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<p>BETHESDA, Md. — Charles Moose (search) looks deeply pained on the cover of his book about his life and sudden vault into fame as head of the Washington-area sniper investigation. His brow is screwed tightly, his eyes cast downward in the close-up photo.</p>

Book by Police Chief in Sniper Case Set Book by Charles Moose, Police Chief in Washington, D.C.-Area Sniper Case, Goes on Sale Monday The Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. Sept. 14 — The book that Charles Moose gave up his police job to write reveals little new about the three-week sniper investigation he led, but focuses much on his life, racism, criticism of the media and the ethics controversy over the book itself. "Three Weeks in October" goes on sale Monday, nearly a year after the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings started. The book by Moose, the former Montgomery County police chief,...

So Maryland's Montgomery County Police Chief has been forced to resign in order to write a book. The travails of Chief Charles Moose have become national news, with an ethics commission insisting he may not profit from his duties as overseer of the search for the East Coast snipers; in other words he may not write his proposed account of the events of last October that saw 10 people killed from ambush and 3 wounded in the area of the nation's capital. Nor may he consult on a proposed movie deal, or take advantage of lucrative speaking opportunities. (The day...

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A book by the police chief who helped lead the Washington-area sniper investigation has been posted for preorder sales on the Internet, despite a ruling from a county ethics commission that he stop the project. Charles Moose appealed the commission's decision, but state and federal courts have yet to rule. Moose's New York publisher, E.P. Dutton, meanwhile listed the book, "Three Weeks in October," on Amazon.com. Two Montgomery County Council members questioned whether Moose should remain chief because of the decision to list it. "When you have an appeal underway and it's not been decided, I...