Breaking news

“UN security nabs man who fired shots in the air outside Secretariat Bldg.

Man picked up in five shooting deaths in Montgomery County, Md.”

“really?? i was just wondering about that. Tarpy and i live in Montgomery County. we thought it had to be one person, 5 in a few hours was too many to be a coincidence...”

“They are looking for one shooter. No word yet on whether the guy they just picked up is suspect or just an unlucky guy.

UN shooter is in custody. Nobody hurt apparently.”

“someone from the "other" site said the same thing. he is also in Montgomery Co. something like 10 min from him. small world!
I told him to stay safe so he can still backpack with us Oct 19”

“Nothing on the net yet, but all over CNN, MSNBC, and Fox on the tube.”

“Martha Stewart has resigned from the board of the NYSE.”

“Wow! That sure comes as a surprise.

I think she's going to go down to the Post Office to file a change of address form shortly. Forward all mail to The Big House.”

“I wonder how her folded napkin swans will go over in the prison dining hall.”

“Shots fired at the United Nations
From Richard Roth (CNN)
Thursday, October 3, 2002 Posted: 1:56 PM EDT (1756 GMT)



This man was taken into custody after the shooting.



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UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- A man fired several shots into the air inside the gates in front of the United Nations on Thursday.

There were "at least three to four shots ... straight up in the air" said CNN U.N. Correspondent Richard Roth, who witnessed the incident.

The man threw his pistol to the ground and started to walk away. He threw about 25 white papers into the air.

Police quickly handcuffed a man and took him into custody.

It was not immediately clear whether the weapon was a real gun or a cap pistol.

No one was hurt.

The man was standing beside an empty fountain pool outside the U.N. building when he fired the shots, said Roth, who watched from a window on the fourth floor of the U.N. building.

The U.N. Security Council was meeting inside. No evacuation or other steps were taken inside the building, said U.N. spokeswoman Hua Jiang.”

“ha! aero, you so funny.”

“Don't worry about poor old Martha. Any prison she goes to will already have folded swan linen napkins. Just another Club Fed spa.”

“You're probably right, leptetomaine... unfortunately. It'd be great to send her to a real prison. She could work the cafeteria line and have other inmates shout "Yo! Cook my dinner, bit%&!!!"

Man, I sure wish HBO hadn't decided to pull the plug on Oz.”

“Pulled the plug on Oz?

Did they kill everybody off?”

“From what I understand, the upcoming season will be the last one. Production costs were too much, apparently. With a cast that large, I can't say that I'm very surprised. GREAT show.”

“Really. It is a bizarre show, sometimes hard to watch, and certainly not always easy to digest, but the acting is supurb and the plot lines are deep. I really get engrossed in the characters, although it's not the same with Adubizzi dead.”

“How....um....surprising.

The shooter at the UN was a US Postal Service worker....”

“You don't say. He was a failure. Usually they hit their targets. I mean jeez, a postal worker that can't shoot anybody? Just air? Whatta dweeb!”

“He used a Smith and Wesson pistol...I wonder if there's going to be another lawsuit against them from all levels of government.”

“I also live in Montgomery County and its pretty scary the way this has happend. Especially that 5 people could be killed in broad daylight with basically no one seeing anything.”

“Yeah, I have a sister in Silver Spring.”