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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is remembering those killed at a Jewish community center and retirement complex, saying no one should have to worry about their security while gathering with their fellow believers. Obama spoke at an Easter prayer breakfast at the White House. He says the fact that yesterday's attack in Kansas came as Jews prepare to celebrate Passover and Christians prepare for Easter makes the tragedy "all the more painful." The man accused of killing three people Sunday is a well-known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt.
AURORA, Mo. (AP) — A neighbor says, "It's crazy that someone can be so likable but be full of this kind of hate." Mitzi Owens, who lives near the southwestern Missouri town of Aurora, is talking about Frazier Glenn Cross, who's been identified as the gunman who killed three people yesterday near Kansas City. She said he has always seemed friendly, but that locals are well aware of his racist leanings.
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Teachers have returned to a Pittsburgh-area high school where 21 students and a security guard were wounded in a stabbing rampage five days ago. They attended a counseling session at a church this morning before heading over to Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville. Students will be able to visit the school with their families tomorrow and classes will resume Wednesday, a week after the attack. Four students remain hospitalized in critical condition. Authorities say 16-year-old Alex Hribal (RY'-buhl) attacked his fellow students at the school with a pair of kitchen knives. He faces four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's president is blaming the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram (BOH'-koh hah-RAHM') for the bombing attack that killed more than 70 people in the Nigerian capital of Abuja. The explosion ripped through a bus station during the morning rush hour. One official said he believed the bomb had been buried in the ground, while the emergency management agency says the explosives were apparently hidden in a vehicle.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection has begun in New York City in the trial of an Egyptian Islamic preacher extradited from Great Britain on charges he conspired to support al-Qaida. Twelve jurors and four alternates are being picked for the trial of Mustafa Kamel Mustafa (muh-STAH'-fuh kah-MEHL' muh-STAH'-fuh). He has pleaded not guilty to charges he conspired to support al-Qaida by trying to set up a terrorist training camp in 1999 in Oregon. He also is accused of helping abduct two American tourists and 14 others in Yemen in 1998. Four hostages died.
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