom stalls
and the backs oI vans.
A large van with a convert-
ible side served as a mobile
bank with an ATM, military
medical trucks provided X-rays
Ior people with minor injuries,
and military doctors adminis-
tered basic frst aid, applying
iodine solution to cuts and ex-
amining bruises.
Patients with minor ailments
were lying in tents in the yard
oI the local hospital, which was
wrecked by the quake, with the
most severely injured patients
sent to the provincial capital.
With a limited water supply and
buildings inaccessible, sanita-
tion is a problem Ior the survi-
vors.
One oI the patients receiving
care in the hospital`s yard was
the son oI odd-job laborer Zhou
Lin, 22.
The baby boy was born a day
beIore the quake struck.
Zhou said he was relieved
that his newborn son and wiIe
were saIe and healthy but was
worried about his 60-year-old
Iather and other relatives who
have been unreachable in Baox-
ing.
'I can`t get through on the
phone, so I don`t know what`s
going on there and they don`t
know iI we are all right, he
said.
Every so oIten, an aItershock
struck, shaking windows oI
buildings and sending murmurs
through the crowds.
QUAKE
-continued from page one-
extinguished at the explosion
scene and the remaining Iertil-
izer tanks at West Fertilizer Co.
are not a danger.
Some oI the people who at-
tended Sunday`s outdoor ser-
vice wore T-shirts calling on
others to 'pray Ior West.
'Every time I close my eyes,
all I can think about is the ex-
plosion, said Edi Botello, a
senior at West High School.
'People running around. People
evacuating. There was one point
I couldn`t even talk. I just stut-
tered.
The destruction was evident
in a short visit to the area orga-
nized Ior reporters.
An apartment building just
across the railroad tracks Irom
the plant appeared to bear the
brunt oI the explosion, accord-
ing to a pool report.
The building`s rooI was col-
lapsed, its windows were blown
out and chunks oI concrete Irom
the plant littered the space be-
tween the tracks and the apart-
ments.
'Several blocks we had pro-
jectiles or shrapnel that has been
Iound oI diIIerent sizes, Kist-
ner said. 'Smaller pieces have
been Iound blocks away.
The wave radiating Irom the
blast also hit the nursing home
across the street Irom the apart-
ments.
There too, windows were
blown out, ceiling tiles were
visible throughout the rooms
and the red brick exterior was
cracked. At West Intermediate
School, a northern wall was
charred and the southern wall
showed structural damage.
Crews Irom Union Pacifc
were repairing the railroad
tracks, but reporters were kept
Irom climbing the berm to see
what was happening at the Ier-
tilizer plant.
Above the berm, Iour heav-
ily damaged metal structures
were visible at the plant.
More than 60 people are
working in the blast zone Ior the
Iederal Bureau oI Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives
and the state fre marshal`s oI-
fce.
Kristner said oIfcials have
Iound the seat, or center, oI the
explosion, 'which is important,
because as we conduct our in-
vestigation we`ll be working
Irom an outer perimeter inward,
Irom the least damaged to the
greatest damage. So knowing
the seat oI that explosion is im-
portant.
Robert Champion, the spe-
cial agent in charge Ior ATF`s
Dallas oIfce, said experts plan
to get into the crater in the next
couple oI days and start digging
it out 'to see what transpired to
cause this devastation.
'It`s a slow process, but
we`re getting there, Champion
said.
The town oI 2,800 people
was previously known in Texas
Ior its deep Czech heritage
Irom the designs oI storeIronts
in the town center and the
names oI streets and businesses
to the 'Czech Stop bakery sell-
ing kolaches and other pastries
to drivers exiting Interstate 35.
At the largest Roman Catho-
lic church in town, the Rev.
BoniIace OnjeIu`s congregation
on Sunday included frefghters
and emergency workers who
could be spotted in bright yel-
low jackets.
The explosion reportedly
killed 10 frst responders, many
oI them volunteer frefghters
who came aIter initial reports oI
a fre at the plant.
A memorial service Ior frst
responders is scheduled Ior
Thursday on the campus oI Bay-
lor University in nearby Waco.
'I stopped at the nursing
home, OnjeIu said. 'I noticed a
lot oI people trapped. I assisted.
I prayed with some and held
the hands oI some that needed
comIort. I saw him in the eyes
oI everyone.
'God heard our prayers and
prevented another tank Irom ex-
ploding.
EXPLOSION
-continued from page one-
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Pastor John Crowder delivers a sermon during a service for the First Baptist Church
heId in a eId four days after an expIosion at a fertiIizer pIant in West, Texas that
killed 14 people and injured more than 160.
XATIBX
WEST VIRGINIA
Student charged aer
refusing to remove
NRA shirt
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)
A West Virginia teenager has
been charged with causing a
disruption at his middle school
aIter he reIused to remove an
NRAT-shirt that he wore.
Fourteen-year-old Jared
Marcum oI Logan said Sunday
the shirt didn`t violate Logan
Middle School`s dress code pol-
icy. It displayed the NRA`s logo
and a hunting rife.
Marcum says he was exer-
cising his Iree speech right on
Thursday when he reIused a
teacher`s order to remove the
shirt.
Marcum says police charged
him with disrupting the educa-
tional process and obstructing
an oIfcer.
His stepIather, Allen Lard-
ieri, says the school suspended
him.
Their lawyer plans to meet
with Principal Ernestine Suther-
land on Monday.
A message leIt Sunday at a
phone listing Ior an Ernestine
Sutherland in Logan wasn`t im-
mediately returned.
The telephone at the Logan
Police Department rang unan-
swered Sunday.
TEXAS
Police: Man hijacks
Texas bus, later kills
himself
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Po-
lice say a gunman hijacked a
city bus in Austin and led oIf-
cers on a 30-mile chase beIore
pulling over and killing himselI.
Austin police Lt. James Ni-
sula tells Associated Press Ra-
dio the man boarded the bus
Saturday and ordered the bus
driver to get oII.
The Austin American-States-
man reports he also Iorced two
passengers to leave the vehicle
beIore getting behind the steer-
ing wheel and driving away.
Police spotted the bus and
pursued it.
They tried several times to
get the driver to pull over, but
he reIused.
Nisula says oIfcers put
down road spikes and defated
the bus tires.
He says the man eventually
pulled into an auto parts store
parking lot, where he Iatally
shot himselI.
Police didn`t immediately re-
lease the man`s name.
ARIZONA
5 die in rollover
during pursuit by
Border Patrol
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Au-
thorities say fve people died
aIter the van they were traveling
in rolled over in southern Ari-
zona as it was being pursued by
Border Patrol agents.
Rural/Metro Fire spokesman
Willie Treatch says 22 people
were in the van at the time it
rolled over Saturday night in be-
tween Tucson and Benson, Ariz.
Seventeen other people were
taken to hospitals Ior treatment.
Their injuries are unknown.
Treatch says he didn`t know
the circumstances oI the vehicle
pursuit by the Border Patrol.
The Border Patrol didn`t re-
turn calls seeking comment on
Sunday.
ILLINOIS
Mail carrier who sent
dud pipe bombs
apologizes
CHICAGO (AP) A Iormer
Iowa letter carrier who sent
threatening letters and dud pipe
bombs to investment frms has
apologized in a Iederal court-
room in Chicago, telling a judge
that he is ashamed oI what he
did.
John Tomkins, known as
'The Bishop bomber because
he signed his notes with that
moniker, made the apology at
a pre-sentencing hearing Fri-
day, the Chicago Sun-Times
reported.
'Let me start by saying how
incredibly sorry I am, Tom-
kins told the judge. 'There are
no words to describe the shame
and disappointment I Ieel in
myselI.
In court testimony last year,
Tomkins admitted to sending
threatening letters and nonIunc-
tioning bombs to investment ad-
visers Irom 2005 to early 2007
as part oI an extortion scheme
intended to drive up the value oI
stocks he owned.
A jury Iound the Dubuque,
Iowa, native guilty oI all 12
charges he Iaced.
Judge Robert Dow says he
will sentence Tomkins May 21.
The letters contained threats
to kill the recipients, their Iami-
lies or neighbors unless they
took steps to raise the price oI
3COMCorp. and Navarre Corp.
stocks. Packages included notes
reading, 'BANG! YOU`RE
DEAD.
On Friday, Tomkins repeated
his insistence that he careIully
designed the bombs so they
would never explode, not even
by accident.
Prosecutors allege that the
bombs, mailed Irom a suburban
Chicago post oIfce in 2007,
were real and would have ex-
ploded had all the wires been
attached.
One package was sent to an
address in Denver and another
to Kansas City, Mo.
Federal prosecutor Patrick
Pope said Friday that the bombs
could have brought down a
plane while in the postal system
and the 17 people who received
extortion letters Irom Tomkins
were 'terrorized.
He argued Ior a sentence oI
42 to 45 years. That is 12 to 15
more years than the mandatory
minimum oI 30 years.
DIGEST
Avalanche
kills 5 in
Colorado
Police release
victims` names
By THOMAS PEIPERT
Associated Press
DENVER (AP) Authorities
have released the names oI fve
Colorado snowboarders killed
over the weekend in the state`s
deadliest avalanche in more
than 50 years.
Clear Creek County SheriII
Don Krueger said that search
and rescue crews recovered
the men`s bodies Irom a back-
country area on Loveland Pass
several hours aIter Saturday
aIternoon`s slide, which was
about 600 Ieet wide and eight
Ieet deep. All oI the men were
equipped with avalanche bea-
cons.
The sheriII on Sunday iden-
tifed the victims as Christo-
pher Peters, 32, oI Lakewood;
Joseph Timlin, 32, oI Gypsum;
Ryan Novack, 33, oI Boulder;
Ian Lanphere, 36, oI Crested
Butte; and Rick Gaukel, 33, oI
Estes Park. A sixth snowboard-
er, whose name and condition
have not been released, called
Ior help aIter digging out oI the
avalanche.
The slide occurred on a
spring weekend when many ski-
ers and snowboarders took ad-
vantage oI late season snowIall
in the Rocky Mountains. Love-
land Pass, which rises to an el-
evation oI 11,990 Ieet about 60
miles west oI Denver, is popular
among backcountry skiers and
snowboarders, but dangerous
conditions are common in the
area even in the spring.
Ethan Greene, director oI
the Colorado Avalanche InIor-
mation Center, said a systemic
weakness in the snowpack was
exacerbated by heavy snow that
Iell on the pass over the past
week and a halI.
Forecasters Ior the center
warned skiers and hikers again
Sunday oI potentially danger-
ous backcountry conditions,
saying the newsnowhas pushed
the old snowpack to the break-
ing point.
According to the Colorado
Avalanche InIormation Center,
11 people have died in ava-
lanches in Colorado this winter
season.
Greene said Saturday`s was
the deadliest in Colorado since
1962, when seven people were
killed in a slide that wiped out
several homes in the town oI
Twin Lakes.
AP Photo/The Hawk Eye, Brenna Norman
Friends and famiIy gather items and check on the submerged home of of Sandra OIson Sunday ApriI 21, 2013 in Oquawka, III. City ofciaIs
started receiving calls at 7:15 a.m. that the levee had broken, leaving three homes under water.
Rivers crest across Midwest, rain in Iorecast
By JIM SUHR
Associated Press
CLARKSVILLE, Mo. (AP)
Those fghting foods in sev-
eral communities along the
Mississippi River were mostly
successIul Sunday despite the
onslaught oI water, but an omi-
nous Iorecast and the growing
accumulation oI snow in the up-
per Midwest tempered any Ieel-
ings oI victory.
The surging Mississippi was
at or near crest at several places
Irom the Quad Cities south to
near St. Louis some reaching
10-12 Ieet above food stage.
Problems were plentiIul: Hun-
dreds oI thousands oI acres oI
swamped Iarmland as planting
season approaches; three people
died; roads and bridges closed,
including sections oI major
highways like U.S. 61 in Iowa
and Missouri and crossings at
Quincy, Ill., and Louisiana, Mo.
The U.S. Coast Guard said
114 barges broke loose near St.
Louis on Saturday night, and
Iour hit the JeIIerson Barracks
Bridge in St. Louis County.
The bridge was closed about
six hours Ior inspection but re-
opened around 8 a.m. Sunday.
Most oI the runaway barges
were corralled but at least 10
sank and two others were un-
accounted Ior, Coast Guard Lt.
Colin Fogarty said.
Two oI the confrmed food-
related deaths occurred near the
same spot in Indiana; another
was in Missouri. In all three cas-
es, vehicles were swept oII the
road in fash foods. High water
could be responsible Ior two
more, both in Illinois, where a
decomposed body was Iound
Thursday in an Oak Brook creek
and a body was Iound Saturday
in the Mississippi River at Cora.
Investigations continue.
And the danger is Iar Irom
over, as spots south oI St. Louis
aren`t expected to crest un-
til late this week. Signifcant
fooding is possible in places
like Ste. Genevieve, Mo., Cape
Girardeau, Mo., and Cairo, Ill.
Adding to concern is a Iore-
cast that calls Ior heavy rain
Monday night and Tuesday
throughout much oI the Mid-
west. National Weather Service
meteorologist Julie Phillipson
said an inch oI rain is likely in
many places, some places even
more. Rain is projected Irom
Wisconsin through Missouri.
'That`s not what we want to
see when we have this kind oI
fooding, that`s Ior sure, Phil-
lipson said.
Harley-Davidson riders and
bicyclists zipped through GraI-
ton, Ill., a tourist town 40 miles
north oI St. Louis, many paus-
ing to snap pictures oI the swol-
len river.
Floodwaters were lapping
against the side oI GraIton`s Ar-
tisan Village, a fea market-type
business Ior artists. Owner Mar-
ty Harp, 53, sipped a Miller Lite
as he cast a wary eye to the sky.
'II we can hold oII the crest
and it doesn`t rain Ior a couple
oI days, it`ll be OK, Harp said.
But anxiety looms regard-
ing the heavy snow the north-
ern Midwest has received this
month and what happens when
it melts and makes its way into
tributaries oI the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers. Forecasters
said up to 6 inches oI new snow
was possible in the Black Hills
area oI South Dakota through
Monday morning.
Hundreds oI miles to the
southeast, in La Grange, Mo.,
Lewis County emergency man-
agement director David Keith
wasn`t bothered by the soggy
Iorecast. Sandbags were hold-
ing back the murky Mississippi
Irom La Grange City Hall, a
bank and a handIul oI threat-
ened homes. The water was re-
ceding.
'What we`re worried about
now is all that snow melt in
North and South Dakota and
Minnesota, Keith said.
AccuWeather meteorologist
Alan Reppert said the timing
oI the snow melt could prove
lucky: It may stay cold long
enough up north to make Ior a
gradual melt, giving the rivers
time to thin out. OI greater con-
cern, he said, is the Red River in
North Dakota, which could see
signifcant fooding in the com-
ing weeks.
Along the Mississippi, a
handIul oI river towns are most
aIIected by the high waters
places like Clarksville, Mo.,
and GraIton that have chosen
against food walls or levees.
By Sunday, sandbagging had
all but stopped in Clarksville,
evidence oI the confdence that
the makeshiIt sandbag levee
hurriedly erected to protect
downtown would hold.
Volunteers, including nearly
three dozen prison inmates,
worked since Wednesday, using
6,000 tons oI sand and gravel.
The river was at 34.7 Ieet
Sunday, nearly 10 Ieet above the
25-Ioot food stage a some-
what arbitrary term the NWS
defnes as the point when 'wa-
ter surIace level begins to cre-
ate a hazard to lives, property or
commerce and expected to
rise another Ioot beIore cresting
Monday.
'We believe we`ll have a
successIul conclusion, said Jo
Anne Smiley, longtime mayor
oI the 442-resident hamlet.
Richard Cottrell, a 64-year-
old antique shop owner, was
hopeIul, but nervous. AIter two
days oI endless sandbagging,
Cottrell thought he could rest
Saturday night, but the constant
beeping oI heavy equipment
outside and food worries kept
him up.
'I had a rough night last
night. I had an anxiety attack,
he admitted.
Many towns on smaller riv-
ers in other states were dealing
with foodwaters, too.
In Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Mayor George Heartwell de-
clared a state oI emergency
as the fooding Grand River
poured into the basements oI
several hotels and other down-
town buildings.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn de-
clared at least 41 counties di-
saster areas Irom fooding. The
Fox River in northern Illinois
reached record levels, and sev-
eral record crests were possible
along the Illinois River.
Indiana oIfcials were still
determining whether fooded
communities like Kokomo, Tip-
ton and Elwood will be eligible
Ior disaster aid.
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bleeding, his dog also shot.
'I saw him Iall, grabbing
his leg, said Travis Craig, 28,
who was at the celebration, saw
the shooting and said he used a
belt to apply a tourniquet to the
man`s leg.
'He was just screaming that
he was in pain, and wanted to
know where his girlIriend was.
She was OK. And then the cops
showed up real quick, like, less
than a minute. They put him on
ambulance and leIt.
The annual pot celebration
this year was expected to draw
as many as 80,000 people aIter
recent laws in Colorado and
Washington made marijuana le-
gal Ior recreational use.
Asizable police Iorce on mo-
torcycles and horses had been
watching the celebration since
its start earlier Saturday. But au-
thorities, who generally look the
other way at public pot smoking
here on April 20, didn`t arrest
people Ior smoking in public,
which is still illegal.
Police said earlier in the
week that they were Iocused
on crowd security in light oI at-
tacks that killed three at the fn-
ish line oI the Boston Marathon.
'We`re aware oI the events
in Boston, said Denver police
spokesman Aaron KaIer, who
declined to give specifcs about
security measures being taken.
'Our message to the public is
that, iI you see something, say
something.
Stephanie Riedel, who trav-
eled to the pot celebration Irom
Pittsburgh, said she was danc-
ing with a hula hoop when she
heard pops. A man ran past her,
then she said the crowd started
screaming and running away.
She was about 20 Ieet Irom the
shooting and heard Iour or fve
shots.
'I couldn`t make sense oI
what it was at frst, she said.
'We were all having a good
time and I was in the mindIrame
oI, we`re here at a peace gather-
ing. I thought it some guys play-
ing.
Rapper Lil` Flip was per-
Iorming when the shootings oc-
curred.
Aerial Iootage showed the
massive crowd Irantically run-
ning Irom the park.
Ian Bay, who was skate-
boarding through Civic Center
Park when shots erupted, said
he was listening to music on his
headphones when he looked to
his right and saw a swarm oI
hundreds oI people running at
him.
'I sort oI panicked. I thought
I was going through an anxiety
thing because so many people
were coming aIter me, he said.
BeIore the shooting, reggae
music flled the air, and so did
the smell oI marijuana, as cele-
brants gathered by mid-morning
in the park just beside the state
Capitol.
Group smoke-outs were
planned Saturday Irom New
York to San Francisco. The ori-
gins oI the number '420 as a
code Ior pot are murky, but the
drug`s users have Ior decades
marked the date 4/20 as a day to
use pot together.
Colorado and Washington
are still waiting Ior a Iederal
response to the votes and are
working on setting up com-
mercial pot sales, which are
still limited to people with cer-
tain medical conditions. In the
meantime, pot users are Iree to
share and use the drug in small
amounts.
A citizen advocacy group
that opposes marijuana proliIer-
ation, Smart Colorado, warned
in a statement that public 4/20
celebrations 'send a clear mes-
sage to the rest oI the nation and
the world about what Colorado
looks like.
'Does the behavior oI the
participants in these events re-
fect well on our state? asked
the head oI Smart Colorado,
Henny Lasley.
A smaller Sunday event
scheduled at the park was can-
celed.
Saturday`s attack recalled a
similar shooting that leIt a po-
lice oIfcer dead at a crowded
jazz concert in Denver`s City
Park last summer.
The 22-year-old suspect in
that case pleaded guilty to sec-
ond-degree murder and Iaces at
least 16 years in prison when he
is sentenced at a hearing sched-
uled Ior June 21.
His attorneys said he was be-
ing pursued by gang members
when he drew his weapon and
fred.
Associated Press writer
Catherine Tsai contributed to
this report.
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AP Photo/The Denver Post, Joe Amon
People hide and run away from the gun shots at Civic
Center Park after the 4/20 pot rally, Saturday in Denver.
Gunre erupted at a Denver pot ceIebration Saturday,
injuring two people and scattering thousands.
Cargo ship rocket
launched successIully
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket lifts off from the
launchpad at the NASA facility on Wallops Island Va.,
Sunday April 21, 2013. The rocket will eventually deliver
supplies to the International Space Station.
By BROCK VERGAKIS
Associated Press
ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) A
company contracted by NASA
to deliver supplies to the Inter-
national Space Station success-
Iully launched a rocket on Sun-
day in a test oI its ability to send
a cargo ship aloIt.
About 10 minutes aIter the
launch Irom Wallops Island on
Virginia`s Eastern Shore, Or-
bital Sciences Corp. oI Dulles
declared the test a success aIter
observing a practice payload
reach orbit and saIely separate
Irom the rocket.
The Sunday launch comes
aIter two previous attempts
were scrubbed.
A data cord that was con-
nected to the rocket`s second
stage came loose just minutes
beIore the rocket was set to liIt
oII Friday, and company oIf-
cials said they were easily able
to fx the problem.
A second attempt Saturday
was scrubbed because oI wind.
The company Irom the
Washington suburb oI Dulles
was one oI two, along with
CaliIornia-based competitor
SpaceX, chosen to supply the
space station aIter NASAended
its three-decade-old shuttle pro-
gram in 2011.
The space agency turned to
private companies Ior the job,
saying it would Iocus on getting
manned fights to asteroids and
to Mars.
SpaceX was awarded a $1.6
billion contract by NASA in
2006 to make a dozen missions
to restock the space station.
Orbital got into the mix in
2008 when it was awarded a
$1.9 billion contract Ior eight
deliveries.
'We`ve been playing catch
up, but we`re about caught
up, Frank Culbertson, execu-
tive vice president and general
manager oI Orbital`s Advanced
Programs Group, said Tuesday.
'By the end oI next year we
should have an additional Iour
or fve cargo missions under our
belt, so we`re going to be mov-
ing Iast.
SpaceX has connected with
the space station three times.
This summer, Orbital plans
to launch a rocket carrying
its Cygnus cargo ship to see
whether it can saIely dock with
the space station.
During the scheduled dem-
onstration fight, the cargo ship
would carry about 1,600 pounds
oI supplies.
Orbital is under contract to
deliver about 44,000 pounds oI
supplies to the space station and
plans to make about two deliv-
eries per year.
Its cargo ship will carry
about 4,400 pounds worth oI
supplies on each oI its frst three
missions and 5,600 pounds on
its last fve.
Unlike the SpaceX`s Dragon
capsule, the Orbital cargo ship
is not designed to return with
experiments or other items Irom
the space station.
Instead, plans call Ior flling
the Cygnus ship with garbage
that would be incinerated with
the vessel upon reentry into
Earth`s atmosphere.
That`s also what Russian,
European and Japanese cargo
ships do.
Orbital had hoped to begin
its rocket launches under the
commercial resupply program
in 2011, but Iaced a series oI
delays.
That included a delay in the
completion oI its launch pad at
NASA`s Wallops Flight Facility
on the Virginia coast.
That pad was built specifcal-
ly Ior Orbital and is owned by
the Virginia Commercial Space
Flight Authority.
The pad wasn`t delivered to
the company until October.
NASA, meanwhile, is look-
ing to private companies to start
sending astronauts to the space
station in coming years.
Orbital is not in the running
Ior that work though SpaceX,
based in Hawthorne, CaliI., is
working to modiIy its Dragon
capsules to transport astronauts.
A handIul oI U.S. companies
are competing Ior that assign-
ment. Until then, U.S. astro-
nauts are hitching rides to the
International Space Station on
Russian Soyuz rockets.
Sunday`s launch drew scores
oI onlookers to Wallops Island`s
visitor center on the mainland
several miles away, where peo-
ple set up blankets and camp
chairs near marshland to view
the launch.
Road signs also directed
rocket launch Ians to nearby As-
sateague Island, where the rock-
et launch could be seen Irom the
beach.
For Mike HorocoIsky oI
Rock Hall, Md., it was his third
time making the drive down to
the Virginia Iacility in hopes oI
seeing Antares liIt oII.
'I`d rather be doing this than
anything else. It`s just some-
thing I`ve enjoyed since I was
a boy, HorocoIsky said several
hours beIore the launch, while
setting up chairs Ior himselI and
his wiIe.
Third time proves to be the
charm Ior Orbital Science Corp.
rocket that delivers supplies
AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Barbara Davidson
Firemen walk with shovels out of a wall of smoke after digging ditches to try and slow
down a raging re Saturday, ApriI 20, 2013 in Monrovia, CaIif.
Southern CaliI. fre Iorces
evacuation oI 200 homes
MONROVIA, CaliI. (AP)
Authorities liIted evacuation
orders Ior some residents Sat-
urday night as frefghters made
advances on a brush fre in Ioot-
hills east oI Los Angeles, oIf-
cials said.
About 200 homes were
Iorced to evacuate earlier in the
day aIter the blaze erupted in
the San Gabriel Mountains, au-
thorities said.
The fre was sparked by
equipment used by a gardener
working the backyard, said Jen-
niIer McLain, a city spokes-
woman.
Flames spread to the hillside
behind the residence, scorching
about 175 acres and sending a
huge smoke cloud that could
be seen across the San Gabriel
Valley.
The fre did not threaten
homes, but authorities ordered
evacuations as a precaution.
They began liIting evacua-
tion orders late Saturday aIter
frefghters contained 50 per-
cent oI the blaze, and winds
subsided.
Full containment was ex-
pected Sunday.
Fire ChieI Chris Donovan
said dry, thick brush on steep
terrain made the fre diIfcult to
contain.
More than 200 frefghters,
aided by water-dropping heli-
copters and an air tanker, were
battling the blaze.
One frefghter suIIered a
heat-related injury.
As the Monrovia fre burned,
a Iour-acre brush fre ignited
across town near Interstate 405,
Iorcing the closure oI south-
bound lanes Ior at least an hour
and causing traIfc to back up
Ior miles.
That fre has been contained.
Border patrol now counts getaways
By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
CAMPO, CaliI. (AP) Rich-
ard Gordon is one oI the Bor-
der Patrol`s best at spotting the
smallest human traces in pursuit
oI people who enter the U.S.
illegally Irom Mexico: dusty
Iootprints, torn cobwebs, bro-
ken twigs, overturned pebbles.
It`s a skill he has sharpened
over the last 16 years in the
craggy, shrub-covered moun-
tains east oI San Diego and one
that is taking on new impor-
tance as gauging border secu-
rity has emerged as a potential
stumbling block to an overhaul
oI the U.S. immigration system.
With lawmakers demanding
more measures oI border secu-
rity and assurances that massive
spending increases on enIorce-
ment yield results, Gordon`s
skill, known as 'sign-cutting,
will likely get greater Iocus be-
cause it is the Border Patrol`s
dominant technique to count
those who escape capture.
It`s not the new cameras,
sensors and airborne radars.
'You can have all the tech-
nology but we`re still back to
sign-cutting, said Gordon, 46,
who works in the same sparsely
populated area where he grew
up hunting deer and quail.
'It`s tried, and it`s true, and
it works.
There`s no question it works
to fnd hikers, but its eIIective-
ness at tracking how many es-
cape agents` grasp is more open
to debate.
A recent Government Ac-
countability OIfce report cites
Border Patrol data Irom fscal
2011, the latest available, that
61 percent oI estimated illegal
crossings on the southern bor-
der resulted in capture, 23 per-
cent turn back to Mexico and 16
percent got away.
OI the 85,467 who got away,
70,980 (83 percent) were count-
ed by sign-cutting, with nearly
all the rest Irom cameras and
plain sightings.
Despite such precise tallies,
Border Patrol ChieI Mike Fish-
er said sign-cutting 'is not an
exact science. Even the most
skilled trackers make educated
guesses and, as the GAO noted,
counting has been inconsistent.
'We get better every day,
but the agency doesn`t know
with pinpoint accuracy the num-
ber oI border crossers and what
happened to them, said Fisher,
who issued a directive in Sep-
tember to ensure that the more
than 21,000 agents under his
command are consistent in how
they count.
The implications Ior immi-
gration reIorm are potentially
signifcant as lawmakers seek
assurances that the border is se-
cure beIore millions are allowed
to legally remain in the country.
The Border Patrol has been
judged almost solely by its
number oI arrests, which are
hovering near 40-year lows.
Apprehension fgures are un-
questionably accurate but have
limited value in assessing bor-
der security.
A Senate bill introduced last
week sets a goal that 90 percent
oI illegal crossings Irom Mexi-
co in high-traIfc areas result in
arrest or a turn-back.
One key possible point oI
contention is how much weight
to give to turnarounds, which
are mainly tallied by plain sight-
ings.
The Border Patrol takes
credit Ior them, but others note
they may succeed on a second
try aIter waiting a Iew hours or
trying another location.
'The Iact that they weren`t
apprehended isn`t necessarily
a bad thing, Fisher said in an
interview.
'The Iact that they didn`t
continue their entry is, over-
arching Irom our strategy, what
we`re trying to prevent.
Edward Alden, a senior Iel-
low at the Council on Foreign
Relations, told a congressional
panel last month that lawmakers
should avoid putting too much
emphasis on the numbers be-
cause it is unknown how many
people the Border Patrol misses
altogether, Iailing to fnd any
traces.
He also warned about a po-
tential Ior agents to game num-
bers to hit targets.
But Doris Meissner, the top
immigration oIfcial under Ior-
mer President Bill Clinton, said
Congress and the GAO will
scrutinize the numbers closely
to make sure they are credible,
as airborne radar gets more so-
phisticated.
'They`re going to want to
know these are not Iunny num-
bers, she said.
A trial run in a 150-square-
mile stretch oI Arizona Iound
about 1,870 were caught and
about 1,960 got away Irom Oct.
1 through Jan. 17, according to
a senior Customs and Border
Protection oIfcial who spoke on
condition oI anonymity because
results have not been made pub-
lic.
U.S. authorities play down
the signifcance oI the radar re-
sults, frst reported by the Los
Angeles Times, saying the tech-
nology is promising but fawed.
For now, sign-cutting is the
main tool.
Gordon seems to fnd clues
everywhere: a pebble with moist
dirt Iacing the sun to suggest it
was recently overturned; back-
pack fbers stuck on a barbed
wire Ience; Iallen leaves.
In oII-hours, he looks Ior
clues about how many people
stepped on his driveway or
came beIore him on a walking
trail.
He examines each sign to
determine its age. He knows a
cloverleaI curls immediately aI-
ter it Ialls.
He can tell how quickly a
trampled blade oI grass returns
to its natural height and howIast
a broken tree limb turns brittle.
Around the clock, agents lay
Iresh tire tracks on dirt roads
that hug the border, recording
the times to help determine the
age oI each new set oI Ioot-
prints.
Gordon began patrolling a
highway checkpoint in South-
ern CaliIornia in 1990 and,
seven years later, transIerred to
Campo, where his Iather also
gained a reputation as an expert
Border Patrol tracker.
Unlike urban stretches oI the
1,954-mile border with Mexico
that are crowded with houses,
agents must learn quickly to
read tracks in the parched, deso-
late valleys oI oak and shrub.
Gordon, who is still ft
enough to hustle through thick
brush with his chest pressed to
the ground, is second-in-com-
mand in a station that employs
about 400 agents to scour 400
square miles.
He captured a group oI 76
when illegal crossings near the
station peaked about 10 years
ago. Until about fve years ago,
the station oIten made 100 ar-
rests a day.
When someone is captured,
agents scour the area in widen-
ing circles until they Ieel conf-
dent that they caught everyone
in the group or know how many
got away.
'There is nothing scien-
tifc about this, Gordon says.
'Some people are better at it
than others.
Associated Press writer Ali-
cia Caldwell in Washington
contributed to this report.
AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi
Border Patrol agent Richard Gordon, a 23-year veteran
of the agency, examines disrupted rocks aIong a path
where illegal immigrants enter the United States in in
Boulevard, Calif.
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ISRAEL
Ocial says drones
could replace planes
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) Is-
rael`s air Iorce is on track to de-
veloping drones that within Iour
to fve decades would carry out
nearly every battlefeld opera-
tion executed today by piloted
aircraIt, a high-ranking Israeli
oIfcer told The Associated
Press Sunday.
The oIfcer, who works in
the feld oI unmanned aerial
vehicle intelligence, said Israel
is speeding up research and de-
velopment oI such unmanned
technologies Ior air, ground and
naval Iorces.
'There is a process happen-
ing now oI transIerring tasks
Irom manned to unmanned ve-
hicles, the oIfcer said, speak-
ing anonymously because oI the
classifed nature oI his work.
'This trend will continue to be-
come stronger.
Isaac Ben-Israel, a Iormer Is-
raeli air Iorce general, said how-
ever there was no way drones
could entirely overtake manned
airplanes.
He said there are just some
things drones can`t do, like car-
ry heavy payloads needed Ior
major assaults on targets like
underground bunkers.
'The direction is drones
playing a bigger and bigger role
in the air Iorce, he said.
'In a decade or two they
should be able to carry out a
third or halI oI all missions.
But there are still certain things
you cannot do without a piloted
plane.
Israel is a pioneer in drone
technology.
Its military was the frst to
make widespread use oI drones
in its 1982 invasion oI Leba-
non and Israeli companies are
considered world leaders and
export unmanned aircraIt to a
number oI armies, including
U.S.-led Iorces that have used
them in Iraq and AIghanistan.
The unmanned aircraIt have
been a major part oI Israel`s
arsenal in battling Gaza rocket
launchers over the years.
Drones were seen as crucial
by giving soldiers eyes in the
air, keeping watch over rooItops
and alleyways in congested ur-
ban areas and notiIying troops
oI threats or obstacles in their
path.
Israel insists its drones only
perIorm surveillance missions
but Palestinian witnesses have
long claimed that Israeli drones
fre missiles in Gaza.
IVORY COAST
Local polls boycotted
by opposition
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP)
Voters in Ivory Coast went
to the polls Sunday Ior local
elections that were boycotted
by the opposition party oI Ior-
mer President Laurent Gbagbo,
highlighting slow progress on
reconciliation Iollowing deadly
postelection confict two years
ago.
The elections Ior munici-
pal and regional positions are
the frst government-organized
polls since a decade-long politi-
cal crisis that culminated in fve
months oI postelection violence
in late 2010 and early 2011.
President Alassane Ouat-
tara`s government Iailed to con-
vince Gbagbo`s Ivorian Popular
Front political party to take part
in the vote earlier this year.
AFGHANISTAN
6 police, 3 civilans
killed on Sunday
KABUL, AIghanistan (AP)
Insurgents killed six police
oIfcers at a checkpoint and
a suicide bomber killed three
civilians at a shopping bazaar in
separate attacks Sunday in east-
ern AIghanistan.
According to an Associated
Press tally, 222 people have
been killed in violence around
the nation this month, including
Sunday`s nine Iatalities.
The Taliban ambushed the
checkpoint in the Dayak district
oI Ghazni province, killing six
police oIfcers, wounding one
and leaving one missing, said
Col. Mohammad Hussain, dep-
uty provincial police chieI. .
On Friday, Taliban insur-
gents attacked a local police
checkpoint in Andar, a district
oI Ghazni province neighboring
Dayak. They killed 13 oIfcers,
according to Sidiq Sidiqi, the
Interior Ministry spokesman.
The second attack on Sunday
hit Paktika province, which bor-
ders Ghazni.
A suicide bomber detonated
his explosives in a shopping
bazaar around midday, killing
three people and wounding fve
civilians and two police oIf-
cers, said Mokhlis AIghan, the
spokesman Ior the provincial
governor.
Among the dead was Asanu-
llah Sadat, who stepped down
as the district`s governor two
years ago.Zabiullah Mujahid, a
spokesman Ior Taliban, claimed
responsibility Ior the suicide
bombing.
In an email to reporters, he
said the Taliban used the bomb-
er to target Sadat because oI his
close relations with the AIghan
government and the U.S.
In other violence, the Taliban
cut a hand and Ioot oII each oI
two villagers they accused oI
helping escort coalition con-
voys, a spokesman Ior the pro-
vincial chieI in western Herat
province said.
The Taliban have long killed
government employees and
those who help the coalition,
considering them enemy col-
laborators, but rarely have they
meted out punishment by cut-
ting oII limbs.
DIGEST
By GREG KELLER
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) Tens oI thou-
sands oI demonstrators took to
sunny Paris boulevards on Sun-
day to protest the expected pas-
sage this week oI a bill legaliz-
ing gay marriage.
One protestor called the bill
'a threat to the social Iabric.
Legalizing gay marriage was
one oI President Francois Hol-
lande`s campaign promises.
Polls have shown a narrow
majority oI French Iavor allow-
ing such unions.
The support weakens when
questions about adoption and
conception oI children come
into play.
As the bill has made its way
through the French legislative
process, opposition has mount-
ed, especially Irom conservative
groups Irom more rural parts oI
the country.
While the protests against
the gay marriage bill have been
largely peaceIul, violence has
occasionally erupted on the
sidelines.
Sunday`s march wound
across the LeIt Bank and culmi-
nated in a gathering on the vast
Invalides esplanade.
Aheavy police presence was
deployed along the route, while
a smaller counter-demonstration
drew thousands across the Seine
river to the large Bastille square.
Gay marriage opponents
lined the broad boulevard
through the Montparnasse
neighborhood waving blue,
pink and white fags.
'I am here as a Catholic,
in the name oI Jesus, said a
65-year-old retired woman who
would only identiIy herselI as
Maria.
A 58-year-old lawyer, Pat-
rick Poydenot, stood outside
the historic Select caIe with his
young son.
He`d been to past demon-
strations and decided he would
show up this time despite the
bill`s likely approval.
We believe that this bill is a
threat to the social Iabric, Poy-
denot said.
'II the bill 'passes, a Iunda-
mental rule oI society will dis-
appear.
Both houses oI the French
parliament have already ap-
proved the bill in a frst reading.
The second and fnal reading
is expected Tuesday.
Gay marriage opponents demonstrate in Paris
AP Photo/Michel Euler
Demonstrators face riot police on the sideline of a rally to protest against French President Francois Hollandes social reform on gay marriage
and adoption in Paris, Sunday ApriI 21, 2013. Both houses of the French parIiament have aIready approved the biII in a rst reading. The second
and naI reading is expected Tuesday.
Airline deal
approved in
Israel
By IAN DEITCH
Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) Is-
rael`s Cabinet on Sunday ap-
proved a deal to allow more EU
fights, hours aIter the country`s
airlines went on strike out oI
concerns that the agreement
would cost them jobs and pos-
sibly even ruin their companies.
The approval oI 'Open
Skies raised the possibility oI
a longer, broader strike by Isra-
el`s major labor union. Already,
hundreds oI people scheduled to
fy on Israel`s three carriers, El
Al, Arkia and Israir, have been
stranded.
As hundreds oI union work-
ers protested outside, the Cabi-
net overwhelmingly approved
the agreement, which allows
more carriers to serve the Israeli
market.
'The Open Skies reIorm is
good Ior Israel. It will lead to
the lowering oI prices and in-
crease competition, and it will
not harm work places in the
market, rather the opposite, Is-
raeli Finance Minister Yair La-
pid said.
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu praised the deal.
'The goal oI the reIorm that
we approved today is to lower
the prices oI fights to and Irom
Israel and to increase incoming
tourism, he said.
Although Sunday`s strike did
not aIIect fights by internation-
al carriers, Eini indicated the
work stoppage could be broad-
ened. He did not elaborate, but
a strike by unionized airport
workers or security staII, Ior
instance, could bring the whole
airport to a standstill.
A spokeswoman Ior El Al,
Israel`s national carrier, said oI
22 fights planned Ior Sunday,
14 were brought Iorward beIore
the strike began and eight were
canceled. She said the strike aI-
Iected hundreds oI passengers.
Some tourists stuck at the
airport said they had alternate
fights, but they were Iacing
long delays.
Hundreds oI union members
demonstrated outside the Cabi-
net meeting, despite unseason-
ably rainy weather.
Arieh Katz, a longtime El Al
worker, said at the rally, 'They
are fnishing oII the company.
The pain is immense. Irrespon-
sible people are running this
government, and we will pay
the price in the end.
Open Skies`
agreement with
EU amid strikes
Multiple irregularities` in Iraq`s
frst provincial vote since U.S. leIt
AP Photo/Karim Kadim
An elderly Iraqi woman casts her ballot at a polling
center during the countrys provincial elections in
Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 20, 2013.
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi
election monitors on Sunday
reported multiple irregularities
in the country`s frst provincial
vote since U.S. troops leIt, but
were unclear as to whether re-
sults would be aIIected.
In an initial report, two non-
governmental organizations,
Shams and Tamoz, said over
300 irregularities had been re-
corded by the seven thousand
monitors they had sent across
Iraq to cover Saturday`s polls.
The vote was a key test oI
Iraq`s short experience with
democratic elections because it
was the frst one run since the
U.S. withdrawal in December
2011. Allegations oI vote fxing
are not uncommon Iollowing
elections in the country.
On Sunday evening, a bomb
went oII in a popular kebab
shop in Fallujah, 65 kilometers
(40 miles) west oI Baghdad,
killing eight and wounding 25,
according to police and hospital
oIfcials.
They spoke on condition oI
anonymity because they were
not authorized to release the in-
Iormation to reporters.
Despite widespread violence
in the run-up to the election that
leIt at least 14 candidates dead,
Saturday`s voting was mostly
peaceIul.
The turnout stood at 51 per-
cent, the same as at the last pro-
vincial elections in 2009.
When some eligible voters
complained they did not fnd
their names on the voting rolls,
the election commission blamed
them Ior not updating their in-
Iormation.
The voting took place in 12
oI Iraq`s 18 provinces. Voting
was not scheduled in the ethni-
cally-mixed province oI Tamim,
where ethnic groups have not
reached a power-sharing deal.
The last election Ior local oI-
fcials there was in 2005. Elec-
tions were also delayed in two
provinces because oI unstable
security conditions, and the
country`s autonomous three-
province northern region was
not included.
Thousands oI candidates
Irom 50 electoral blocs are vy-
ing Ior 378 seats on provincial
councils.
The Iraqi constitution does
not give wide powers to pro-
vincial councils, but they have
some say on security matters.
They also negotiate local busi-
ness deals and allocate Iunds.
AP Photo/Sunday Alamba
An unidentied man shouts sIogans near burning tyres during a protest on a major road junction in the commerciaI capitaI of Lagos, Nigeria,
during a fuel subsidy protest, as angry mobs call on the government to keep a cherished consumer subsidy that had kept gas affordable for
more than two decades.
OIfcials: At least 185 killed in Nigeria attack
By HARUNA UMAR
Associated Press
BAGA, Nigeria (AP)
Fighting between Nigeria`s
military and Islamic extrem-
ists killed at least 185 people
in a fshing community in the
nation`s Iar northeast, oIfcials
said Sunday, an attack that saw
insurgents fre rocket-propelled
grenades and soldiers spray
machine-gun fre into neighbor-
hoods flled with civilians.
The fghting in Baga began
Friday and lasted Ior hours,
sending people feeing into the
arid scrublands surrounding the
community on Lake Chad. By
Sunday, when government oI-
fcials fnally Ielt saIe enough
to see the destruction, homes,
businesses and vehicles were
burned throughout the area.
The assault marks a signif-
cant escalation in the long-run-
ning insurgency Nigeria Iaces
in its predominantly Muslim
north, with extremists mounting
a coordinated assault on soldiers
using military-grade weaponry.
Authorities had Iound and
buried at least 185 bodies as
oI Sunday aIternoon, said La-
wan Kole, a local government
oIfcial in Baga. He spoke
haltingly to Borno state Gov.
Kashim Shettima in the Kanuri
language oI Nigeria`s northeast,
surrounded by still-Irightened
villagers.
Brig. Gen. Austin Edokpaye,
also on the visit, did not dispute
the casualty fgures.
Edokpaye said the extrem-
ists used heavy machine guns
and rocket-propelled grenades
in the assault, which began aIter
soldiers surrounded a mosque
they believed housed members
oI the radical Islamic extremist
network Boko Haram.
Edokpaye said extremists
used civilians as human shields
during the fghting.
'When we reinIorced and
returned to the scene the terror-
ists came out with heavy fre-
power, including (rocket-pro-
pelled grenades), which usually
has a confagration eIIect, the
general said.
The Islamic insurgency in
Nigeria grew out oI a 2009 riot
led by Boko Haram members in
Maiduguri that ended in a mili-
tary and police crackdown that
killed some 700 people. The
group`s leader died in police
custody in an apparent execu-
tion.
From 2010 on, Islamic ex-
tremists have engaged in hit-
and-run shootings and suicide
bombings, attacks that have
killed at least 1,548 people be-
Iore Friday`s attack, according
to an AP count.
Boko Haram, which means
'Western education is sacri-
lege in the Hausa language
oI Nigeria`s north, has said it
wants its imprisoned members
Ireed and Nigeria to adopt strict
Shariah law across the multieth-
nic nation oI more than 160 mil-
lion people.
While the administration oI
President Goodluck Jonathan
has started a committee to look
at the idea oI oIIering an am-
nesty deal to extremist fghters,
Boko Haram`s leader Abubakar
Shekau has dismissed the idea
out oI hand in messages.
Despite the deployment oI
more soldiers and police to
northern Nigeria, the nation`s
weak central government has
been unable to stop the killings.
Meanwhile, human rights
groups and local citizens blame
both Boko Haram and security
Iorces Ior committing violent
atrocities against the local civil-
ian population, Iueling rage in
the region.
Associated Press writer Jon
Gambrell in Lagos, Nigeria,
contributed to this report.
Hagel says
Israel has
right to
strike Iran
By ROBERT BURNS
AP National Security Writer
JERUSALEM (AP) U.S.
DeIense Secretary Chuck Ha-
gel held out hope Sunday Ior a
nonmilitary way to ending the
threat oI a nuclear-armed Iran,
but he also emphasized Wash-
ington`s willingness to let Is-
rael decide whether and when
it might strike Tehran in selI-
deIense.
Hagel, on his frst visit to Is-
rael as Pentagon chieI, seemed
intent on burying the image that
Republican critics painted oI
him as insuIfciently supportive
oI the Jewish state.
That portrayal was central
to a Iailed campaign to derail
Hagel`s Senate confrmation in
February.
Hagel said international pen-
alties are taking a heavy toll
on Iran, though he said no one
can be sure that economic coer-
cion will compel Iran to change
course.
Israeli Prime Minister Ben-
jamin Netanyahu tends to see
more urgency, refecting in
part the Iact that certain Iranian
technological advances toward
a nuclear weapon could put the
program beyond the ability oI
the Israeli military to destroy it
with airstrikes. U.S. Iorces have
greater reach.
Hagel suggested he holds
hope that Iran`s presidential
election in June might change
the trajectory oI its nuclear
drive.
Associated Press writer Aron
Heller contributed to this report.
$300M China scholarship created
by private equity Wall Street mogul
By DIDI TANG
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) A U.S. pri-
vate equity tycoon announced
Sunday the establishment oI a
$300 million endowed scholar-
ship program in China Ior stu-
dents Irom around the world,
and billed it as a rival to the
prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
Stephen A. Schwarzman,
Iounder oI the private equity
frm Blackstone, said he would
give $100 million as a personal
giIt and raise another $200 mil-
lion to endow the Schwarzman
Scholars program at Beijing`s
Tsinghua University. It will be
the largest philanthropic giIt
with Ioreign money in China`s
history, according to the tycoon
and the university.
The Wall Street mogul said
China`s rapid economic growth
and rising global infuence
would defne the 21st century,
as U.S. ties to Europe did to the
20th century when the Rhodes
Scholarship was created at Ox-
Iord University with the goal oI
producing outstanding leaders.
'China is no longer an elec-
tive course, it`s core curricu-
lum, he said in Beijing.
By partnering with the pres-
tigious Chinese university,
Schwarzman said he hoped the
educational program would
train Iuture world leaders and
play a positive role in relations
between China and the United
States.
'For Iuture geopolitical sta-
bility and global prosperity, we
need to build a culture oI greater
trust and understanding between
China, America and the rest oI
the world, he said.
Tsinghua known Ior its en-
gineering programs but in the
midst oI transIorming itselI to
be more comprehensive in aca-
demic oIIerings also has pro-
duced many oI China`s senior
leaders, who have traditionally
been technocrats. It is the alma
mater Ior both President Xi Jin-
ping and Iormer President Hu
Jintao.
The $300 million endow-
ment will allow 200 students
each year to take part in a one-
year master`s program at Tsin-
ghua all expenses paid in
public policy, economics and
business, international rela-
tions or engineering, beginning
in 2016. Schwarzman said 45
percent oI the students would
come Irom the United States, 20
percent Irom China and the rest
Irom other parts oI the world.
Already, $100 million has
been raised in the last six
months Irom private donors,
Schwarzman said.
Both President Barack
Obama and Chinese President
Xi Jinping sent congratula-
tory letters, which were read
out loud at the announcement
ceremony at the Great Hall oI
People China`s symbolic heart
oI political power. 'That was
pretty remarkable to listen to,
Schwarzman said. 'That was
pretty awesome.
Vice Premier Liu Yandong
attended the announcement and
gave a speech.
The announcement also was
the top news on state-run China
Central Television`s evening
newscast, which is typically re-
served Ior the activities oI Chi-
na`s top leaders.
The program`s advisory
board includes Iormer world
leaders such as France`s Nicolas
Sarkozy, Britain`s Tony Blair,
Canada`s Brian Mulroney and
Australia`s Kevin Rudd. Former
U.S. secretaries oI state Henry
Kissinger, Colin Powell and
Condoleezza Rice are also on
the board, as is renowned cellist
Yo-yo Ma.
'The board shares my belieI
that Iostering connections be-
tween Chinese students, Ameri-
can students and students Irom
around the world is a critical
aspect oI ensuring geopolitical
stability now, and into the Iu-
ture, Schwarzman said.
He said the program would
be jointly governed by the
Schwarzman Education Foun-
dation and Tsinghua University
on matters including curriculum
and Iaculty.
Schwarzman said he believes
the program will enjoy academ-
ic Ireedom like any other West-
ern educational institute and
that he understands no topic will
be oII limits in the classrooms at
the Schwarzman College, home
to the program, to be built on
the Tsinghua campus.
Many international corpora-
tions already have signed on as
donors to the program, includ-
ing BP, Bank oI America Merrill
Lynch, Boeing, GE, JPMorgan
Chase, Bloomberg Philanthro-
pies, Caterpillar, Credit Su-
isse and Deloitte. International
companies oIten give charitable
giIts to cultivate ties with poten-
tial Iuture leaders.
Tsinghua traces its roots to
1911, when the United States
used the indemnity money paid
by the Chinese government aI-
ter an anti-Ioreigner rebellion to
establish a preparatory school
Ior students later sent to study
in America.
Founder oI U.S. frm establishes endowed
scholarship program, largest philanthropic giIt
with Ioreign money in China`s history
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treated.
'I, and I think all oI the law
enIorcement oIfcials, are hop-
ing Ior a host oI reasons the
suspect survives, the governor
said aIter a ceremony at Fen-
way Park to honor the victims
and survivors oI the attack. 'We
have a million questions, and
those questions need to be an-
swered.
The all-day manhunt Friday
brought the Boston area to a
near standstill and put people
on edge across the metropolitan
area.
The break came around
nightIall when a homeowner
in Watertown saw blood on his
boat, pulled back the tarp and
saw a bloody Tsarnaev hid-
ing inside, police said. AIter
an exchange oI gunfre, he was
seized and taken away in an am-
bulance.
Raucous celebrations erupt-
ed in and around Boston, with
chants oI 'USA! USA! Resi-
dents fooded the streets in relieI
Iour days aIter the two pressure-
cooker bombs packed with nails
and other shrapnel went oII.
Michael Spellman said he
bought tickets to Saturday`s
Red Sox game at Fenway Park
to help send a message to the
bombers.
'They`re not going to stop
us Irom doing things we love to
do, he said, sitting a Iew rows
behind home plate. 'We`re not
going to live in Iear.
During the long night oI vio-
lence leading up to the capture,
the Tsarnaev brothers killed an
MIT police oIfcer, severely
wounded another lawman and
took part in a Iurious shootout
and car chase in which they
hurled explosives at police Irom
a large homemade arsenal, au-
thorities said.
Watertown Police ChieI Ed-
ward Deveau said one oI the ex-
plosives was the same type used
during the Boston Marathon at-
tack, and authorities later recov-
ered a pressure cooker lid that
had embedded in a car down
the street. He said the suspects
also tossed two grenades beIore
Tamerlan ran out oI ammunition
and police tackled him.
But while handcuIfng him,
oIfcers had to dive out oI the
way as Dzhokhar drove the car-
jacked Mercedes at them, De-
veau said.
The SUV dragged Tamer-
lan`s body down the block, he
said. Police initially tracked
the escaped suspect by a blood
trail he leIt behind a house aIter
abandoning the Mercedes.
Chechnya, where the Tsar-
naev Iamily has roots, has been
the scene oI two wars between
Russian Iorces and separatists
since 1994.
That spawned an Islamic
insurgency that has carried out
deadly bombings in Russia and
the region, although not in the
West.
Investigators have not oI-
Iered a motive Ior the Boston
attack. But in interviews with
oIfcials and those who knew
the Tsarnaev brothers, a picture
has emerged oI the older one as
someone embittered toward the
U.S., increasingly vehement in
his Muslim Iaith and infuential
over his younger brother.
The Russian FSB intelli-
gence service told the FBI in
2011 about inIormation that
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a Iol-
lower oI radical Islam, two law
enIorcement oIfcials said Sat-
urday.
According to an FBI news
release, a Ioreign government
said that Tamerlan Tsarnaev ap-
peared to be strong believer and
that he had changed drastically
since 2010 as he prepared to
leave the U.S. Ior travel to the
Russian region to join unspeci-
fed underground groups.
The FBI did not name the
Ioreign government, but the two
oIfcials said it was Russia.
The oIfcials spoke on con-
dition oI anonymity because
they were not authorized to talk
about the matter publicly.
The FBI said that in re-
sponse, it interviewed Tamerlan
Tsarnaev and relatives and did
not fnd any domestic or Ioreign
terrorism activity.
The bureau said it looked
into such things as his telephone
and online activity, his travels
and his associations with others.
An uncle oI the Tsarnaev
brothers said he had a Ialling-
out with Tamerlan over the
man`s increased commitment to
Islam.
Ruslan Tsarni oI Montgom-
ery Village, Md., said Tamerlan
told him in a 2009 phone con-
versation that he had chosen
'God`s business over work or
school.
Tsarni said he then contacted
a Iamily Iriend who told him
Tsarnaev had been infuenced
by a recent convert to Islam.
Tsarni said his relationship
with his nephew basically ended
aIter that call.
As Ior Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,
'he`s been absolutely wasted
by his older brother. I mean, he
used him. He used him Ior what-
ever he`s done, Tsarni said.
Albrecht Ammon, a down-
stairs-apartment neighbor oI Ta-
merlan Tsarnaev in Cambridge,
said in an interview that the old-
er brother had strong political
views about the U.S. Ammon
quoted Tsarnaev as saying that
the U.S. uses the Bible as 'an
excuse Ior invading other coun-
tries.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev studied
accounting as a part-time stu-
dent at Bunker Hill Community
College in Boston Ior three se-
mesters Irom 2006 to 2008, the
school said.
He was married with a young
daughter. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
was a student at the University
oI Massachusetts Dartmouth.
As oI Saturday, more than
50 victims oI the bombing re-
mained hospitalized, three in
critical condition.
Associated Press writers
Denise Lavoie and Steve Peo-
ples in Boston; Michael Hill
in Watertown, Mass.; Colleen
Long in New York; Pete Yost
in Washington; Eric Tucker in
Montgomery Village, Md.; and
AP Sports Writer Jimmy Golen
in Boston contributed to this
report.
bystanders, SchoenIeld said.
The older Tsarnaev`s clothes
had been cut oII by emergency
responders at the scene, so iI he
had been wearing a vest with
explosives, he wasn`t by the
time he arrived at the hospital,
the doctor said.
'From head to toe, every re-
gion oI his body had injuries,
he said. 'His legs and arms were
intact he wasn`t blown into a
million pieces but he lost a
pulse and was in cardiac arrest,
meaning his heart and circula-
tion had stopped, so CPR, or
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation,
was started.
SchoenIeld did not address
police`s assertion that Tsarnaev
was run over by a car driven by
his brother as he fed the gunfre.
The doctor said he couldn`t
discuss specifc treatments in
the case except to say what is
usually done in such circum-
stances, including putting a
needle in the chest to relieve
pressure that can damage blood
vessels, and cutting open the
chest and using rib-spreaders
to let doctors drain blood in the
sac around the heart that can put
pressure on the heart and keep it
Irom beating.
'Once you`ve done all oI
those things ... iI they don`t re-
spond there`s really nothing you
can do. You`ve exhausted the
playbook, he said.
AIter 15 minutes oI unsuc-
cessIul treatment, doctors pro-
nounced him dead.
'We did everything we
could to try to save his liIe,
SchoenIeld said.
How did the medical team
react to treating the bombing
suspect?
'There was some discussion
in the emergency room about
who it was. That discussion
ended pretty quickly, Schoen-
Ield said. 'It really doesn`t mat-
ter who the person is. We`re
going to treat them as best we
can.
Police: Bombing suspects planned more attacks
By ALLEN G. BREED
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) As church-
es paused to mourn the dead
and console the survivors oI the
Boston Marathon bombing Sun-
day, the city`s police commis-
sioner said the two suspects had
such a large cache oI weapons
that they were probably plan-
ning other attacks.
The surviving suspect re-
mained hospitalized and unable
to speak with a gunshot wound
to the throat.
AIter the two brothers en-
gaged in a gun battle with police
early Friday, authorities Iound
many unexploded homemade
bombs at the scene, along with
more than 250 rounds oI ammu-
nition.
Police Commissioner Ed Da-
vis said the stockpile was 'as
dangerous as it gets in urban
policing.
'We have reason to believe,
based upon the evidence that
was Iound at that scene the
explosions, the explosive ord-
nance that was unexploded and
the frepower that they had
that they were going to attack
other individuals.
That`s my belieI at this
point. Davis told CBS`s 'Face
the Nation.
On 'Fox News Sunday, he
said authorities cannot be posi-
tive there are not more explo-
sives somewhere that have not
been Iound.
But the people oI Boston are
saIe, he insisted.
The suspects in the twin
bombings that killed three peo-
ple and wounded more than 180
are two ethnic Chechen brothers
Irom southern Russia 19-year-
old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his
26-year-old brother, Tamerlan.
Their motive remained unclear.
The older brother was killed
during a getaway attempt.
The younger brother,
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was still
in serious condition Sunday
aIter his capture Friday Irom a
tarp-covered boat in a suburban
Boston backyard. Authorities
would not comment on whether
he had been questioned.
Sen. Dan Coats oI Indiana,
a member oI the Senate Intel-
ligence Committee, said Tsar-
naev`s throat wound raised
questions about when he will be
able to talk again, iI ever.
The wound 'doesn`t mean
he can`t communicate, but right
now I think he`s in a condition
where we can`t get any inIorma-
tion Irom him at all, Coats told
ABC`s 'This Week.
It was not clear whether
Tsarnaev was shot by police or
inficted the wound himselI.
In the fnal standoII with po-
lice, shots were fred Irom the
boat, but investigators have not
determined where the gunfre
was aimed, Davis said.
In an interview with The
Associated Press, the parents
oI Tamerlan Tsarnaev insisted
Sunday that he came to Dages-
tan and Chechnya last year to
visit relatives and had nothing
to do with the militants operat-
ing in the volatile part oI Russia.
His Iather said he slept much oI
the time.
The younger Tsarnaev could
be charged any day. The most
serious charge available to Ied-
eral prosecutors would be the
use oI a weapon oI mass de-
struction to kill people, which
carries a possible death sen-
tence. Massachusetts does not
have the death penalty.
Across the rattled streets oI
Boston, churches opened their
doors to remember the dead and
ease the grieI oI the living.
At the Cathedral oI the Holy
Cross in South Boston, photo-
graphs oI the three people killed
in the attack and a Massachu-
setts Institute oI Technology po-
lice oIfcer slain Thursday were
displayed on the altar, each Iace
illuminated by a glowing white
pillar candle.
'I hope we can all heal and
move Iorward, said Kelly
McKernan, who was crying as
she leIt the service. 'And obvi-
ously, the Mass today was a frst
step Ior us in that direction.
A six-block segment oI
Boylston Street, where the
bombs were detonated, re-
mained closed Sunday. But city
oIfcials were mapping out a
plan to reopen it.
Mayor Thomas Menino said
Sunday that once the scene is
released by the FBI, the city
will Iollow a fve-step process,
including environmental test-
ing and a saIety assessment oI
buildings. The exact timetable
was uncertain.
Boston`s historic Trinity
Church could not host services
Sunday because it was within
the crime scene, but the congre-
gation was invited to worship
at the Temple Israel synagogue
instead.
The FBI allowed church oI-
fcials a halI-hour Saturday to
go inside to gather the priests`
robes, the wine and bread Ior
Sunday`s service.
Trinity`s Rev. Samuel T.
Lloyd III oIIered a prayer Ior
those who were slain 'and Ior
those who must rebuild their
lives without the legs that they
ran and walked on last week. So
where is God when the terrorists
do their work? Lloyd asked.
'God is there, holding us and
sustaining us. God is in the pain
the victims are suIIering, and
the healing that will go on. God
is with us as we try still to build
a just world, a world where
there will not be terrorists doing
their terrible damage.
Near the crime scene, Dan
and Keri Arone were pushing
their 11-week-old daughter in
a stroller when they stopped
along Newbury Street, a block
Irom the bombing site, to watch
investigators in white jumpsuits
scour the pavement.
Wearing his bright blue mar-
athon jacket, Dan Arone said he
had crossed the fnish line 40
minutes beIore the explosions.
The Waltham, Mass., couple
visited the area to leave behind
pairs oI their running shoes
among the bouquets oI fowers,
hand-written signs and other
giIts at a makeshiIt memorial on
Boylston Street, near the police
barriers.
'I thought maybe we`d
somehow get some closure,
Dan Arone said oI leaving be-
hind the sneakers. 'But I don`t
Ieel any closure yet.
The Iederal Bureau oI Al-
cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives was tracing the sus-
pects` weapons to try to deter-
mine how they were obtained.
Neither oI the brothers had per-
mission to carry a gun.
Cambridge Police Commis-
sioner Robert Haas said it was
unclear whether either oI them
ever applied Ior a gun permit,
and the applications are not
considered public records. But
the younger brother would have
been denied a permit based on
his age alone.
Only people 21 or older are
allowed gun licenses in Massa-
chusetts.
Meanwhile, surgeons at a
Cambridge hospital said the
Boston transit police oIfcer
wounded in a shootout with the
suspects had lost nearly all his
blood, and his heart had stopped
Irom a single gunshot wound
that severed three major blood
vessels in his right thigh.
Richard Donohue, 33, was
in critical but stable condition.
He is sedated and on a breathing
machine but opened his eyes,
moved his hands and Ieet and
squeezed his wiIe`s hand Sun-
day.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval
Patrick is asking residents to
observe a moment oI silence
Monday at the time the frst oI
two bombs exploded. The one-
minute tribute is scheduled Ior
2:50 p.m., exactly a week aIter
the attacks. It will be Iollowed
by the ringing oI bells in Bos-
ton and elsewhere in Massachu-
setts.
In New York, thousands oI
runners donned 'I Run Ior Bos-
ton bibs during a 4-mile run in
Central Park, one oI a number
oI races held around the world
in support oI the victims oI the
marathon bombings.
Across the Atlantic Ocean,
thousands oI London Marathon
runners oIIered their own trib-
utes. The race began aIter a mo-
ment oI silence, and many com-
petitors wore black armbands as
a sign oI solidarity.
Associated Press writers
Meghan Barr and Michael Hill
in Boston contributed to this re-
port.
AP Photo/Boston Herald, Faith Ninivaggi
A parishioner receives communion during a Mass at the CathedraI of the HoIy Cross in Boston honoring victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and MIT Ofcer, Sean
Collier on Sunday, April 21, 2013.
Authorities fnd unexploded homemade bombs, more than 250 rounds oI ammunition aIter gun battle