RED LAKE, Minn. - As many as 20 teenagers may have known ahead of time about plans for the shootings that resulted in the deaths of 10 people on the Indian reservation, tribal and federal officials said Friday.
Capt. Dewayne Dow of the tribal police told a group of parents, teachers and staff at a three-hour School Board meeting that authorities believe as many as 20 students were involved. Gunman Jeff Weise, 16, killed nine people and himself, officials say.
FBI agents seized 30 to 40 computers from the high school computer laboratory to perform forensic analysis on the machines, FBI and school officials said.
Tribal chairman Floyd "Buck" Jourdain Jr. appeared at Friday's School Board meeting and defended his son, Louis Jourdain, who is accused of having knowledge of the attack. "I sincerely feel my son is a victim, just like everybody else's," Jourdain said.
Ex-Connecticut governor reports to federal prison
LORETTO, Pa. - Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland arrived at a federal prison Friday morning to serve a yearlong sentence for corruption.
Rowland, 47, was sentenced to 1 year and a day at the camp but will be eligible for release after 10 months. He must also serve four months of house arrest.
Earlier in the day, the three-term Republican gave thanks for his family and supporters.
Rowland - a congressman at 27 and the state's youngest-ever governor at 37 - had been well-liked in heavily Democratic Connecticut and was considered a rising star in the Republican Party before he resigned in July under threat of impeachment.
Bush okays quarantine if needed for bird flu
WASHINGTON - President Bush signed an executive order Friday authorizing the government to impose a quarantine to deal with any outbreak of a particularly lethal variation of influenza now found in Southeast Asia.
The order is intended to deal with a type of influenza commonly referred to as bird flu. Since January 2004, an estimated 69 people, primarily in Vietnam, have contracted the disease. But Dr. Keiji Fukuda of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said he suspects there are more cases.
The fatality rate among those reported to have the disease is about 70 percent.
The order gives the government legal authority to detain or isolate a passenger arriving in the United States to prevent an infection from spreading.
NASA delay could push back shuttle launch
CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA is late in supplying vital information to the task force overseeing the agency's effort to resume shuttle flights for the first time since the Columbia disaster - a delay that could force the postponement of Discovery's launch in May.
A top shuttle official said Friday that it is taking the space agency longer than expected to put together all of the necessary paperwork and documentation, and to complete all the final reviews on the design changes and other improvements made to the shuttle after the 2003 catastrophe.
Another two weeks of reviews will be needed before that is available, said Michael Kostelnik, deputy associate administrator for the shuttle and station programs.
NASA continues to aim for a May 15 launch of Discovery, but the chances that the space agency can meet that date are slipping because of the paperwork delay and the many postponements in getting the shuttle to the pad.
