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The Spike by Robert A. Waters May 11, 2000 CNN. CBS. ABC. NBC. They're out there 24 hours a day, dragging their tentacles through the heartland, and into the cities, country villages, and towns of America. They uncover even the thinnest cases of criminal use of firearms-then they blast those stories onto our television screens. But they didn't find this one. You'd almost think they're biased. On November 17, 1999, each of the major networks should have opened their evening newscasts with the following story: "Today, a teenaged boy and a housewife used guns to save their Oregon neighborhood from ...

Man kills 1 intruder, injures 2nd Parkland (Washington) resident shoots men trying to enter his apartment early Tuesday Stefano Esposito; A Parkland resident fatally shot one man and injured another early Tuesday, apparently foiling an attempted break-in at the Parkland man's apartment. Investigators said the shootings appear to have been in self-defense. Police hadn't nailed down a possible motive for the break-in Tuesday. But the deceased and his suspected accomplice targeted the apartment in the 700 block of South 115th Street, Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Jerry Bates said. One of the suspects, a 21-year-old man, was pronounced dead shortly ...

Gun-control push criticized By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff, 4/12/2000 WASHINGTON - Unable to persuade Congress to pass gun-control legislation, President Clinton is taking his campaign to the states, urging them to impose safety latches, background checks, and other restrictions on gun use. But an analysis of state gun-related legislation shows that Clinton's success has been spotty, at best. And the governor of Colorado, where Clinton is traveling today, does not think the president's appearance will help in passing a gun-control referendum, said Dick Wadhams, spokesman for Colorado Governor Bill Owens. ''President Clinton's visit politicizes the Columbine tragedy,'' said Wadhams, referring ...

Project Exile's First Prisoner? The Pentagon Man by Steve Ware The AP Wire Service reported that an unidentified man was arrested on March 23 in a Pentagon parking lot after running a stop sign. A search of his vehicle revealed he was transporting, "two rifles, two knives, an unspecified quantity of black powder, 20 rounds of .40-caliber ammunition and an empty manufacturer's box for a 1911-model Colt .45 semi-automatic pistol". Is the "Pentagon Man" a terrorist or Project Exile's first political prisoner? The AP Wire Service (http://www.newsday.com/ap/washington/ap264.htm) must believe (or wants us to believe) the former. He was carrying "bomb-making ...

Gore Revelation: TN Not Part of Super Tuesday! (AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Several Tennesseans cast votes in the presidential primary, thinking their state was part of Super Tuesday. They weren't alone. Vice President Al Gore seemed to think so, too. "I just got off the phone with a gentleman. I had to explain we're not Super Tuesday, we're just next Tuesday," said Knox County registrar Pat Crippens, whose office got about 30 calls from confused voters. Lorna Williams, registrar in Marshall County, said a man came to her office to cast his ballot after going to the National Guard Armory ...