eBay: He did not buy ammunition here

eBay says shooter did not buy ammunition on eBay (Reuters)

Reuters - The gunman who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech University did not purchase ammunition used in the rampage on eBay's online auction site, eBay said on Monday, refuting published reports.

Dutch or nothing

Speak Dutch or be fired (Reuters)

Reuters - A Belgian auto parts supplier has forbidden its workers to speak any language other than Dutch, even during their lunch break, and employees could be fired if they disobey.

Pakistan parliament to re-elect Musharraf

Pakistan parliament to re-elect Musharraf, PM says (Reuters)

Reuters - President Pervez Musharraf will be elected for a second term in office by the sitting parliament before it is dissolved ahead of general elections due later this year or early 2008, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said.

We forgive you

'We forgive you'

BLACKSBURG, Virginia -- The memorial stone is piled with flowers and an American flag like all 32 others, but the name on it provokes a wince: Cho Seung-Hui, the man who unleashed the country's worst-ever shooting rampage on the university campus here.

Hail U2!

U2 donates instruments to help Katrina victims (Reuters)

Reuters - The beloved Gibson Les Paul guitar of U2's The Edge fetched $240,000 and Bono's sunglasses pulled in $20,000 at an auction on Saturday to benefit musicians who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina.

US$9 Million in Beating Case

Jury Awards $9 Million in Beating Case

A jury awarded $9 million to a black man who suffered permanent brain damage after being beaten and dumped in a field by four men in 2003.

***How in the world is he going to enjoy this?  If they are able to pay him, it will just go to medical bills and stuff.  And all you have is just a wasted life.  A richer wasted life.

Finmin steps down for 3 months

Israeli finmin steps down for 3 months amid probe (Reuters)

Reuters - Israeli Finance Minister Abraham Hirchson, battling allegations of fraud and embezzlement at a previous job, is stepping down for three months, his lawyer said on Sunday.

5 babies die in orphanage fire

5 babies die in Bosnian orphanage fire (AP)

AP - A fast-moving fire tore through an orphanage in Bosnia's capital early Sunday, killing five babies and injuring 17 others and a nurse, police and hospital officials said.

TV coverage of terror attacks increase stress levels

9/11 Dreams Study Suggests TV Coverage Boosted Stress (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- A study of Americans' dreams inthe weeks before and after Sept. 11, 2001, suggests that TV coverage ofthe terror attacks actually increased viewers' stress levels.

US$900 Billion risk

US Government: Global Warming is a $900 billion risk

The U.S. government, insurer of last resort, faces a potential payout of at least $919 billion under a worst-case scenario of flood and crop losses due to global warming, congressional investigators say. So guess whose taxes are about to increase...?

Leader: More Suicide Raids!

Taliban's elusive leader urges more suicide raids

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has urged his followers to step up suicide attacks on foreign and Afghan troops and remain united, according to a Taliban commander.

US nuclear worker took software to Iran

US nuclear worker took software to Iran: FBI

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former engineer at the largest U.S. nuclear power plant was arrested on suspicion of taking software codes and using them to download details of plant control rooms and reactors while in Iran, officials said on Saturday.

Thailand braces for political paralysis

Political paralysis looms for Thailand

BANGKOK--Military-ruled Thailand is bracing for political paralysis as crises loom over a new constitution and the fate of its main parties ahead of elections later this year, analysts said.

Oil spill mystery

Vietnam oil spill mystery plot thickens

HANOI--For three months crude oil spills have sullied beaches, mangroves and aquaculture farms along Vietnam's long coastline, but the government says the source of the pollution remains a mystery.

Somalia clashes - 52 dead

52 killed in clashes in Somali capital (AP)

AP - Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian soldiers turned the streets of the Somali capital into a battleground for a fourth straight day, firing rockets and mortar rounds at each other on Saturday in what a human rights official said was the worst violence in years.

Mogadishu war escalates

Hundreds dead as Mogadishu war escalates (Reuters)

Reuters - Shells pounded Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least 73 people to swell a death-toll already in the hundreds from this week's battles pitting militias and Islamists against Somali and Ethiopian troops.

Comedians who are Presidents

President Bush stands with comedian Rich Little

(AP) - President Bush stands with comedian Rich Little,left, and Steve Scully, at start the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, D.C. Saturday, April 21, 2007. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

***I was referring to them both

He was pissed off by poor evaluation

Police: Poor review set off NASA gunman (AP)

AP - The gunman in an apparent murder-suicide at the Johnson Space Center targeted a NASA worker he feared could get him fired, police said Saturday.

Too little, too late

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A message to student gunman Seung-Hui Cho is left at the makeshift memorial in front of Burruss Hall on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Saturday, April 21, 2007. The memorial has grown daily since Cho shot and killed 32 students and faculty members on Monday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

***This piece of literature would have saved a lot of lives if it were given even earlier.  Too late.

Blazers5505 a.k.a. Virginia Tech killer bought ammo through eBay

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A screen grab showing ammunition clips bought by eBay member 'blazers5505' is shown on a laptop computer in Blacksburg, Va., Saturday, April 21, 2007. The Virginia Tech killer went to eBay to buy ammunition clips for one of the types of guns used in the rampage, a spokesman for the auction site confirmed Saturday. Using the handle blazers5505, Seung-Hui Cho bought two 10-round magazines for the Walther P22 — one of two handguns used in the massacre of 32 people. (AP Photo)