California mosque destroyed by blaze
Adelanto, Calif. A mosque at an Islamic cemetery was destroyed by a fire, and investigators said it may have been intentionally set.
Fire officials said the Friday blaze at the United Islamic Youth Organization mosque is considered suspicious because the building did not have electricity or gas service. Only two walls remained standing after the fire, which also destroyed Qurans and prayer rugs.
The mosque served as a spiritual center for visitors to a cemetery of 600 graves, which face toward the city of Mecca.
Three riders stabbed during fight on bus
White Marsh, Md. Three people were stabbed during a fight on a Greyhound bus on Interstate 95 early Saturday, police said.
The injuries weren’t life- threatening, and the bus continued from Richmond, Va., to New York, police said.
Police got a report about a fight between a man and a woman on the bus. Other passengers apparently went to the woman’s aid, and during the ensuing brawl, three people were stabbed.
One man was arrested, and the stabbing victims were taken to a hospital. Police didn’t know what caused the fight.
Family reburies teen killed 50 years ago
Alsip, Ill. Three days after the FBI exhumed Emmett Till’s body to search for clues to his slaying 50 years ago, his relatives gathered Saturday at a Chicago cemetery for his reburial.
The black teen’s body was found in 1955 after he was abducted from his uncle’s Mississippi home. Investigators exhumed Till’s remains Wednesday, saying DNA might help determine who killed him.
Two white men charged with Till’s murder were acquitted by an all-white jury. The two, now dead, later confessed to beating and shooting Till. They said they killed him because he whistled at the wife of one of the men.
Rather says Felt case about officials’ power
Denver Former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather said Saturday he believes Watergate whistle- blower “Deep Throat” showed the value of investigative journalism and careful use of anonymous sources.
Former FBI official W. Mark Felt revealed last week that he was the anonymous source dubbed “Deep Throat” who shared data with the Washington Post and helped bring down the Nixon presidency in the Watergate scandal.
Rather said at an Investigative Reporters and Editors convention that one of the most important lessons from Watergate was it was a reminder of the power officials have to manipulate the press.
More young children learning to go online
Washington Before they even can read, almost one in four children in nursery school is learning how to use the Internet.
About 23 percent of children in nursery school – ages 3, 4 and 5 – have gone online, according to the Education Department.
By kindergarten, 32 percent have used the Internet, typically under adult supervision.
Children are viewing Web sites with lessons that teach letters, numbers and rhymes.
Overall computer use is becoming common among young learners. Federal statistics show two-thirds of nursery school children, and 80 percent of kindergartners use computers.