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Eight biker gang members arrested

Authorities arrested on Wednesday eight members of a Christian biker gang known as Set Free Soldiers on charges of attempted murder in connection with a bar fight last week between the gang and members of the Hells Angels, according to Anaheim, Calif., police.

The arrests took place a little over a week after the Set Free Soldiers and Hells Angels clashed at the Newport Beach bar Blackie’s by the Sea, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Tim Schmidt. Schmidt said that during the brawl a stabbing took place.

All those arrested Wednesday are members of Set Free Soldiers, and the victims are members of the Hells Angels, Schmidt said.

Davie, Fla.

Suspect charged with agent’s killing

A South Florida man was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday in the killing of a federal agent outside a busy post office.

James Patrick Wonder, 65, was detained without incident after a SWAT team and dozens of officers surrounded a shopping center in this community about 10 miles from Fort Lauderdale.

More than 400 law enforcement officers and at least two Blackhawk helicopters had been scouring South Florida for the suspect in the killing of 52-year-old customs agent Donald Pettit.

Austin, Texas

Cheerleaders stuck in dorm elevator

How many cheerleaders can cram into an elevator?

Apparently not 26.

A group of teenage girls attending a cheerleading camp at the University of Texas got stuck and had to be rescued after trying to squeeze into an elevator at a residence hall Tuesday night.

One girl fainted and was treated at a hospital and released. Two others were treated at the scene.

The elevator doors refused to open after the pack of 14- to 17-year-olds descended from the fourth to the first floor, police said. Responding to a few panicked cell phone calls from the group, police and firefighters summoned an elevator repairman.

From wire reports