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FRIDAY,OCTOBER 25,2002
News briefs
CAMPUS
Kansan applications available for positions
The University Daily Kansan is accepting applications for editor and business manager for the spring semester.
All KU students are eligible to apply to be editor or business manager of the Kansan. To apply, pick up an editor application in the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall, or a business manager application in 119 Stauffer-Flint. Completed applications are due Friday, Nov. 1. Contact Malcolm Gibson, Kansan general manager and news adviser, with questions, at 8647667 or mgibson@kansan.com.
Kansan staff report
NATION
Arrest in Maryland ends sniper search
FREDERICK, Md. — One of America's most extraordinary manhunts culminated yesterday in the arrests of an Army veteran and a teenager, asleep at a roadside rest stop—perpetrators authorities believe, of a bloody, three-week sniping spree that left 10 people dead.
Montgomery County State's Attorney Douglas Gansler said state and federal prosecutors would meet this morning to discuss charges against John Allen Muhammad, 41, and 17-year-old John Lee Malvo.
One source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a gun found in the suspects' car appeared to use. 223-caliber bullets — the fatal calling card in the attacks that began Oct. 2 with the killing of James D. Martin in a grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, Md.
The weapon found in the Chevrolet Caorice was a Bushmaster rifle.
The AR-15 is the civilian form of the M-16 military assault rifle. As a soldier, Muhammad received a Marksmanship Badge with expert rating — the highest of three ratings — in use of the M-16, according to Army records. Police also found a scope and tripod in the car, the official said.
The suspects, it seems, might have been tripped up by their own arrogance; authorities said they received a
call on the task force tip line taking responsibility for the sniper attacks and for something in "Montgomery.
Evidence from a Sept. 21 robbery attempt outside a liquor store in Montgomery, Ala., which killed one employee and wounded another, then led police to Malvo and Muhammad.
Two senior federal law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said investigators hadn't ruled out other accomplices, including some who may have provided vehicles or other support.
Suspected bandit arrested by FBI
NEWARK, N.J. — The FBI arrested a postal worker believed to be the "Puffy Cheek Bandit" responsible for 27 bank robberies in five states since 1998.
Cazzie Williams, 30, of East Orange, was taken into custody Wednesday at a restaurant where he had come to pick up an order.
The Puffy Cheek Bandit got his nickname because he held air in his cheeks as he robbed banks, FBI Special Agent Carrie Brzezinski said.
Williams' face appeared normal yesterday in his first court appearance, during which he was ordered held without bail.
The bandit, who was profiled on the television show America's Most Wanted last year, passed tellers notes threatening to shoot people, and showed what appeared to be a weapon in some robberies, Brzezinski said.
The FBI matched fingerprints from demand notes to Williams' fingerprints from a 1997 misdemeanor arrest, Brzezinski said.
Authorities allege Williams stole more than $100,000 in the robberies which took place between September 1998 and June 2000, except for one in 2001.
Eighteen of the 27 robberies were in New Jersey. The others were in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
A message left with Williams' public defender was not immediately returned yesterday evening.
The Associated Press
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Kristen Heins, Carlton, Mo., junior, accentuates the facial features on her pumpkin. After contemplating a cat, Heins went with her second choice and sculpted a happy face. Pumpkin carving was one of many activities offered last night at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
ON THE RECORD
A 52-year-old KU employee told the KU Public Safety Office that someone took a Canon digital video camera and its case, valued at $4,900, between 2:30 p.m. Oct. 17 and 8 a.m. Monday
from the Center for Research and Learning in Joseph R. Pearson Hall, according to reports.
A 22-year-old KU student told KU officers that someone took her blue
mountain bike, valued at $1,400,
between 4:30 p.m. and 6:50 p.m.
Wednesday from the 1200 block of Missiissippi Street, according to reports.
ON CAMPUS — For more events, go to kucalendar.com
Hall Center for the Humanities will sponsor the Nature and Culture Seminar "A Conversation with Jared Diamond" from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. today at the Summerfield Room in the Adams Alumni Center. Contact the Hall Center at 864-4798.
Hall Center for the Humanities will sponsor the lecture "Latin American Nobel Prize Winners: A Critique" from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today at the conference room in the Hall Center. Contact the center at 864-4798.
■ KU Hillel will host a Shabbat Dinner at 6 tonight at the Lawrence Jewish
Community Center. Contact KU Hillel at 749-5397 to RSVP.
Lawrence Life Fellowship will host a Bible study from 7 to 8:30 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Zach Keatts at 838-9093.
Student Union Activities will show the movie Men in Black II at 7 and 9:30 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Contact the SUA at 864-7469.
KU Karate Kobudo Club will practice at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow in the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center.
Contact Hannah Reynolds at 812-3422.
KU Ki Aikido Club will meet from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Jason Ziegler at 843-4732.
St. John Catholic Apostolic Church will host Mass at 6 p.m. tomorrow and noon Sunday in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. Contact the Rev. Joseph Tung Dang at 845-4953.
KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Samantha Nondorf at 218-3544.
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