Texas man cleared in shooting of possible burglars

A Texas man who shot and killed two men he suspected of burglarizing his neighbor's home cleared in the shootings Monday by a grand jury.

Joe Horn, 61, shot the two men in November after he saw them crawling out the windows of a neighbor's house in the Houston suburb of Pasadena.

Horn called 911 and told the dispatcher he had a shotgun and was going to kill the men. The dispatcher pleaded with him not to go outside, but Horn confronted the men with a 12-gauge shotgun and shot both in the back.

"The message we're trying to send today is the criminal justice system works," Harris County District Attorney Kenneth Magidson said.

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US MARSHALS FUGITIVE

The US Marshalls are seeking assistance in locating a federal fugitive. Jeremy Earl Jay, 23, is wanted for violation of his pretrial release conditions in connection with a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in the Boise area. He is five feet, 10 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds and decorates his brown hair with a generous an apparently greasy pile of blond streaks. Jay is possibly driving a black 1996 Honda Civic, Idaho license 1B1896 or a dark blue or black Ford Tempo with unknown plates. He is known to frequent the following …

Obamas, Bidens at White House

The incoming residents of the White House are sitting down for coffee with the couple who have lived there for the past eight years.

Barack and Michelle Obama are there for a pre-inauguration coffee with President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura. They are joined by Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill.

The Bushes warmly greeted the Obamas outside, posed for photos and then ushered their guests …

Cooking school planned for S. Shore center $5 mil. would pay for state-of-art kitchen, but some aren't sold

A state-of-the art cooking school would be installed at the SouthShore Cultural Center under a plan advanced by a Chicago ParkDistrict committee on Wednesday.

"The plan is to make culinary arts part of culture," said WilliamReynolds, provost of Washburne Culinary Institute.

Under the deal, endorsed by the Administration Committee, theCulinary Institute would contribute $5 million to build a fancykitchen and for structural repairs, in return for a 20-year leasewith two five-year renewal options, Reynolds said.

The school would operate a first-floor restaurant that would beopen to the public and offer classes to the community even after itmoves to its new home on …

ESPN's Limbaugh should stick to the facts

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If Rush Limbaugh and his enablers over at ESPN were really keen tosmash NFL stereotypes, there's no better place to begin than bymaking sure "Playmakers" gets canceled before the next episode hitsthe airwaves.

That would make Limbaugh a hero to football fans across thepolitical spectrum. Unfortunately, it also would require work,something Limbaugh has been loath to do, judging by his "Sunday Rush"segments so far for the all-sports network.

It's one thing to make the kind of mistake he did two weeks ago,incorrectly saying the Rams have never been to a Super Bowl undercoach Mike Martz. It's another, though, for Limbaugh to slam …

Kenyans Executed in 5-Year Crackdown

As many as 8,040 young Kenyans have been executed or tortured to death since 2002 in a police crackdown on an outlawed sect, according to a new report by a group of Kenyan lawyers.

Another 4,070 young men have gone missing between August 2002 and August 2007 after being held in police custody, said the report by the Oscar Foundation Free Legal Aid Clinic-Kenya released Saturday.

The report does not offer evidence on who was responsible for the deaths and disappearances but said most of the missing were last seen in police custody.

Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe dismissed the report as "a document not worth responding to."

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