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MERIDIAN, Miss. - Doug Williams sat in a meeting with managers at his factory job, listening to them explain the importance of being honest and responsible in the workplace. Also on the agenda: getting along with co-workers, regardless of their sex or race. AP Photo Reuters Slideshow: Gunman Kills 5, Self at Lockheed Plant Gunman Kills 5, Self at Miss. Factory (AP Video) But at some point during the meeting Williams had heard enough. He walked out of the room, telling co-workers, "Y'all can handle this." Minutes later, he returned with a shotgun and a rifle. He sprayed the room...

KNOWLTON, N.J. - After 15 years of persecution, beavers suddenly have won exalted status here in the shadow of the Kittatinny Mountains. Children sing beaver songs and write essays on ways Knowlton's beavers and humans can live in harmony. At town hall, a beaver that had the ill fortune to be stuffed and mounted before this golden age nevertheless holds court. A smaller beaver watches over the council chambers. Another is pinned to the shirt of the mayor, the man at the center of this benevolent madness. "The state actually told us we've got some of the smartest beavers in...

<p>DENVER — Dozens of fans walked out of a Pearl Jam concert after lead singer Eddie Vedder took a mask of President Bush and impaled it on a microphone stand.</p> <p>Several concertgoers booed and shouted Tuesday night for Vedder to shut up as he told the crowd he was against the war and Bush. He impaled the mask during the encore of the band's opening show of a U.S. tour.</p>