By: RAMON ESPINOSA - Associated Press | ∞
Wendy, a dancer of the nightclub Jazzys, cries over the death of her two sisters, while she's helped by neighbors in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Monday, Nov. 27, 2006. Fire struck a nightclub after it had closed early Monday, killing nine employees who lived on the floor above the establishment, officials said.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Fire struck a strip club after it closed early Monday, killing nine employees who lived on the floor above the establishment, including several dancers, officials said.
The fire at Jazzys was already out by the time neighbors notified authorities of the blaze about 4 a.m., said Col. Rafael Javier Bueno of the East Santo Domingo fire department.
The victims, including six women and three men, died of smoke inhalation and were found on the second floor, Bueno said. They were the only people inside the building at the time.
"Everyone who was inside the club died," Bueno said.
A preliminary investigation indicated an electric short-circuit caused the fire, national police chief Bernardo Santana Paez said.
The fire, which was confined to the interior of the two-story building, charred tables, chairs and much of the dancers' stage. There was smoke damage on the second floor, which was divided into several small bedrooms and a large living space with five mattresses on the floor.
Both of the building's exits had been locked from inside, and damage to a rear door suggested neighbors tried to break in for a rescue attempt, Bueno said.
The windows on the top floor were barred, leaving a single staircase leading down into the club as the only possible escape route.
The exterior, topped with domes and fake minarets evoking an Arabian palace, showed no signs of damage. No other buildings were affected in the rough eastern district of the capital known for its nightclubs.
A few family members stood outside the building Monday morning, some of them weeping.
The club had apparently closed a few hours before the fire started. In a bid to combat crime, the government imposed a law in July requiring all bars and nightclubs to close at midnight on weekdays and at 2 a.m on weekends.
Thousands of Somalis move to higher ground to escape floods
MARERE, Somalia (AP) -- Thousands of people have built makeshift structures on hilltops and bridges turned into tiny islands by the overflowing Juba River in central Somalia on Monday, and international agencies struggled to deliver aid to one of the most dangerous countries in the world.
The Juba and Shabelle rivers in Somalia have flooded hundreds of villages. Thousands of homes remained submerged in the villages of Marere and Ormale.
"We are providing medical care to as many people as we can in the area, but the lack of access is making life extremely difficult," said James Lorenz, regional spokesman for Medecins Sans Frontieres. "There are tens of thousands of people who are in desperate need of assistance and little aid is forthcoming."
Lack of clean drinking water is the main concern, because many of the wells have been flooded, Lorenz said.
"Then we are worried about food, because a lot of the food supplies have been destroyed," he added.
The United Nations said it was going to launch an appeal for $12 million by the end of the week for flood victims in Somalia.
District commissioner Harrison Lende said the Mwanza River overflowed its banks causing severe flooding in several villages.
A United Nations report said U.N. officials met with donors Sunday to discuss the situation in Somalia and to identify funding gaps. "Priority gaps are in water and sanitation, health and logistics sectors," the report said.
Malaria was a special concern because of the number of people who are sleeping outdoors. The U.N. was hoping to find local groups to help distribute anti-malaria materials, the report said.
Eric Laroche, the U.N.'s humanitarian chief for Somalia, said war posturing by the transitional government and an Islamic movement was hindering aid delivery and a "corridor of peace" needed to be created so aid can reach 330,000 people who have fled their homes to escape the worst flooding in a decade.
He said in the worst case scenario, 1 million people could suffer from the flooding if weather forecasts are correct and the seasonal rains last longer than normal.
Farther south in the nation of Malawi, two women were missing and feared dead after being swept away in floods in the southern town of Blantyre, a senior district official said.
District commissioner Harrison Lende said the Mwanza River burst its banks in several villages in the southern Lower Shire Valley. He said the flooding took villagers by surprise.
The World Meteorological Organization has forecast an El Nino weather pattern, which could cause the worst flooding in 50 years in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Rural residents have just begun to recover from a drought earlier this year. As a result of the back-to-back natural disasters, the World Food Program has said that more than 18 million people may require assistance this year.
Black leaders seek end to use of racial slur in entertainment
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Black leaders on Monday challenged the entertainment industry, including rappers, to stop use of the racial slur that Michael Richards uttered in his tirade.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and others said they will meet with TV networks, film companies and musicians to discuss the "n-word."
"We want to give our ancestors a present," Jackson said at a news conference. "Dignity over degradation."
Jackson also asked the public not to buy a DVD box set of the seventh season of the TV show "Seinfeld" that was released last week.
Richards, who played the wacky neighbor Kramer on "Seinfeld," triggered outrage with a Nov. 17 racial rant against two black men when he was heckled during a stand-up comedy routine at the Laugh Factory nightclub in West Hollywood. A patron recorded the outburst with a video camera phone.
Richards has made several apologies, including one Sunday on Jackson's syndicated radio program, in which he has said he is not a racist and was motivated by anger.
At the press conference, comedian Paul Mooney said he has used the "n-word" numerous times during stand-up performances but will no longer do so after watching Richards' rant.
"He's my Dr. Phil," the black comedian said. "He's cured me."
Asked about free-speech issues, Jackson said the word is "unprotected."
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., charged that only situations such as the Richards incident turn mainstream media attention to issues involving the black community.
"This is not simply about whether or not the black community forgives or forgets, this is about understanding that this is pervasive, that this happens in all of our institutions, one way or the other," Waters said.
Massachusetts to sue Big Dig companies for millions, alleging negligence
BOSTON (AP) -- The state will file a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against companies that worked on a Big Dig highway tunnel, claiming their negligence led to the ceiling collapse that killed a woman in July, the attorney general said Monday.
Attorney General Tom Reilly said he will seeking unspecified damages for repairs, loss of tunnel use and toll revenue and other economic factors in a lawsuit to be filed Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court.
Reilly said 15 firms involved in the management, design, construction or oversight of the Interstate 90 tunnel would be named in the negligence lawsuit, but only one -- project manager Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff -- would face the more serious claim of gross negligence.
The firm knew early on about problems with the epoxy bolt system used to secure 4,500-pound cement ceiling panels and had evidence of bolts slipping or failing but still turned over the tunnel to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority in 2003 without warning of the "potentially dangerous situation," Reilly said.
"The clock was ticking. The fuse was lit. It was just a matter of time until tragedy occurred," Reilly said, emphasizing the criminal investigation was ongoing.
Reilly, who did not seek re-election to mount a failed run for governor, said he chose to file the civil lawsuit now to avoid a question of statute of limitations. Under state law, lawsuits over defective construction usually must be filed within six years of completion, and a ramp that is part of the project in question was completed Nov. 29, 2000.
The lawsuit also names Modern Continental Construction Co. and Gannett Fleming, the firm in suburban Braintree that designed the I-90 connector tunnel; as well as companies that supplied the epoxy or ceiling bolts used to hold up ceiling panels, and three insurance companies. Gannett Fleming also is being sued for breach of contract.
Four of the concrete panels fell on a car in which Milena Del Valle, a 39-year-old from Boston, was a passenger July 10.
Andy Paven, a spokesman for Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, said the company would not comment on the lawsuit. "We have always said we will stand behind our work," Paven said.
Paul Andrew, a representative from Cambridge-based Modern Continental, also said he could not comment because he had not seen the lawsuit but said the company stands by its work.
Representatives of Gannett Fleming also did not respond to a call seeking comment.
Del Valle's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in August against many of the same companies as well as the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the agency that oversees the $14.6 billion highway project, the most expensive in U.S. history.
Jeffrey Denner, a lawyer for the Del Valle family, said they are gratified that the state plans to sue.
"We're happy that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is now standing up and essentially saying who's at fault here with their own investigation," Denner said.
The Big Dig replaced the old elevated Central Artery that ran through the heart of Boston with a series of tunnels, ramps and bridges. The project has been plagued by leaks, falling debris, delays and other problems linked to faulty construction.
On the Net:
Big Dig: http://www.massturnpike.com/bigdig/index.html
Authorities close Lincoln Memorial after reports of suspicious bottles, note
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Authorities briefly closed the Lincoln Memorial on Monday after finding suspicious bottles in a restroom and a note reading "Do you know what anthrax is?" and "Do you know what a bomb is?"
Authorities found a bottle appearing to contain a liquid in a basement ladies' rest room, along with the note.
None of the objects was found to be a threat, said Wayne Benson, a batallion chief with the District of Columbia fire department.
The memorial was reopened less than three hours later, shortly after 3 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
Firefighters, U.S. Park Police and the FBI investigated after authorities found a Gatorade bottle and a travelers' coffee mug in the rest room, Benson said. Several pieces of paper inside a plastic case also were found.
During the closure, hazardous materials crews in protective suits were seen working at the memorial.
10 killed in group home fire in southwest Missouri; 24 others treated as cause sought
ANDERSON, Mo. (AP) -- An early morning fire broke out in a group home for the elderly and mentally ill Monday, killing 10 people and injuring two dozen others in a blaze that the governor said was being treated as a crime.
The blaze reduced the privately run Anderson Guest House to a skeleton of cinder blocks and stunned this rural community of about 1,800 people tucked in the Ozark hills about 35 miles south of Joplin.
Gov. Matt Blunt said investigators were treating the fire as suspicious.
"We're not saying it is definitely a crime scene, but we are treating it as if it is and trying to determine if the fire was set by somebody who had a nefarious motive," Blunt said.
The dead ranged in age from early 20s to the elderly. Eighteen people were taken to hospitals and six were treated at the scene, authorities said.
Plane crash in Iran kills 36 members of Revolutionary Guards
TEHRAN, Iran (AP)-- An Iranian military plane crashed shortly after takeoff early Monday, killing 36 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards, the official news agency reported.
The accident is the third crash of an Iranian military aircraft in 12 months.
Two other people were injured in the crash, which occurred near an airport in Tehran, Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, the commander of the Guards, told the Islamic Republic News Agency.
The plane, a Russian-built An-74, suffered a "technical failure in its engine," Safavi was quoted as saying. He added that the accident was under investigation, IRNA added.
State television reported that six of the 36 deaths were the plane's crew, but they also belonged to the Revolutionary Guards. The plane was bound for Shiraz, about 1,000 kilometers to the south of Tehran.
The two survivors were hospitalized, IRNA reported, without giving their condition.
In January, a small military passenger Falcon jet crashed in northwestern Iran, killing the commander of the ground forces of the elite Revolutionary Guards. That happened just one month after a military transport, a U.S.-made C-130 plane, crashed into a 10-story building near Tehran's Mehrabad airport, killing 115 people.
In Iran, the Revolutionary Guards are a separate organization from the regular armed forces. Founded after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Guards have their own air, naval and ground components. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a former commander in the Guards.
Iran has a history of aircraft accidents involving a heavy loss of life. The government has blamed a U.S. trade embargo, which makes it impossible for Iran to buy parts for its old U.S.-built aircraft. But critics have also said the planes are poorly maintained.
Argentina's main torture center to become a 'Museum of Memory'
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- It took two decades for the government to begin recognizing the sites where thousands of citizens were tortured and killed by the military junta during Argentina's so-called Dirty War, and next year the most infamous one will finally be vacated by the military so it can become a museum.
President Nestor Kirchner announced plans in 2004 to create a "Museum of Memory" on the site of the Navy Mechanics' School, resolving a long controversy over what to do with the white-colonnaded buildings on well-tended lawns that endure as a symbol of the 1976-1983 repression.
Descriptive markers have already been installed in the building where prisoners were held, and the Navy has agreed to vacate all 35 structures by September 2007. Government officials, human rights groups and families of the disappeared are now debating final proposals for how to use the space.
Until Kirchner's announcement, the buildings were still used by the navy and not even a plaque noted the atrocities committed there.
Three of the capital's other detention sites have been set aside, and a memory park is under construction along the River Plate, near one of the airports where planes left on "death flights" to drop drugged captives into the South Atlantic.
Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock each file for divorce after less than 4 months of marriage
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock each filed divorce papers Monday seeking to end their marriage of less than four months.
Anderson's representative would not comment on the reason or any particulars of the divorce. Anderson and Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, each cited "irreconcilable differences" in their divorce filings in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
"Yes, it's true," Anderson wrote in a brief statement on her Web site. "Unfortunately impossible."
A message left with Ritchie's attorney wasn't immediately returned.
The relationship between Anderson, 39, and Ritchie, 35, has been a turbulent one since they became engaged in 2002. They broke up the following year, but later reunited and held several wedding ceremonies over the summer.
They were wed in late July near St. Tropez, France, and again at a courthouse in Beverly Hills on Aug. 3. They also tied the knot in an Aug. 17 ceremony in Nashville, Tenn.
The pair filed separate divorce petitions, about an hour apart, early Monday. Anderson reported their separation date as Nov. 21; Ritchie said it was Nov. 26.
First word of the split was reported by "The Insider" syndicated news magazine.
Anderson's spokeswoman, Tracy Nguyen, confirmed earlier this month that the actress had suffered a miscarriage.
The actress has two sons, Brandon, 10, and Dylan, 8, from her marriage to rocker Tommy Lee. Ritchie, a Michigan native who owns a condo in Nashville, has a 13-year-old son, Bob Jr.
Anderson appears in "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." She has been filming "Blonde and Blonder." Ritchie released his latest CD, "Live Trucker," in February.
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Pamela Anderson: http://www.pamelaanderson.com/
Kid Rock: http://www.kidrock.com
Four injured as boat hits bus in San Fernando Valley
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A boat hit a city bus in the San Fernando Valley, slightly injuring four passengers, authorities said.
The boat was being towed by a pickup when it came loose as the truck crossed some railroad tracks in Northridge shortly after 5:30 p.m. Sunday, police Sgt. William McAllister said.
Four passengers on the bus complained of pain and were taken to a hospital for examination, McAllister said.
Their injuries were not believed to be serious, authorities said.
The 29-year-old man towing the boat was questioned at the scene and released, McAllister said.
Jail inmates knit for the needy
LOGAN, Utah (AP) -- Jail inmates are spending hours knitting caps, blankets and booties for children around the world.
"We might all be criminals," said David Evans, 25, of Blackfoot, Idaho, "but some of us have big hearts."
The pastime at the Cache County Jail in northern Utah began about two years ago. The handmade crafts go to a group called Save the Children or to humanitarian efforts organized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Inmates have knitted more than 300 hats this year, about half with matching booties. They also have stitched mittens and small blankets.
"We are like an army," said Jane DeSpain, a Mormon Relief Society president who organized the project. "There are humanitarian projects going on all over the world. They are part of that."
Jail officials said they were wary about putting knitting needles, a potential weapon, in the hands of inmates. But there have been no incidents. The needles are counted and collected before 30 to 40 prisoners return to their minimum-security blocks.
"Anytime you are doing something good for someone else, you are improving yourself," said Capt. Kim Cheshire, jail commander. "That isn't just for the inmates; that's for the rest of us."
One man created a large hat that resembled the one worn by the cat in Dr. Seuss' "Cat In The Hat." It stretched more than 3 feet, with broad red and white stripes and a braided tassel. Folded beneath was a child's hat to match.
Justin Paz, 19, of Logan recently was making a blue baby blanket. As his tattooed hand worked the needles, he thought about the child, probably a boy, who would snuggle with it.
Paz said he's hooked on a hobby that is "helping somebody."
"Honestly, when I get out, I'm going to buy one of these," he said of the knitting tools.
Inert hand grenade found at LA-area high school
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES (AP) -- An inert hand grenade was found Monday at Peninsula High School, with a note saying more of the devices were hidden on the campus, officials said.
Classes were canceled, and a search was under way after the 8 a.m. discovery at the suburban Los Angeles school.
Students were evacuated and bused to nearby Ridgecrest Intermediate School in Rancho Palos Verdes, where they met their parents, sheriff's Lt. Greg Ahn said.
"There is no known motive and no known suspects at this time," Ahn said.
The principal of the high school found the grenade on his route from the parking lot to his office, Ahn said. The sheriff's bomb squad determined the grenade was no longer explosive.
Ahn said surplus stores sell such inert devices, though it was not clear where the grenade found on Monday had been obtained.
Author Bebe Moore Campbell dies at 56 in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Bebe Moore Campbell, who penned several best-sellers including "Brothers and Sisters" and "What You Owe Me" as well as articles for The New York Times and The Washington Post, died Monday. She was 56.
Campbell died at home in Los Angeles from complications due to brain cancer, said publicist Linda Wharton Boyd. She was diagnosed with the disease in February.
"My wife was a phenomenal woman who did it her way," husband Ellis Gordon Jr. said in a statement. "She loved her family and her career as a writer.
Her books, most of which were fiction based on real-life stories, touched on racial and social divides while including the perspective of many ethnic groups.
One of her first novels, "Your Blues Ain't Like Mine," was published in 1992 and spanned a 40-year period dealing with prejudice in the United States. The book earned her an NAACP Image Award for literature.
She followed the book with "Brothers and Sisters," which focused on race relations in the corporate world after the 1992 Los Angeles riot.
Among her other novels were "Singing in the Comeback Choir," "What You Owe Me" and "72 Hour Hold," the latter dealing with a mother coping with her daughter's bipolar disorder.
She also wrote children's books, including "Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry" in 2003, which won the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Outstanding Literature Award. Another children's book, "I'm So Hungry," will be released next year.
Campbell, whose full name was Elizabeth Bebe Moore Campbell Gordon, was born in February 1950 in Philadelphia. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971.
She wrote for various publications, including The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Essence and Ebony.
Moore Campbell is survived by her husband; a son, Ellis Gordon III; a daughter, Maia Campbell; her mother, Doris Moore; and two grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were pending.
Wisconsin man may break record for longest arm hair
JACKSON, Wis. (AP) -- Jon Sanford takes good care of his hair, washing it regularly and conditioning it occasionally. Now he might break a record for that hair -- on his arms.
One particularly long strand measured 4.1 inches. If the measurement is ruled official by Guinness World Records, Sanford will have topped the previous record of 3.96 inches.
"It's my mutant hair," said Sanford, 37.
Sanford is from Jackson, a town about 30 miles northwest of Milwaukee. He downloaded the necessary forms from Guinness, faxed them back and received further directions.
"I need two witnesses whom I do not know and they have to be respected in the community," he said of the instructions.
So he turned to Jackson patrol officer Shane Wrucke and fire chief John Skodinski.
"We're not always saving lives and protecting property. We also do other things," Skodinski said.
To comply with Guinness regulations, Wrucke and Skodinski accompanied Sanford to the bathroom before the measurement to watch him wash the arm hair.
"I condition it sometimes," Sanford said.
Sanford will receive a certificate if his application is affirmed.
His mother, Sue Sanford, said the hair was "gross," but his daughter Molly called it "cool."
New video poker guarantees playing time
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- When it comes to gambling in Las Vegas, nothing is guaranteed. Except for this: A new video poker machine ensures a certain amount of playing time, no matter how bad your luck.
The video poker slot machine is called "Guaranteed Play." It was conceived not in the back room of a casino or at a slot machine laboratory, but at inventor Jay Walker's office in Stamford, Conn.
The device, which is expected to be offered in Las Vegas casinos within six months, allows players to buy a certain number of video poker hands up front for a set price.
For example, Walker's games can offer 150 hands of "Jacks or Better" for $20 and 400 hands for $40. Those hands could take 20 minutes to an hour to play. Games offer more or less hands for the money based on the type of video poker game and the odds that apply to that game.
The gambler should assume that he will lose his money -- but that he will have enjoyed playing a guaranteed number of games in the meantime.
"At the movies you know you're getting about an hour and a half plus some popcorn," Walker said. "We can assure customers that even before they leave their house, they know they're going to be on a game for a while."
Purfume bottle sells for $216K
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. (AP) -- A bottle of perfume that was originally purchased for $50 has been auctioned off for $216,000. And that doesn't include the perfume itself.
An elderly woman who wanted to remain anonymous received the bottle of Tresor de la Mer from her husband in 1939. He had bought it at Saks Fifth Avenue store.
The woman, who is now in her 90s, held onto the empty bottle -- designed by Renee Lalique -- and the box it came in for years, before deciding to auction it at the Rago Arts and Auction Center on Nov. 17.
Ken Leach, a perfume bottle expert at the auction, told The Times of Trenton that only 50 of the Lalique bottles were made, and he only knows of another one still in existence.
Bidding on the perfume featured two telephone bidders rapidly increasing the price during the final two minutes. "Everybody was holding their breath," Leach said. "I thought they were ready to drop out at $100,000, but they just kept going."
The buyer also preferred to remain anonymous.
Nebraska man lives under the Google maps arrow
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- James Bergsten has an easy way to direct people to his house: Just type in Lincoln, NE, and search in Google maps.
The arrow that appears just happens to show the rest of the way.
"I tell it to people all the time," he said.
The arrow is in the same spot if you did the search on MapQuest or Yahoo! Maps.
"It is the city centroid," said MapQuest representative Dori Salcido. He said it "represents the geometric center of the polygon encompassing the city."
Technically, five other houses on Bergsten's block can also brag about being the center of Lincoln's Web universe.
By the way: In the U.S. Postal Service world of numbers and street names, Bergsten and his family live at 3761 B St.
Chilly rain brings Seattle close to breaking record for a month, but drier weather forecast
SEATTLE (AP) -- This city known for gray skies and frequent drizzle is close to breaking its own wet record.
On Sunday, as thousands of people ran and walked in the Seattle Marathon, a chilly rain left .8 of an inch of precipitation, bringing the total for the month to a near-record 15.08 inches.
The all-time record for precipitation in a month in Seattle is 15.33 inches in December 1933.
With December just a few days away and cold and slightly drier weather forecast, it was uncertain whether additional the expected snow flurries and rain in the forecast would be enough to break the record.
Naeema Cushmeer, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said breaking the record would be "a little tricky ... a hit-and-miss type of thing." The forecast was for mostly cold, relatively dry weather with a chance of snow flurries Monday evening and Tuesday and rain unlikely before Wednesday.
Rainstorms earlier this month raised the total for November to 11.63 inches at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which broke the old record for November of 11.62 inches, set in November 1998.
Mayor, police chief meet with leaders to discuss NYC shooting
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg was "deeply disturbed" by the barrage of gunfire unleashed by officers in a weekend shooting that killed a groom on his wedding day, the mayor said Monday.
"I can tell you that it is to me unacceptable or inexplicable how you can have 50-odd shots fired, but that's up to the investigation to find out what really happened," Bloomberg said after meeting with community leaders at City Hall.
Bloomberg was joined by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Charles Rangel and several other officials at the meeting.
Sharpton called it a "very candid, a very blunt meeting." He said the message to Bloomberg was: "This city must show moral outrage that 50 shots were fired on three unarmed men."
Bloomberg was steadfast in his support for Kelly, who has been denounced by some community leaders over the shooting.
"I think he's the best police commissioner the city has ever had," Bloomberg said. "Nobody takes this more seriously than Commissioner Kelly and I do."
Police fired an estimated 50 rounds at the groom, Sean Bell, 23, and two other unarmed men in a car early Saturday, hours before he was to have married the mother of his two children.
Five officers were placed on paid administrative leave and stripped of their guns, said Paul Browne, chief spokesman for the NYPD. Police and prosecutors promised a full investigation.
"This warrants an answer," Rangel said as he arrived for the meeting. "Not just to the families of those that were shot and killed but to the people of the city of New York."
On Sunday, several hundred people held a vigil for Bell, some shouting "No justice, no peace!" and demanding Kelly's ouster.
Kelly has said police shot at the car after it drove forward and struck an undercover officer and an unmarked police minivan. The information was based on interviews with witnesses and two officers who did not fire their weapons, he said.
However, Trini Wright, a dancer at the strip club where Bell's bachelor party was held, told the Daily News she was going to a diner with the men and was putting her makeup bag in the trunk of their car when the police minivan appeared.
"The minivan came around the corner and smashed into their car. And they (the police) jumped out shooting," Wright, 28, told the newspaper for Monday editions. "No 'stop.' No 'freeze.' No nothing."
Kelly had said Saturday it was too early to say whether the shooting was justified. He said it was unclear whether the officers, who were in plain clothes, identified themselves before firing.
Bell's fiancee, Nicole Paultre, made a quiet visit to the site of his shootings before dawn Monday, lighting candles clustered around a photograph of the smiling couple with one of their daughters.
The shootings occurred after 4 a.m. Saturday outside the Kalua Cabaret in Queens. Kelly said the confrontation stemmed from an undercover operation by seven officers investigating the club.
Bell was struck twice. Joseph Guzman, 31, was shot at least 11 times, and Trent Benefield, 23, was hit three times. Guzman was in critical condition Monday and Benefield was stable.
The officers' shots struck the men's car 21 times. They also hit nearby homes and shattered windows at a train station, though no residents were injured.
Police thought one of the men in the car might have had a gun, but investigators found no weapons. It was unclear what prompted police to open fire, Kelly said.
According to Kelly, the groom was involved in a verbal dispute outside the club, and one of his friends referred to a gun.
An undercover officer walked closely behind Bell and his friends as they headed for their car. As he walked toward the front of the vehicle, the car drove forward, striking the officer and minivan, Kelly said.
That officer was apparently the first to open fire, Kelly said. He had served on the force for five years. One 12-year veteran fired his weapon 31 times, emptying two full magazines, Kelly said.
It was the first time any of the officers, all of whom carried 9 mm handguns, had been involved in a shooting, he said.
At some point, Bell backed the car onto a sidewalk, hitting a building gate, police said. He then drove forward, striking the police vehicle a second time, Kelly said.
The department's policy prohibits shooting at moving vehicles states "unless deadly force is being used against the police officers or another person present, by means other than a moving vehicle."
This isn't the first time the NYPD has come under scrutiny over officer-involved shootings.
In 1999, police killed Amadou Diallo, an unarmed immigrant from Guinea in western Africa who was shot 19 times. The four officers in that case were acquitted of criminal charges. And in 2003, Ousmane Zongo, a native of Burkina Faso in western Africa, was hit four times, twice in the back. In that case, one officer was convicted of criminally negligent homicide, but acquitted of the more serious charge of second-degree manslaughter.
Rangel said the latest shooting "reminds me of a tragedy that took place with Mr. Diallo. And we can't have that. We can't have that."
-- Associated Press Writer Tom Hays contributed to this report.
Murder suspect pursued by cops in S.C. takes brief detour through school
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A murder suspect ran through an elementary school Monday as he fled police trying to arrest him, and schools in the area were locked down while officers tried to find him.
The man was inside Watkins-Nance Elementary School only briefly, entering through the front and running out a rear door, Richland County sheriff's spokesman Chris Cowan said.
Police didn't know if the man was armed but he was considered dangerous, Cowan said.
Officers had gone to a nearby house with arrest warrants for two men wanted in a killing during an apparent robbery at a motel last week.
They arrested Larry Kenneth, 47, but the second man, Eugene Frost, 34, saw officers when he arrived at the house and fled on foot, police said.
Watkins-Nance and three other schools in the area were locked down, with no one allowed to leave or enter, while police searched for Frost.
Teddy bears and prayers commemorate the week after deadly Alabama school bus wreck
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- One week after a school bus filled with students plunged off a highway overpass, Willie Hinton Sr. had a prayer ready to offer Monday to mark the exact moment.
Hinton's son was seriously injured in the accident but survived. Four other students did not.
"I will take time to do that," Hinton said of the quiet prayer he planned for 10:10 a.m. CST. "I'll do it just as a reminder of how grateful and how thankful we are and should be."
Huntsville schools observed a moment of silence at the same time to mark the moment of the Nov. 20 crash.
City schools spokesman Keith Ward said officials will spend this week trying to get back into a normal routine while still acknowledging students' grief.
Two teenage girls died at the scene and two others later died from their injuries. Forty Lee High School students were aboard the bus when it plunged about 30 feet and crashed nose-first onto a street.
Local officials and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash, which also involved a car being driven by another Lee student. Witnesses say that car came up on a side lane and apparently hit the bus. Both vehicles were on their way to a downtown technical center, where students can receive special science and math credits.
Students now will be bused to the center using a route that doesn't include Interstate 565. Officials hadn't decided yet whether students would be allowed to drive their own cars to the center.
"Something like this is such a tragic event that it can't go away in a day or a week or a month. It's just something that's an ongoing process," Ward said Sunday.
Classes at Lee were dismissed at 11:30 a.m. Monday to allow students and staff to attend the funeral for 17-year-old Crystalle Renee McCrary.
Thousands of mourners attended three other funerals during the holiday weekend. Nicole Sharika Ford, 19, was buried Friday, while Tanesha Estella Hill, 17, and Christine Collier, a 16-year-old sophomore, were laid to rest Saturday.
Several of the injured students attended the funerals, their crutches, limps, cuts and bruises making them easy to spot.
Anthony Scott, who was driving the bus, remained hospitalized on Monday, along with two student passengers, hospital officials said.
School officials said a nonprofit charitable organization would donate and deliver 900 teddy bears to Lee High School students Monday. Ward said grief counselors would be at the campus "just as long as they need to be."
5 people killed in Nebraska when pickup truck strikes oncoming vehicle on icy interstate
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) -- An out-of-control pickup truck crossed the median of a four-lane highway and struck another pickup coming from the opposite direction, killing a woman and her two young children and two other people.
Freezing drizzle may have contributed to the crash Sunday on Interstate 80 in central Nebraska, State Patrol spokeswoman Deb Collins said Monday.
All five killed were in the westbound Ford pickup that crossed the median, Collins said.
She identified them as Maria Avalos, 32, and her sons, 3-year-old Alexandro Ulloa and 2-month-old Avan Ulloa, all of Denver, plus two adults from West Valley, Utah -- Rafael Castro Recendez, 34, and Ortensia Julio, whose age was not known.
Collins said Recendez and Julio were believed to be related to the Ulloas.
The Ford truck crossed the median and clipped one eastbound car, then collided with an eastbound Dodge pickup.
Avalos' husband, 35-year-old Vincent Ulloa, was in serious condition Monday following surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, a spokeswoman said.
Two people in the Dodge, both from Lincoln, were in good condition Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital, where they were being treated for multiple fractures.
No injuries were reported in the car that was clipped by the Ford pickup.
Facing wine glut, Europe's vintners distill wine into alcohol for use in disinfectants
BELLEVILLE-SUR-SAONE, France (AP) -- At some of France's most celebrated vineyards, vintage wine is being transformed into alcohol for disinfectants or gasoline additives -- a high-tech process winemakers hope will help them stay afloat.
Chronic overproduction, dipping domestic consumption and fierce overseas competition have created a European wine crisis of unprecedented scale.
With lakes of unsold wine threatening to undermine prices, the European Union has resorted to paying vintners to destroy some of their stock each year, distilling billions of bottles of perfectly drinkable wine into pure alcohol.
The steaming grape juice that's left is hauled back to the vineyards, where it will be used to fertilize next year's vintage.
Skeptics say the measure, which cost EU taxpayers $190 million last year, is a quick fix that does not get at the root of the problem -- Europe simply produces too much wine for too few consumers.
A contested new EU plan aims to downsize Europe's wine industry, shifting from distillation to ripping out huge swaths of vineyards -- some 100,000 acres of vines, or more than 10 percent of Europe's total, over the next five years.
Across Spain, France and Italy, Europe's vintners are putting up a united front against the proposal. But as more wine is distilled each year -- reaching 740 million gallons in 2005 -- even the most virulent opponents acknowledge something has to be done.
"For years, we shrugged the crisis off as a temporary downturn," said Gilles de Longevialle, who heads a group representing the vintners of Beaujolais. "But we're beginning to see it's here to stay."
Until last year, so-called "crisis distillations" were only for the cheapest table wines. Now, however, quality wines are also boiled away in large quantities.
So for the second autumn in a row, Philippe Terrollion, director of the Beaujolais Distillery in central-eastern France, sent out a fleet of trucks to pick up an expected 2.3 million gallons of unbottled, unsold Beaujoulais wine -- enough to fill about 125 swimming pools.
"For vintners, the decision to distill is a hard one," said Terrollion. "But in the end, they have to do it to get rid of the old stuff to make room for the new."
With funds from the EU and local authorities, Terrollion paid vintners the EU-fixed price of about $1.66 per gallon -- about one-fifth of the average price paid by wholesalers for bottled wine sold for consumption.
While European vintages languish on the shelf, consumers around the world are reaching for bottles from so-called New World producers in Chile, the U.S., South Africa and elsewhere.
New World imports now account for 70 percent of wine sales in Ireland, for example, and Australia recently overtook France as Britain's main supplier.
"In France, we used to think we were the biggest and the best and no one could touch us," said Louis-Fabrice Latour, who heads the prestigious Louis Latour label in the Burgundy region. The feelings of superiority blinded vintners to the threat from foreign rivals, he said.
But overseas competition is not the only reason behind Europe's wine troubles. Changing continental drinking habits are also to blame. Wine consumption is down throughout the continent, with wine-drinking champions Italy and France leading the decline.
In 1980, the French and the Italians each consumed about 1.3 billion gallons of wine a year, according to the European Commission. By 2005, yearly consumption had dipped to roughly 800 million gallons.
In the town of Beaune, in Burgundy, Jean-Pierre Charriot sat in a bar nursing an after-work drink. But instead of a chilled Chardonnay or robust Pinot Noir, both regional specialties, he was having a beer.
Charriot makes his living in the wine industry. A tour guide, he takes foreign tourists on visits to local vineyards and wineries.
Although wine pays the bills, Charriot said he doesn't drink much of the stuff.
"I drink beer pretty much every day, but wine is for special occasions," he said, adding that wine's high alcohol content makes it a tricky choice in today's drunk-driving-conscious France. "With wine, you can't drive home after a couple of drinks after work."
Many French vintners blame tougher laws aimed at curbing drinking and driving for the country's precipitous decline in wine consumption. In 1960, the average Frenchman drank 3.1 bottles of wine per week. Today, the average intake is 1.4 bottles per week and falling, according to Michel Baldassini, who heads the main Burgundy wine growers' association.
Once a French dietary staple as fundamental as bread or cheese, wine is increasingly regarded as a luxury product, Baldassini said. "The French are drinking less, but better."
The change is hurting middle-market regions like Beaujolais while favoring vineyards in places like Champagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy -- the prestigious regions on which Europe is betting its winemaking future.
The EU's wine overhaul still needs approval from member governments and the European Parliament, and EU officials hope to have the new rules in place for the 2008 growing season.
The winemakers warn against tearing out vineyards, pointing to India and China, where an emerging middle class is beginning to acquire a taste for wine.
"When the Chinese really get into wine, demand for our product is going to explode to the point where if we cut back today, we might not be able to fill it," de Longevialle said.
Still, nearly everyone admits the status quo is not viable.
"It's clear we can't go on like this," said distillery director Terrollion. "But we can't just snuff out winemaking either -- especially in a region like ours, where wine runs in our veins."
Volcanic ash from Mount Etna forces Catania airport to close again
ROME (AP) -- Clouds of volcanic ash billowing from Mount Etna forced authorities Monday to shut down the airport near the Sicilian city of Catania for a fourth straight night.
Fontanarossa airport, the main one in eastern Sicily, will be shut down as a precaution from dusk Monday to dawn Tuesday, Italy's civil aviation authority said.
The airport is being closed only overnight since pilots during the day can avoid ash-laden clouds, authority spokeswoman Loredana Rosati said.
A number of flights have been canceled or diverted at Fontanarossa since a column of smoke and ash began pouring from Etna last week.
Mount Etna, Europe's biggest and most active volcano, springs to life every few months. In 1669, a huge eruption destroyed Catania. Etna's last major eruption was in 1992.
Ruby slippers, scarecrow land at museum for temporary exhibit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dorothy's ruby red slippers are now temporarily nestled near NASA's rockets and Charles Lindbergh's plane in a new Smithsonian exhibit that has the blessing of two original munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz."
More than 150 well-known objects from the National Museum of American History collection are on public display in the "Treasures of American History" exhibit across the National Mall at the National Air and Space Museum.
Leaders of the popular history museum, which closed in September for a major renovation and will reopen in summer 2008, wanted to keep at least part of the massive 3 million piece collection on view.
Ruth Duccini and Jerry Maren, two of the munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz," helped open the new exhibit last week.
"The city council of Munchkinland nominated me to be part of the welcoming committee for Dorothy," said Maren, 87, who was 17 when he played one of the three "Lollipop Kids." He wore a blue baseball cap that said "The Lollipop Kid," and carried a huge green and purple lollipop over his shoulder.
"We wish to welcome you to Smithsonian Institute," he sang to the tune of the "Lollipop Guild" song in the 1939 film.
"It's just an honor to see this," said Duccini, 88, as she stood near a display of the slippers worn by Judy Garland and the rarely seen scarecrow suit worn by Ray Bolger in the legendary movie. She said she doesn't watch "The Wizard of Oz" very often because "most of the people I knew are gone already. It's kind of sad."
The slippers, scarecrow costume and a bulky Technicolor camera used to film "The Wizard of Oz" are in the first of the exhibit's four galleries. The Creativity and Innovation section also includes one of the oldest known pairs of Levi Strauss jeans and Thomas Edison's light bulb.
The American Biography section includes Jacqueline Kennedy's inaugural gown, the robe worn by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor when she was sworn is as the first woman justice and Ray Charles' tuxedo, among other famous relics.
"It's very hard to choose a treasure when you go into the collection," said Brent Glass, director of the National Museum of American History. "Each object is important in and of itself. It tells a whole story."
A portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, the top hat Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated and the Greensboro, N.C., lunch counter where four black college students protested segregation by sitting down at the "whites-only" counter highlight the exhibit section called National Challenges. The lunch counter is elevated so visitors can see the scuff marks and chewing gum still stuck below the counter.
Kermit the Frog and other objects from television highlight the fourth section, American Identity.
Some of the Smithsonian's newest acquisitions from Hurricane Katrina are on display for the first time in a case that will feature different objects every few months. Katrina artifacts include a piece of the failed levee wall from New Orleans, a rosary that provided solace to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration lead forecaster Robert Ricks and a mailbox that was the only object left standing at a house destroyed in the storm.
Smithsonian curators are still trying to get in touch with owners of the mailbox, which is labeled "The Alexanders" and was found in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward.
The central core of the history museum has been emptied, and heavy construction is scheduled to begin in December, Glass said. He said the Air and Space Museum was chosen for the temporary exhibit because a gallery was available and the space museum draws millions of visitors each year.
"There's also a connection with some of the objects here," he said, "especially in the area of innovation and creativity."
On the Net:
National Museum of American History: http://americanhistory.si.edu/
Gyllenhaal wins award
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Maggie Gyllenhaal has won the best actress award for her performance in "Sherrybaby" at the 17th annual Stockholm International Film Festival.
"Sherrybaby," directed by Laurie Collyer, was named best picture. Collyer won the Bronze Horse award for "a pure and heartbreaking work about survival and dignity," the festival jury said Sunday.
The film follows a young woman recently released from prison who tries to reconnect with her young daughter while confronting her old life and drug abuse.
"It takes you on a desperate quest for love, through a landscape of struggle, guilt and broken dreams which at times is hard to watch yet impossible to forget," the jury said.
Ryan Gosling, 26, was named best actor for his role in Ryan Fleck's "Half Nelson."
Gyllenhaal gave birth to a daughter, Ramona, in October. The 29-year-old actress is engaged to actor Peter Sarsgaard.
Screen credits for Gyllenhaal include roles in "Mona Lisa Smile," "Secretary" and "Donnie Darko," co-starring her brother, Jake Gyllenhaal.
The festival, which ended Sunday, showcased 170 films from nearly 40 countries.
Elton John struck by nausea during concert
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- Elton John left the stage briefly during a weekend concert in Brisbane after being struck by a bout of nausea.
John left the stage without a word about two hours into his Sunday concert. He was gone for about five minutes, the Australian Associated Press reported Monday.
When he returned, the 59-year-old pop star used an Australian colloquialism to explain that he had left the stage to vomit. "I thought I'd better chunder in the toilet (rather) than all over the front row," he was quoted as saying.
Apparently feeling better, John closed the show about 45 minutes later.
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Elton John: http://www.eltonjohn.com/
Tosh's sons protest auction of M-16-shaped guitar
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Organizers of a film festival in Jamaica shelved plans to auction a guitar shaped like a M-16 rifle that was once owned by Peter Tosh after his sons protested the sale.
Bidding for the guitar, which Tosh -- one of the founders of the Wailers -- once said he used to "scare all vampires," had been scheduled to start Sunday on the eBay Web site.
Allison Young, a publicist for the Flashpoint Film Festival, confirmed the weeklong auction had been postponed. She said two of Tosh's sons, who live in the United States, had contacted the festival's organizers.
"The family is trying to resolve who really owns the guitar, the estate or his girlfriend," she said.
Tosh, who posthumously won a Grammy for best reggae recording for his album "No Nuclear War," was killed at age 42 by robbers who broke into his home on Sept. 11, 1987.
Marlene Brown, Tosh's former girlfriend, put the guitar up for auction in October. She told the Jamaica Gleaner that Tosh gave her the Fender Stratocaster as a gift. Tosh's sons objected to the sale, saying the guitar belonged to the Peter Tosh Foundation.
A call placed Sunday to Tosh's aunt went unanswered. No telephone numbers were available for his sons.
It wasn't clear when the matter would be resolved.
Young said proceeds from the guitar sale were to benefit a home for children suffering from HIV/AIDS.
The Flashpoint Film Festival is scheduled Dec. 1-3.
Bruce Lee theme park to be built in action star's ancestral home in southern China
HONG KONG (AP) -- A theme park with a statue and memorial hall will be built at Bruce Lee's southern Chinese ancestral home of Shunde, the president of his fan club said Monday.
The park will also contain a martial arts academy and conference center, Wong Yiu-keung, chairman of the Hong Kong-based Bruce Lee Club, told The Associated Press.
Wong said he couldn't confirm details of a report Monday in the Apple Daily newspaper that said the park was budgeted at $25.5 million and was expected to be completed in three years.
Wong said he attended the laying of the theme park's foundation in Shunde, near Hong Kong, on Sunday. He said Lee's younger brother, Robert Lee, and actress Betty Ting Pei also attended.
The newspaper said Ting donated a set of nunchucks -- a weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or rope -- that Lee once used.
Lee, who was born in San Francisco, died of an edema, or swelling of the brain, in Hong Kong in 1973. He was 32. His action films included "Fists of Fury" and "Enter the Dragon."
Wong said he wasn't certain who is funding the theme park.
Spanish writer Raul Guerra Garrido wins Spanish literary prize
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Raul Guerra Garrido, known for novels set in Spain's Basque region, has won one of the country's most prestigious literary prizes, the Culture Ministry said Monday.
The National Prize for Spanish Letters recognizes the literary achievements of a Spanish author over the course of a career. The award, considered the most important national literary accolade after the Cervantes Prize, carries a cash stipend of more than $40,000.
Born in Madrid in 1935, Guerra Garrido completed undergraduate and doctorate degrees in pharmaceutical studies. He later moved to the country's northern Basque region, where he opened a pharmacy and began his literary career, writing both traditional and suspense novels.
His 1987 novel, "La Mar es Mala Mujer" ("The Sea Is a Bad Woman") was made into a motion picture. Other works include "El Otono Siempre Hiere" ("Autumn Always Hurts") and "La Gran Via es New York" ("The Gran Via Is New York").
Kathleen Turner wins best actress prize at London's Evening Standard Awards
LONDON (AP) -- Kathleen Turner was named best actress Monday at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her starring role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Turner starred as Martha in an acclaimed revival of Edward Albee's drama about combative New England spouses. The production originated on Broadway in 2005 before coming to London's West End earlier this year, and earned Turner a Tony nomination.
Turner, 52, said the award was an honor, praising London audiences and "the quickness and the alertness that we find here in the London stage."
She also took at stab at the government of President Bush and the poor results for Republicans in this month's congressional elections.
"Many of us worked to change the direction of our current government, and I'm happy to say that we did darn well," Turner said.
Rufus Sewell was named best actor for Tom Stoppard's "Rock'n'Roll." Stoppard's drama about music and politics in Czechoslovakia also won the prize for best play.
The state-subsidized National Theatre beat commercial West End producers to win the best musical award for the Tony Kushner/Jeanine Tersori musical "Caroline, or Change." The National also took the best director prize for Marianne Elliott's "Pillars of the Community."
A special award for outstanding contribution to theater went to playwright Peter Morgan for "Frost/Nixon," a re-creation of the 1977 televised showdown between Richard Nixon and British journalist David Frost.
North London's small Tricycle Theatre won another special award for a series of political plays dramatizing real events, including detentions at Guantanamo Bay, the Hutton Inquiry into the Iraq war and the inquiry into the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland.
Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman and model/actress Jerry Hall were among the presenters for the ceremony at London's glitzy Savoy Hotel. Now in their 52nd year, the Evening Standard Awards are sponsored by London's afternoon newspaper.
Country singer Troy Gentry pleads guilty to misdemeanor charge in Minnesota bear tagging case
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- Troy Lee Gentry pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of falsely registering a captive bear as being killed in the wild.
Under the plea, the 39-year-old country singer agreed to pay a $15,000 fine, give up hunting, fishing and trapping in Minnesota for five years, and forfeit both the bear's hide and the bow he used to shoot the animal in 2004.
The plea meant Gentry avoided a trial, which had been scheduled to start Monday.
Gentry, of Franklin, Tenn., declined to comment to the Star Tribune of Minneapolis as he left the courthouse.
Ron Meshbesher, his attorney, said Gentry pleaded guilty to "a simple charge having to do with improper tagging (of a game animal), and that's all it ever was."
Lee Marvin Greenly, 46, Gentry's local hunting guide, pleaded guilty at the same hearing to two felony charges of helping other hunters shoot bears at illegal baiting stations he maintained inside a national wildlife refuge near Sandstone in east-central Minnesota.
Greenly faces a maximum prison sentence of five years for each count, forfeiture of all-terrain vehicles he and employees used to reach the bait stations, and a maximum fine of $400,000.
Gentry told the court he bought the bear from Greenly with the understanding they would videotape a hunt inside the bear's enclosure, which was surrounded by an electric fence.
"Lee and I made a deal about harvesting this bear," Gentry testified. They also agreed to report it was killed in the wild 6 miles east of Sandstone instead of on Greenly's property south of the town.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson ordered a pre-sentence investigation for both Gentry and Greenly and told them to appear for sentencing at a date to be announced later, or risk an additional charge.
In exchange for Gentry's plea, federal prosecutors dropped a felony charge of violating the Lacey Act, which authorities said bans possessing or transporting illegally obtained wildlife.
Gentry and Eddie Montgomery are the country singing duo Montgomery Gentry. Their hits include "My Town" and "If You Ever Stop Loving Me."
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