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  AP  COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A University of Maryland student has been arrested and charged with posting an Internet threat claiming he planned to go on a shooting rampage on campus hoping to kill as many people as possible.Campus police said in a statement that 19-year-old Alexander Song of Fulton, Md., has been identified as the person who posted on a website plans for a rampage that would  kill enough people to make it to national news.  The message also warned people to  stay away from the mall.  Police did not elaborate.Song was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation after his arrest Sunday. Song, who was not armed when he was arrested, faces a misdemeanor charge of disturbing scho stanley bottle ol activities.        A police spokesman says it s unclear if Song has an attorney.The university website describes Song as a member of a campus research prog stanley cup uk ram for select honors students who explore how science and technology relates with society. The Gemstone Program lists Song as scheduled to graduate in 2014.Police say the university administration has moved to immediately suspend Song and ban him from campus pending a review.                                                                       ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5          display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-961299b0-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, stanley cup usa   right-rail-recirc-item--id-961299b0-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d         display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-961299b0-8c88-11e2-b06b- Czsc Billionaires Giveth (And Taketh Away)
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 With unsteady voices and eyes brimming with tears, fathers, brothers, sons and daughters of those killed by Dennis Rader mdash; the BTK serial killer mdash; took place in front of a courtroom microphone to describe the depth of the pain he caused the community.  Nancy s death is a like a deep wound that will never, ever heal,  Beverly Plapp, sister of victim Nancy Fox, testified.  As far as I m concerned, Dennis Rader does not deserve to live. I want him to suffer as much as he made his victims suffer.  This man needs to be thrown in a deep, dark hole and left to rot,  she said.  He should never, ever see the light of day. Some of those who were given five minutes to speak to Rader and the court, such as Carmen Otero, expressed pure anger, CBS News 60 Minutes correspondent Erin Moriarty reports for CBSNews. Others, such as Kevin Bright, who was shot by Rader, gave testimony almost too intense to listen to.Rader, 60, a former church congregation president and Boy Scout leader, led a double life, calling himself BTK for  bind, torture and kill.  The slayings terrorized the Wichita area until Rader was arrested in February. He pleaded guilty in June to 10 murders committed from 1974 to 1991.        The sentencing hearing, which began Wednesday, was in many ways i stanley cup s a formality, wit stanley cup h the only issue before the judge whether Rader will serve his 10 life sentences consecutively or conc stanley website urrently. Kansas had no death penalty at the time the killings were committed.Watch CBSNews s  Liv Ncde Emily, Jacob Still Top Baby Names
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 A federal judge on Monday upheld a gun ban at the world s busiest airport, dealing a blow to gun rights groups who argued a new Georgia law authorized them to pack heat in certain parts of the Atlanta airport.U.S. District Judge Marvin Shoob expressed concern that allowing guns at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport could cause significant economic damage and could be a  serious threat to public safety and welfare. His decision rejected a request by GeorgiaCarr stanley us y.org that would have temporarily allowed gun owners to carry their weapons in the airport until his final ruling on the gun ban  151; a challenge that could likely last months.The legal showdown erupted when the state law that allows people with a co stanley tumblers ncealed weapons permit to carry guns into restaurants, state parks and on public transportation took effect on July 1.City officials quickly declared the airport a  gun-free zone  and warned that anyone carrying a gun there would be arrested.        GeorgiaCarry.org sued the city and the airport, claiming that the airport qualifies as mass transportation under the new state law. Attorney John Monroe told the judge repeatedly that no law makes it a crime for residents with permits to bring their guns into terminals, parking lots and other unsecured areas.Gov. Sonny Perdue, who signed the bill into law in May, supports the lawsuit Stanley cup website . The Republican suggested that his own wife might want to carry a firearm for long walks between the parking lot and the airport s te Vukb The Color Blue Has Conquered the Internet
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 Tyco International Ltd. plans to close 24 factories and eliminate 7,100 jobs, primarily in its electronics and telecommunications businesses, and is scrapping its plan to break the company into four parts.The manufacturing and services conglomerate said Thursday it will hold on to its plastics division which it had hoped to sell for about $4 billion and said it will spin off its CIT financial division.Its chairman and chief executive, Dennis Kozlowski, said the breakup pl stanley cup an announced in January was a mistake.The company did not release details about where and when the job cuts will take place. They represent about 3 percent of the company s worldwide work force of almost 250,000 people. It said the charges resulted from a  fierce decline  in the electronics and telecommunications markets.The announcements came as Tyco announced it lost $1.9 billion, or 96 cents per share, in the three months ended March 31 in contrast to a profit of $1.1 billion, or 62 cents per share, a year ago.        Revenue slipped to $8.66 billion from $8.81 bil stanley water bottle lion a year ago.Excluding the charges, Tyco s earnings were 65 cents per share, 3 cents ahead of Wall Street expectations.The results for the second fiscal quarter include a $3.3 billion charge.The company cut its earnings projections for the fiscal year to $2.60 to $2.70 per share, before charges. Analysts surveyed by Thompson Financial/First Call had projected $3.14.            Tyco said its estimate assumed stanley cup  CIT remain part of Tyco through the  Splz Star Wars: Episode VII Set Pics May Reveal Adam Driver   s Secret
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