In brief: Four killed when church van flips

BLAKELY, Ga. – A church van overturned after its tire blew Sunday on a southwestern Georgia highway, killing at least four and injuring 13 others, authorities said.

Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright said in an e-mail that 17 people were aboard the van when it rolled south of Blakely. He said the group was on its way to Florida when a rear tire blew, causing the driver to lose control. The vehicle hit the median and flipped several times, ejecting some.

The 1987 Dodge Ram Wagon van was from the Tabernacle of Prayer and Deliverance in Columbus.

NYC imam, wife get death threats

NEW YORK – The wife of an imam planning an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero said Sunday that she and her husband have received death threats.

“For the record, my life is under threat,” Daisy Khan said during a town hall debate on Islam broadcast on ABC’s “This Week.”

Khan, who’s married to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, said her husband’s life also is under threat, but “We do not walk around with bodyguards because we love this country.”

Khan said that moderate Muslims like her must lead the fight against extremists in their religion.

“This is what we Muslims want to do, but you have tied our hands,” Khan said. “You don’t allow us to do this because you brand somebody like me as an extremist and throw me into the arms of al-Qaida.”