Appalachian School of Law ShootingsNews Stories in the week after the Appalachian School of Law ShootingsThe Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Rain and drums drowned out the words of two dozen Ku Klux Klansmen on Saturday at a rally held days after a wooden cross was burned on the lawn of the town&8217;s first black mayor. The rally, the first public Klan event in the region in decades, fell on Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee&8217;s birthday and two days before the observance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. About 800 people attended a diversity festival Saturday held to counter the Klan event. Mayor Roland Dykes received a..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/20#044 The Atlanta Journal and Constitution- (Found June 19, 2008 ) ENRON 1. Auditor fired Arthur Andersen fired the auditor who ordered Enron documents shredded. Then Enron fired Arthur Andersen. The White House, meanwhile, refused to release documents on its energy task force meetings with Enron. MIDDLE EAST 2. Calm is shattered Relative calm ended in the Middle East. A Palestinian gunman killed six Israelis and wounded 30 others at a bat mitzvah party. Israel responded with an air attack on Palestinian offices in Tulkarem, killing a policeman and injuring...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/20#043 The Baltimore Sun- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The Crisis John Walker Lindh, the 20-year-old American captured with Taliban forces in Afghanistan, was charged with conspiring to kill U. S. citizens and providing support to terrorist groups, counts that do not carry the death penalty. Richard C. Reid, who allegedly tried to explode a jetliner with a bomb in his shoe, pleaded innocent to nine counts, including the charge that he was a member of Osama bin Laden&8217;s al-Qaida terror group. Baltimore-Washington International Airport was chosen.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/20#045 The Washington Times- (Found June 19, 2008 ) MENINGITIS KILLS PRISON INMATE RICHMOND - A Lunenburg Correctional Center inmate died from bacterial meningitis two days after he was scheduled to be paroled, the Department of Corrections announced yesterday. James Ball, 45, of Hampton died last Thursday, spokesman Larry Traylor said. No one else at the 1,100-inmate prison near Victoria has come down with symptoms, Mr. Traylor said. All inmates and staff at the prison who came into contact with Ball were given Cipro, a powerful...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/22#025 The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) ABROAD Two shooting victims released from hospital GRUNDY, Va. - Two students wounded in a shooting rampage at the Appalachian School of Law last week have been released from a hospital. Rebecca Brown, 38, and Martha Madeline Short, 37, were discharged Sunday from Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., said hospital spokesman Amy Stevens. A third student, Stacey Beans, 22, was upgraded from fair to good condition. The school&8217;s dean, L. Anthony Sutin, professor Thomas...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/22#011 Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Violent crime on college campuses has taken a disturbing jump, forcing many schools to make safety a concern along with grade inflation and the food in dining halls. Even before a recent spate of shootings, new statistics showed that the murder rate on college campuses almost doubled in 2000. Burglary and drug arrests were up as well. Even so, the 20 people killed that year represented a level close to the annual average for the past decade. The number was accentuated by a low murder rate in..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/22#010 Chicago Tribune- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Two students wounded in a shooting rampage at the Appalachian School of Law last Wednesday have been discharged from a hospital. On Sunday, Rebecca Brown, 38, and Martha Madeline Short, 37, left the Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., said a hospital spokeswoman. A third student, Stacey Beans, 22, was upgraded to good condition from fair. The school&8217;s dean, L. Anthony Sutin, professor Thomas Blackwell and student Angela Dales, 33, were slain in the spree. Peter...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/22#009 Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Gunman attacks Israeli civilians JERUSALEM - A gunman opened fire on Israelis waiting for a bus on a busy, rain-slick downtown street this afternoon, wounding at least 20 people before he was shot dead by police, officials said. v Palestinian security sources said the gunman was Saeed Ramadan, a member of the Al Aqsa Brigades, which is linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&8217;s Fatah movement. Israeli authorities said they held Arafat and the Palestinian Authority responsible and a...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/22#008 The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A white hitchhiker was run over by a black man who wanted him to pay gas money, authorities said Monday. Jasper County Sheriff Billy Rowles, who investigated the 1998 case of James Byrd Jr. - a black man dragged to death by three white men - said race or revenge does not appear to be behind Friday&8217;s killing. Ken Bimbo Tillery, 44, went to a Jasper trailer park Friday night and asked for a ride home. Blake Little, 34, and three others offered him a lift in Mr. Little&8217;s pickup after...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/22#007 The Atlanta Journal and Constitution- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The murder-suicide Friday at Broward Community College in South Florida was more than the third school shooting in the past week, according to a Marietta counselor and other psychologists. The Florida shooting &8212; coupled with Wednesday&8217;s fatal shooting at a Virginia law school and the Tuesday shooting at a New York City high school &8212; may indicate that pent-up stress from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks may be pushing the emotionally vulnerable over the edge. Put another way: We may.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/22#006 |