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Published: November 11, 2009
Updated: 11/10/2009 11:55 pm
One killed, 2 wounded as gunman fires on lab
TUALATIN, Ore. -- A man opened fire with a rifle yesterday at a drug-testing laboratory in suburban Portland, killing one woman and wounding two other people before fatally shooting himself, police said.
The gunman and the female victim were not immediately identified.
The Tigard-Tualatin School District was in lockdown after the shooting at Legacy MetroLab.
Tualatin, population 26,000, is a middle-class community about 13 miles south of Portland.
Colorado curbs on medical marijuana are overturned
DENVER -- A judge overturned tight restrictions on Colorado medical marijuana providers yesterday, saying that state health officials had ignored the needs of patients and violated open-meetings laws while imposing the rules.
The ruling means that medical marijuana providers can continue to supply the drug to registered users without having to provide any other care, as a state Board of Health vote last week would have required.
Subway-train driver lauded in woman-on-tracks incident
BOSTON -- The driver of Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had tumbled onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero.
Charice Lewis, who saw passengers frantically waving on the platform, immediately tugged her emergency brake.
The woman, whose name was not made public, suffered some scrapes and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. She told authorities that she had been drinking.
Sheriff in runaway-ballon case cleared of wrongdoing
DENVER -- Boulder County's district attorney has decided that no criminal charges are warranted against the sheriff who disclosed that child-welfare workers were involved in the investigation in the runaway-balloon case.
Richard Heene's attorney, David Lane, claimed that the revelation by Sheriff Jim Alderden of Larimer County had violated privacy laws.
The Heenes are under investigation for reporting that their son, 6, had drifted away on a homemade balloon that broke loose from its tethers Oct. 16 in Fort Collins .
Boulder County's district attorney, Stan Garnett, appointed as a special prosecutor to consider Lane's complaint, said yesterday that Alderden disclosed no information from the Department of Social Services.
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