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Teen Is Charged in Shooting
OXNARD, Calif. -- Prosecutors charged a 14-year-old boy with attempted murder and said he committed a hate crime in the classroom shooting of an eighth-grader who was declared brain-dead. Prosecutors would not say why they filed a hate-crime enhancement with the attempted murder count, but several classmates said the 15-year-old victim, Lawrence King, sometimes wore makeup, high heels and other feminine attire.
Spacewalk Is Set for Today
CAPE CANAVERAL -- The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex face one last spacewalk Friday to wrap up exterior work on the newly installed Columbus lab, which flight controllers expect to begin science operations before Atlantis leaves next week.
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