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Miami, Orlando antiterror funds are cut

By TIMES WIRES
Published July 18, 2007

WASHINGTON

A new round of federal antiterror grants to cities shows big gains this year for some, such as San Diego, Phoenix and Denver, and cuts for others, including Miami, Milwaukee and Sacramento. An early copy of the antiterror aid, expected to be announced today by the Department of Homeland Security, shows that Orlando stands to lose more than $3-million of the $9-million it received last year and that Miami will lose a quarter of the $16-million it received in 2006. On the winning side: Phoenix more than tripled its take, to nearly $12-million, and Houston got a 50 percent increase to $25-million. Tampa's share is $8.6-million, down slightly from $8.8-million.

DENVER

Capitol assailant had loaded gun

Aaron Snyder, who declared himself "the emperor" before being shot to death by a state trooper outside the governor's Capitol office, was carrying a loaded .357 handgun, authorities said Tuesday. Snyder, 32, had been escorted out of Gov. Bill Ritter's office Monday when he pulled back his coat to reveal the gun and moved toward a state trooper, Denver police Chief Gerry Whitman said. Snyder did not draw the weapon but ignored two warnings that the trooper would fire. "The trooper did exactly what he was trained to do, to protect himself." Whitman said Snyder appeared to have "some type of mental problem."

DECATUR, GA.

Steroid found in wrestler's body

Pro wrestler Chris Benoit had a steroid and other drugs in his system when he killed his wife and young son last month and hanged himself in the family's home, investigators said Tuesday. Benoit's body contained 10 times the normal level of testosterone, as well as amounts of the antianxiety drug Xanax and the painkiller hydrocodone, authorities said. Dr. Kris Sperry said there was nothing to show that steroids played a role in the deaths.

WASHINGTON

Bush announces 4 judicial picks

President Bush announced four picks for the federal bench, including one to fill a vacancy created when Justice Samuel Alito Jr. joined the Supreme Court. Shalom Stone, a native of Fort Dix, N.J., was nominated to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a post formerly held by Alito. He named Robert Conrad Jr. of Chicago to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Catharina Haynes, a native of Melbourne, to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; and John Daniel Tinder of Indianapolis to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Elsewhere

TB SURGERY: Andrew Speaker, the tuberculosis patient who caused a public health scare in May, underwent successful surgery to remove a diseased portion of his right lung, said officials at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colo.

Hiv charge: Military and civilian authorities have charged Pfc. Johnny Lamar Dalton, an HIV-positive soldier at Fort Bragg, N.C., with assault with a deadly weapon, accusing him of having unprotected sex with a partner he didn't tell about the infection.

SUSPECT DIES: Wyoming Army National Guardsman David Munis, a military sharpshooter accused of killing his estranged wife as she sang at a bar, died Tuesday after being found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

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