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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Abayte Ahmed and her husband learned of their son's death in the most heinous fashion. A family acquaintance called and told them to click on an Internet site. There on the screen were photographs of their 20-year-old son -- the boy with the movie-star looks -- shot through the head thousands of miles away in Somalia.

Jamal Bana died in Somalia. Several missing Somali-Americans are believed to have fought there.

"He must have been somewhat disillusioned and indoctrinated, because he didn't have any clue about Somalia at all," his mother said, fighting back tears and barely able to speak about her eldest son.

Jamal Bana had been missing for months from his Minneapolis home. His family is still grappling with the circumstances surrounding his death in a land they had fled -- an African nation wracked by chaos and violence.

The FBI said Bana's death is part of a sweeping federal investigation into a recruiting effort in the United States by a Somali terrorist group called Al-Shabaab, which has ties to al Qaeda. More than a dozen young men of Somali descent have disappeared from the Minneapolis area in recent months. At least three, including Bana, have ended up dead in Somalia, community leaders say.  Watch the harrowing saga of Jamal Bana Â»

Bana was the kind of son a modest immigrant family pins its hopes on. He was the eldest of seven and studying engineering at local colleges. But last fall, his family said, he disappeared without any warning. A few days later, the phone rang. All that could be heard was a quick sentence. "I'm in Somalia," his mother quoted him as saying. He then hung up.

Communication from then on was scarce. In calls or text messages, the family said, Bana was guarded, as though someone was watching or listening to him.

On July 11, the family received the call telling them to look on the Internet. Bana's father broke down in tears when he saw the photos. One image was a close-up of his son's face, a bullet wound on one side of his head. Another showed the body being carried through the streets of Mogadishu on a stretcher.

His parents said they believe their son was brainwashed and recruited to fight in the civil war between Somalia's unstable transitional government and Al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab remains entrenched in northeast Somalia and in sections south of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, after fighting that has uprooted more than 200,000 people since early May, according to the United Nations.

The question immigrants in the United States want answered is: How have their youth ended up so far away?

One of the missing youth, Shirwa Ahmed, 27, blew up himself and 29 others last fall in Somalia in what is believed to be the first suicide bombing carried out by a naturalized U.S. citizen. Ahmed had traveled from Minneapolis. The attack raised red flags throughout the U.S. intelligence community and sparked an investigation by the FBI.

Just weeks ago, community activist Abdirizak Bihi lost his 17-year-old nephew, Burhan Hassan, in Somalia. Asked if his nephew had been kidnapped from Minneapolis, Bihi said, "They kidnap them in the sense of mental kidnapping, not physically. But they play a male role of mentor."

Bihi and community leader Omar Jamal said they hold one place at least loosely responsible: the Abubakar as-Saddique Islamic Center, the largest mosque in Minneapolis.

"All these kids missing, they all have one thing in common: They all participated in youth programs in that mosque," said Jamal.

Jamal and Bihi said leaders of the mosque, at the very least, allowed people to come around their facility and recruit young men to fight in Somalia -- a charge the head imam denies. CNN was not allowed inside the mosque, but was granted an interview with the imam at a different location.

"This is the baseless accusation really," said Sheikh Abdirahman Sheikh Omar Ahmed. "The mosque -- the mission of the mosque -- is to worship. And people come to worship and go. We don't have any control over what comes through everybody's mind or ideology."

Sheikh Ahmed said at least two of the young men who died in Somalia did worship at his mosque. But he said no recruiters came around the mosque to pull them away, and said his mosque does not support Al-Shabaab. He added that he has encouraged local families to keep their young sons from going to Somalia.

Federal authorities recently made their first arrests in the case, charging two Minnesota men, Salah Osman Ahmed and Abdifatah Yusuf Isse, with one count each of providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people overseas, according to the indictment.

CNN could not reach Salah Osman Ahmed's attorney for comment. Published reports indicate he planned to plead not guilty. Isse has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with federal authorities, officials said. In court papers obtained by CNN, Isse's attorney said, "Mr. Isse will not be the last defendant indicted."

A local attorney involved in the case said at least seven Somali-Americans have been questioned by a grand jury. An FBI official said the bureau cannot rule out the possibility that some of the young men involved could be trained to carry out terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.

Meanwhile, CNN has learned more about how Shirwa Ahmed and Burhan Hassan made their way overseas. A travel agent in Minneapolis, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the two men paid about $1,800 in cash for tickets to Nairobi, Kenya, or to Dubai, U.A.E. The travel agent said he thinks the two men then made their way to Mogadishu from those cities on a Somali carrier.

For Bana's family, it's all too much to bear. Omar Boley is a close friend who grew up in the same tribe as Bana's family. He said Bana's mother is having difficulty coping with everything that has happened in recent months.

"She doesn't want to hear the story again," he said. "She told me, 'Whenever I see someone talking about my son, I feel bad. I can't sleep. I feel sick. So this happened, nothing I can do. We pray for him.' That's what she said, and that's what I believe."

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question: What were two men charged with?

answer: one count each of providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people overseas,

text: one count each of providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people overseas,

question: How many men were charged for providing materials to terrorists?

answer: two

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question: what caused his death

answer: shot through the head

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question: What happened at the Minneapolis mosque?

answer: leaders of the mosque, at the very least, allowed people to come around their facility and recruit young men to fight in Somalia

text: leaders of the mosque, at the very least, allowed people to come around their facility and recruit young men to fight in Somalia

question: Who has been missing for months?

answer: Jamal Bana

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question: What did the Imam of Minneapolis say?

answer: "The mosque -- the mission of the mosque -- is to worship. And people come to worship and go. We don't have any control over

text: "The mosque -- the mission of the mosque -- is to worship. And people come to worship and go. We don't have any control over

question: who said terror recruiters are not at my mosque

answer: Sheikh Abdirahman Sheikh Omar Ahmed.

text: Sheikh Abdirahman Sheikh Omar Ahmed.

question: What is the Somali group doing?

answer: recruiting

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Editor's note: John Feehery worked as a staffer for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republicans in Congress. He is president of Feehery Group, a Washington-based advocacy firm that has represented clients including the News Corp., Ford Motor Co. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He formerly was a government relations executive vice president for the Motion Picture Association of America.

John Feehery says Al Franken's victory gives liberal Democrats a dominant position in Washington

(CNN) -- The metric system is the kind of thing that you can expect from the 60-vote filibuster-proof majority Democrats now have in the United States Senate.

After the Watergate scandal in 1974, Democrats trounced Republicans in the mid-term elections, getting 61 seats in the Senate and 291 in the House.

In the Senate, they adjusted the rules to make it harder for Republicans to filibuster (reducing the magic number from 67 to 60 to invoke cloture, which ends debate). In the House, they passed all kinds of reforms to take power away from senior members and give it to junior members. And Congress mandated that the American people embrace the metric system.

The metric system idea never really caught on, and although the pain of Watergate afflicted Republicans for another two elections, they eventually pulled themselves out of their deep hole, with some good ideas and a charismatic leader, who promised to restore America to greatness.

Democrats have once again reached the magic number of 60, as Norm Coleman finally threw in the towel against the one-time joke writer for Saturday Night Live, Al Franken.

Republicans have little reason to laugh, though, as they look at their diminished ranks and wonder how they have put themselves in such a weakened position. It was only four-and-a-half years ago that the GOP was on the top of the world, and some of their more smug strategists were confidently predicting a permanent Republican majority.

This is a good time for such self-reflection. Republicans lost three top-notch senators in the last election -- Norm Coleman, Gordon Smith and John Sununu -- who lost not because they were bad senators, or because they had scandals, or because they had lost touch with constituents. All three lost because they were Republicans.

In other words, the brand killed them. And if you look at the latest polls, the GOP brand hasn't gotten any better in the last six months. In fact, according to Gallup, even 38 percent of Republicans have a negative view of the Republican Party.

But let's not throw in the towel yet, my Republican friends.

Just as in the mid-1970s, when Democratic overreach led to a Republican resurgence, the house that Franken has built will inevitably collapse on its own leftward-self.

A new Gallup poll shows that the American people are starting to catch on that Democrats are pushing the country to a place that it doesn't want to go. The poll "finds a statistically significant increase since last year in the percentage of Americans who describe the Democratic Party's views as being "too liberal," from 39 percent to 46 percent. This is the largest percentage saying so since November 1994, after the party's losses in that year's midterm elections."

It is no surprise that Americans would have that impression of Democrats in the White House and in Congress.

When they passed a so-called stimulus bill that Republicans branded as pork-filled, they lost their credibility on fiscal responsibility.

When the president assumed control over General Motors, dictated terms to Chrysler, and then refused to allow some banks to pay back their TARP loans, independent voters grew nervous about the government's stepped-up intervention in the private sector.

And last week, when Democrats passed a climate change bill that Republicans insist will sharply raise energy prices for middle-class families, moderate Democrats started to jump ship. In fact, 44 Democrats defied intense pressure from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and voted no.

Democrats are now making plans to intervene in the health care marketplace, with some liberals insisting on a government-run "public option" health insurer. In any event, many won't be satisfied until the government basically sets prices for health insurance and prescription drugs.

The arrival of the man from Minnesota will make the Democrats move even more to the left. He will not only be one more vote for the left, but one more loud voice for liberal policies. Because of his celebrity status, he will attract media attention, and because of his philosophy, he will use that attention to move Democrats further left.

When Franken first started in politics, he did so as the liberal answer to Rush Limbaugh. Imagine if Rush were the 60th vote for Republicans, with George Bush as president. Now, think how Franken will act as the 60th vote for President Obama.

Yes, Democrats will move left by more than a few kilometers, but they will do so at their own peril.

Another poll showed that while 40 percent of Americans identify themselves as conservative, only 21 percent think of themselves as liberal. The American people voted for change. They didn't vote for a liberal orthodoxy that promises more government, higher taxes, slower growth, more pork and a liberal social agenda.

In 1975, the newly dominant Democratic Congress sent President Gerald Ford a bill that declared that America was going to be metric, which he signed. When Jimmy Carter became president two years later, he signed a law that told Americans that they couldn't drive faster than 55 mph.

These measures made perfect sense to the liberal sensibilities of the time. But they didn't make sense to the American people, and are symbols of a philosophy that was out of touch with the people in the 1970s and is still out of touch with the lives of most Americans today.

Most Americans still don't use the metric system, and most certainly don't stick to the 55 mile an hour speed limit on the highways of America. And while they may still like Barack Obama and still laugh at jokes written by Al Franken, they will eventually grow weary of the newly dominant liberals who now run Washington.

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GENEVA, Alabama (CNN) -- The gunman who authorities said launched a shooting rampage over three south Alabama towns, slaying 10 people in his path before killing himself, was once a police officer in Samson, the small town hit hardest by the deadliest crime in the state's history.

Authorities identified the shooter, seen in a yearbook photo, as Michael McLendon, 28, of Kinston, Alabama.

Authorities identified the shooter as Michael McLendon, 28, of Kinston, Alabama, in Coffee County. Speaking at several news conferences on Wednesday, authorities also released a detailed timeline of the rampage -- which lasted less than an hour -- and identified the victims.

Investigators late Wednesday said they were closer to finding a motive behind why McLendon would fatally shoot his mother in his hometown of Kinston before moving on to open fire in Samson and then Geneva.

"Evidence collected does indicate his reasons -- what the reason are I can't get into right now," said Lt. Barry Tucker of the Alabama Bureau of Investigations. "He was somewhat depressed about job issues, but the information we have does not specify [the motive] was job-related."

Coffee County District Attorney Gary McAliley told the newspaper in nearby Dothan that McLendon likely planned the rampage for a while. He said investigators have found dozens of ammunition boxes, military and survival gear and medical supplies at McLendon's Kinston home.

The Alabama Bureau of Investigation said authorities recovered a phone list and a notebook from the home, "but there is no evidence that indicates a hit list of any kind."

Tucker said the notebook contained, "a couple of pages of notes, people he worked with, places he worked -- it was over a year old." Asked whether the notes expressed grievances against others, Tucker said no.

The assault Tuesday ended at the Reliable Metal Products plant in Geneva, 24 miles from Kinston. Police said McLendon engaged in a shootout before killing himself inside the building.

McLendon shot and killed at least 10 people, including two children, and wounded at least four others, officials said.

McLendon, who had no known criminal record before carrying out the rampage, worked briefly as a police officer in Samson, but failed to complete the "required training" at the police academy in Montgomery in 2003, according to Alabama State Trooper Capt. Marc McHenry.

He "didn't last a week and a half" at the academy and received no firearms training there, Murphy said.

"We believe he fired in excess of 200 rounds during the assaults," Alabama State Police Cpl. Steve Jarrett said.  See photos of the shooting scenes Â»

The rampage began Tuesday afternoon when McLendon shot and killed his mother before setting fire to the home he shared with her in Kinston, near the Alabama-Florida state line. He then headed to Samson, where he opened fire on his uncle's front porch as his uncle and other relatives stood outside with the neighbors from across the street.  Mayor: "Shock and disbelief" Â»

Those neighbors happened to be the family of Geneva County Sheriff's Deputy Josh Myers, who was later involved in a shoot-out with the gunman, unaware that McLendon had shot and killed his wife and young daughter and critically injured his nearly 4-month-old baby, Ella Kay.

A family friend found the couple's 4-year-old son hiding in the Myers' home after the shooting.

Five people, including Myers' wife, Andrea, and their 1Â½-year-old daughter, Corinne Gracy, were killed on the porch. McLendon then opened fire on his grandmother, who was standing in the doorway of her home next door. Watch deputy ask for prayers for wounded daughter Â»

Alina Knowles was in her home in Samson when she heard the gunman fire on the porch so many times that it sounded like a horror film.

After the shooting stopped, Knowles saw the gunman flee the area and drive around the block.  Watch the aftermath of the shooting spree Â»

Knowles, a certified nurse assistant, looked around for survivors. She saw members of Myers' family dead on the porch, but nobody's chest was moving to signal they were alive.

Then she heard Myers' baby girl, Ella Kay, crying.

"[I] picked her up, came between the two vehicles," she said. "Saw him coming up the road, ducked so he wouldn't see me, as he was coming up this way I ducked, was still ducking and moving around their van trying to keep him from seeing me with that baby."

Knowles said she knew if she wasn't careful, the gunman would target her.

"I would have been dead," she said. "I would have been on that ground there."

Knowles was able to get the deputy's child and herself to safety. But the horror of the events sticks with her.

"I was scared," she said. "The scene I saw, there was no words for it. None at all. There is no describing what I saw."

McLendon then shot and killed two bystanders in Samson before heading to Reliable Metal Products. There, he exchanged fire with Myers and another officer in the parking lot before entering the building, where he shot and killed himself.

"We truly are shocked at this," said Col. Christopher Murphy, the director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety. "This event formed the single deadliest crime recorded in Alabama."  Watch a timeline of the shootings Â»

Samson Mayor Clay King said he knew McLendon and all of the victims in the small southern Alabama town.  Watch CNN's Anderson Cooper talk about the investigation Â»

"I coached him in both T-ball and Little League baseball along with my two sons," he said of McLendon.

McLendon worked nearly two years at food manufacturer and distributor Kelley Foods in Elba, about 25 miles north of Samson.

He quit his job last week, the company said. The company didn't specify what his position was, but said he was a "reliable team leader" who was well-liked.

"I can't describe what happened, why it happened," Geneva County Sheriff Greg Ward told CNN affiliate WTVY. "It's just a sad day for Geneva County."  Watch Sheriff Ward talk about the shootings Â»

"He was shooting at just ordinary people going about their business," said Alabama state Sen. Harri Anne Smith.

Smith represents Geneva County, where all but one of the victims were killed. Smith said she had been briefed about the incident by state and local law enforcement.  Watch CNN's Sean Callebs say who was shot first Â»

Another mass killing occurred in southern Alabama in 2002, when Westley Devon Harris gunned down six members of his 16-year-old girlfriend's family at their farm in Luverne. Harris was convicted and sentenced to the death penalty in 2005.

CNN's Saeed Ahmed and Dave Alsup contributed to this report.

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text: indicate

text: his

text: reasons

text: what

text: the

text: reason

text: are

text: I

text: ca

text: n't

text: get

text: into

text: right

text: now

text: said

text: Lt

text: Barry

text: Tucker

text: of

text: the

text: Alabama

text: Bureau

text: of

text: Investigations

text: He

text: was

text: somewhat

text: depressed

text: about

text: job

text: issues

text: but

text: the

text: information

text: we

text: have

text: does

text: not

text: specify

text: the

text: motive

text: was

text: job

text: related

text: Coffee

text: County

text: District

text: Attorney

text: Gary

text: McAliley

text: told

text: the

text: newspaper

text: in

text: nearby

text: Dothan

text: that

text: McLendon

text: likely

text: planned

text: the

text: rampage

text: for

text: a

text: while

text: He

text: said

text: investigators

text: have

text: found

text: dozens

text: of

text: ammunition

text: boxes

text: military

text: and

text: survival

text: gear

text: and

text: medical

text: supplies

text: at

text: McLendon

text: 's

text: Kinston

text: home

text: The

text: Alabama

text: Bureau

text: of

text: Investigation

text: said

text: authorities

text: recovered

text: a

text: phone

text: list

text: and

text: a

text: notebook

text: from

text: the

text: home

text: but

text: there

text: is

text: no

text: evidence

text: that

text: indicates

text: a

text: hit

text: list

text: of

text: any

text: kind

text: Tucker

text: said

text: the

text: notebook

text: contained

text: a

text: couple

text: of

text: pages

text: of

text: notes

text: people

text: he

text: worked

text: with

text: places

text: he

text: worked

text: it

text: was

text: over

text: a

text: year

text: old

text: Asked

text: whether

text: the

text: notes

text: expressed

text: grievances

text: against

text: others

text: Tucker

text: said

text: no

text: The

text: assault

text: Tuesday

text: ended

text: at

text: the

text: Reliable

text: Metal

text: Products

text: plant

text: in

text: Geneva

text: miles

text: from

text: Kinston

text: Police

text: said

text: McLendon

text: engaged

text: in

text: a

text: shootout

text: before

text: killing

text: himself

text: inside

text: the

text: building

text: McLendon

text: shot

text: and

text: killed

text: at

text: least

text: people

text: including

text: two

text: children

text: and

text: wounded

text: at

text: least

text: four

text: others

text: officials

text: said

text: McLendon

text: who

text: had

text: no

text: known

text: criminal

text: record

text: before

text: carrying

text: out

text: the

text: rampage

text: worked

text: briefly

text: as

text: a

text: police

text: officer

text: in

text: Samson

text: but

text: failed

text: to

text: complete

text: the

text: required

text: training

text: at

text: the

text: police

text: academy

text: in

text: Montgomery

text: in

text: according

text: to

text: Alabama

text: State

text: Trooper

text: Capt

text: Marc

text: McHenry

text: He

text: did

text: n't

text: last

text: a

text: week

text: and

text: a

text: half

text: at

text: the

text: academy

text: and

text: received

text: no

text: firearms

text: training

text: there

text: Murphy

text: said

text: We

text: believe

text: he

text: fired

text: in

text: excess

text: of

text: rounds

text: during

text: the

text: assaults

text: Alabama

text: State

text: Police

text: Cpl

text: Steve

text: Jarrett

text: said

text: See

text: photos

text: of

text: the

text: shooting

text: scenes

text: Â

text: The

text: rampage

text: began

text: Tuesday

text: afternoon

text: when

text: McLendon

text: shot

text: and

text: killed

text: his

text: mother

text: before

text: setting

text: fire

text: to

text: the

text: home

text: he

text: shared

text: with

text: her

text: in

text: Kinston

text: near

text: the

text: Alabama

text: Florida

text: state

text: line

text: He

text: then

text: headed

text: to

text: Samson

text: where

text: he

text: opened

text: fire

text: on

text: his

text: uncle

text: 's

text: front

text: porch

text: as

text: his

text: uncle

text: and

text: other

text: relatives

text: stood

text: outside

text: with

text: the

text: neighbors

text: from

text: across

text: the

text: street

text: Mayor

text: Shock

text: and

text: disbelief

text: Â

text: Those

text: neighbors

text: happened

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: family

text: of

text: Geneva

text: County

text: Sheriff

text: 's

text: Deputy

text: Josh

text: Myers

text: who

text: was

text: later

text: involved

text: in

text: a

text: shoot

text: out

text: with

text: the

text: gunman

text: unaware

text: that

text: McLendon

text: had

text: shot

text: and

text: killed

text: his

text: wife

text: and

text: young

text: daughter

text: and

text: critically

text: injured

text: his

text: nearly

text: old

text: baby

text: Ella

text: Kay

text: A

text: family

text: friend

text: found

text: the

text: couple

text: 's

text: old

text: son

text: hiding

text: in

text: the

text: Myers

text: home

text: after

text: the

text: shooting

text: Five

text: people

text: including

text: Myers

text: wife

text: Andrea

text: and

text: their

text: old

text: daughter

text: Corinne

text: Gracy

text: were

text: killed

text: on

text: the

text: porch

text: McLendon

text: then

text: opened

text: fire

text: on

text: his

text: grandmother

text: who

text: was

text: standing

text: in

text: the

text: doorway

text: of

text: her

text: home

text: next

text: door

text: Watch

text: deputy

text: ask

text: for

text: prayers

text: for

text: wounded

text: daughter

text: Â

text: Alina

text: Knowles

text: was

text: in

text: her

text: home

text: in

text: Samson

text: when

text: she

text: heard

text: the

text: gunman

text: fire

text: on

text: the

text: porch

text: so

text: many

text: times

text: that

text: it

text: sounded

text: like

text: a

text: horror

text: film

text: After

text: the

text: shooting

text: stopped

text: Knowles

text: saw

text: the

text: gunman

text: flee

text: the

text: area

text: and

text: drive

text: around

text: the

text: block

text: Watch

text: the

text: aftermath

text: of

text: the

text: shooting

text: spree

text: Â

text: Knowles

text: a

text: certified

text: nurse

text: assistant

text: looked

text: around

text: for

text: survivors

text: She

text: saw

text: members

text: of

text: Myers

text: family

text: dead

text: on

text: the

text: porch

text: but

text: nobody

text: 's

text: chest

text: was

text: moving

text: to

text: signal

text: they

text: were

text: alive

text: Then

text: she

text: heard

text: Myers

text: baby

text: girl

text: Ella

text: Kay

text: crying

text: I

text: picked

text: her

text: up

text: came

text: between

text: the

text: two

text: vehicles

text: she

text: said

text: Saw

text: him

text: coming

text: up

text: the

text: road

text: ducked

text: so

text: he

text: would

text: n't

text: see

text: me

text: as

text: he

text: was

text: coming

text: up

text: this

text: way

text: I

text: ducked

text: was

text: still

text: ducking

text: and

text: moving

text: around

text: their

text: van

text: trying

text: to

text: keep

text: him

text: from

text: seeing

text: me

text: with

text: that

text: baby

text: Knowles

text: said

text: she

text: knew

text: if

text: she

text: was

text: n't

text: careful

text: the

text: gunman

text: would

text: target

text: her

text: I

text: would

text: have

text: been

text: dead

text: she

text: said

text: I

text: would

text: have

text: been

text: on

text: that

text: ground

text: there

text: Knowles

text: was

text: able

text: to

text: get

text: the

text: deputy

text: 's

text: child

text: and

text: herself

text: to

text: safety

text: But

text: the

text: horror

text: of

text: the

text: events

text: sticks

text: with

text: her

text: I

text: was

text: scared

text: she

text: said

text: The

text: scene

text: I

text: saw

text: there

text: was

text: no

text: words

text: for

text: it

text: at

text: all

text: There

text: is

text: no

text: describing

text: what

text: I

text: saw

text: McLendon

text: then

text: shot

text: and

text: killed

text: two

text: bystanders

text: in

text: Samson

text: before

text: heading

text: to

text: Reliable

text: Metal

text: Products

text: There

text: he

text: exchanged

text: fire

text: with

text: Myers

text: and

text: another

text: officer

text: in

text: the

text: parking

text: lot

text: before

text: entering

text: the

text: building

text: where

text: he

text: shot

text: and

text: killed

text: himself

text: We

text: truly

text: are

text: shocked

text: at

text: this

text: said

text: Col

text: Christopher

text: Murphy

text: the

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Alabama

text: Department

text: of

text: Public

text: Safety

text: This

text: event

text: formed

text: the

text: single

text: deadliest

text: crime

text: recorded

text: in

text: Alabama

text: Watch

text: a

text: timeline

text: of

text: the

text: shootings

text: Â

text: Samson

text: Mayor

text: Clay

text: King

text: said

text: he

text: knew

text: McLendon

text: and

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: victims

text: in

text: the

text: small

text: southern

text: Alabama

text: town

text: Watch

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Anderson

text: Cooper

text: talk

text: about

text: the

text: investigation

text: Â

text: I

text: coached

text: him

text: in

text: both

text: T

text: ball

text: and

text: Little

text: League

text: baseball

text: along

text: with

text: my

text: two

text: sons

text: he

text: said

text: of

text: McLendon

text: McLendon

text: worked

text: nearly

text: two

text: years

text: at

text: food

text: manufacturer

text: and

text: distributor

text: Kelley

text: Foods

text: in

text: Elba

text: about

text: miles

text: north

text: of

text: Samson

text: He

text: quit

text: his

text: job

text: last

text: week

text: the

text: company

text: said

text: The

text: company

text: did

text: n't

text: specify

text: what

text: his

text: position

text: was

text: but

text: said

text: he

text: was

text: a

text: reliable

text: team

text: leader

text: who

text: was

text: well

text: liked

text: I

text: ca

text: n't

text: describe

text: what

text: happened

text: why

text: it

text: happened

text: Geneva

text: County

text: Sheriff

text: Greg

text: Ward

text: told

text: CNN

text: affiliate

text: WTVY

text: It

text: 's

text: just

text: a

text: sad

text: day

text: for

text: Geneva

text: County

text: Watch

text: Sheriff

text: Ward

text: talk

text: about

text: the

text: shootings

text: Â

text: He

text: was

text: shooting

text: at

text: just

text: ordinary

text: people

text: going

text: about

text: their

text: business

text: said

text: Alabama

text: state

text: Sen.

text: Harri

text: Anne

text: Smith

text: Smith

text: represents

text: Geneva

text: County

text: where

text: all

text: but

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: victims

text: were

text: killed

text: Smith

text: said

text: she

text: had

text: been

text: briefed

text: about

text: the

text: incident

text: by

text: state

text: and

text: local

text: law

text: enforcement

text: Watch

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Sean

text: Callebs

text: say

text: who

text: was

text: shot

text: first

text: Â

text: Another

text: mass

text: killing

text: occurred

text: in

text: southern

text: Alabama

text: in

text: when

text: Westley

text: Devon

text: Harris

text: gunned

text: down

text: six

text: members

text: of

text: his

text: old

text: girlfriend

text: 's

text: family

text: at

text: their

text: farm

text: in

text: Luverne

text: Harris

text: was

text: convicted

text: and

text: sentenced

text: to

text: the

text: death

text: penalty

text: in

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Saeed

text: Ahmed

text: and

text: Dave

text: Alsup

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: what was suspect was depressed about?

answer: job issues,

text: job issues,

question: Where did McLendon train?

answer: the police academy in Montgomery

text: the police academy in Montgomery

question: gunman fired in excess of  how many rounds?

answer: of 200

text: of 200

question: Who did McLendon kill?

answer: his mother

text: his mother

question: What is the name of the gunman?

answer: Michael McLendon,

text: Michael McLendon,

question: who killed his mom, grandparents, aunt, uncle?

answer: Michael McLendon,

text: Michael McLendon,

question: How many rounds did the subject fire?

answer: 200

question: What was the suspect depressed about?

answer: job issues,

text: job issues,


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(CNN) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced the resignations Tuesday of three high-level government officials, most notably Communications and Transport Secretary Luis Tellez Kuenzler.

The government of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, seen here in January, is facing elections in July.

Abraham Gonzalez, a key official for the powerful ministry that oversees Mexico's government, also resigned. So did Sergio Vela Martinez, president of the National Council for Culture and the Arts.

No official reasons were given for any of the resignations, which analysts said did not appear to be related. But at least two of the resignations did not come as a surprise.

Tellez, who stepped down from a Cabinet-level post, had been involved for weeks in a controversy over taped comments revealed last month by CNN journalist Carmen Aristegui.

In the taped conversation, Tellez said former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari had stolen government money. Salinas has not been formally accused of any crime.

Tellez received an anonymous threat in late February from an apparent political enemy telling him to resign or more damaging audiotapes would be released to the media. He refused and turned the matter over to authorities.

Ana Maria Salazar Slack, a political analyst who is host of a daily radio show in Mexico City, called it "an almost soap opera-ish scandal" that left Calderon little choice but to force Tellez to resign.

"Although Calderon wanted to keep him in office, it made it very difficult to keep him there," she said.

Calderon moved Tellez to a post as a presidential aide dealing with economic matters.

Other observers also were not surprised by the move.

"That was waiting to happen," said Andrew Selee, director of the Mexico Institute at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson Center. "But evidently the president values his counsel and has kept him in a high-profile position in the presidency from which he'll continue to have influence."

Robert Pastor, the Latin America national security adviser for President Jimmy Carter in the 1970s, praised Tellez but said political considerations prevailed.

"He's a very competent fellow," Pastor said. "One of the most competent people I've known in Mexico. But this tape in particular was very embarrassing."

In a televised news conference after Calderon announced the changes, Tellez expressed his "gratitude for this opportunity that few Mexicans obtain."

Replacing Tellez will be Juan Molinar Horcasitas, the head of the Mexican Institute for Social Security.

Molinar belongs to the same party as Calderon, the National Action Party [PAN], while Tellez belongs to the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party [PRI]. That played a role, Slack said.

"The president is sending a signal to his party that he's going to support people from his own party," Slack said. "Beyond the political scandals of the tapes, there's a decision for the president to appoint people very close to the party."

Gonzalez's departure was not a surprise either, since he is running for a congressional seat in July and Mexican law requires him to resign.

Analysts spoke highly of Gonzalez's replacement, Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez. He had been the top person in the foreign ministry for Latin and North America.

"Gutierrez moving in is outstanding," the Mexico Institute's Selee said, calling him "one of the smartest people ... I've met" and "an impressive guy."

Consuelo Saizar Guerrero takes over as head of the National Council for Culture and the Arts, replacing Vela, whose reasons for resigning were not disclosed. Saizar previously served as head of the Economic Culture Fund, the government's book-publishing enterprise.

The arts and culture post will play a significant role in 2010, when Mexico celebrates 100 years of its social revolution and 200 years of its declaration of independence, radio analyst Slack said.

As for the timing of resignations from three key posts, Slack linked it to Mexico's election calendar.

"In order to understand these changes," she said, "you have to understand there are midterm elections in July. So if there are going to be any changes, they have to take place right now."

Meanwhile, Peter Hakim, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue, said the changes do not portend a political shift.

"This doesn't sound like any major direction in change for Calderon," Hakim said.

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text: President

text: Felipe

text: Calderon

text: announced

text: the

text: resignations

text: Tuesday

text: of

text: three

text: high

text: level

text: government

text: officials

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text: notably

text: Communications

text: and

text: Transport

text: Secretary

text: Luis

text: Tellez

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text: government

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text: President

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text: Calderon

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text: Mexico

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text: government

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text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Council

text: for

text: Culture

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text: the

text: Arts

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text: of

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text: scandal

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text: in

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text: not

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text: move

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text: Selee

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text: the

text: Mexico

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text: Washington

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text: Wilson

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text: counsel

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text: presidency

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text: most

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text: 've

text: known

text: in

text: Mexico

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text: tape

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text: very

text: embarrassing

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text: televised

text: news

text: conference

text: after

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text: changes

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question: Who left Mexico's government?

answer: Luis Tellez Kuenzler.

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question: Who resigned over controvery over comments?

answer: Tellez,

text: Tellez,

question: Who resigned amid controversy over comments?

answer: Luis Tellez Kuenzler.

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question: When are the Mexican midterm elections?

answer: July.

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question: What country does the key official oversee?

answer: Mexico's

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question: What key official recently left in Mexico?

answer: Abraham Gonzalez,

text: Abraham Gonzalez,

question: What did a key official for ministry do?

answer: resigned.

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question: What was the resignation linked to?

answer: Mexico's election calendar.

text: Mexico's election calendar.

question: Who resigned amid controversy?

answer: Luis Tellez Kuenzler.

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question: Who is being voted on in the Mexican midterm elections?

answer: President Felipe Calderon,

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(CNN) -- The spotlight will soon shine on three granddaughters of South African and global icon Nelson Mandela, as the women become focal points of a new reality TV show.

The program possibly will air in the United States starting in January, said David Manaway, who is married to one of Mandela's granddaughters involved in the production. It hasn't been announced on what channel it will appear, with Manaway saying only "negotiations" are ongoing.

The show came about after Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway -- 34 and the oldest granddaughter being featured -- managed to arrange a meeting with Dr. Robert Rey, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who is the subject on an E! reality show, when he came to South Africa.

Dlamini-Manaway, her sister and a cousin met Rey's executive producer, Rick Leed, according to information provided Thursday by Cutting Edge Communications, which is working with two South Africa-based production companies on the program. Leed also is known for feature films including "Where the Heart Is" and "Company Man."

The sisters and cousin -- all granddaughters of Mandela and all raised in Boston -- set up Leed with two South African companies, New Vision Pictures and Out of Africa Entertainment. They discussed crafting a reality show following the trio's personal and professional lives.

"The pieces of the puzzle just fitted, the decision was fast, one Skype call and the rest, as they say, is history," said Leed.

Dlamini-Manaway, described as the "mother figure," is the child of Mandela's daughter, Zenani, who was born to Mandela's second wife, Winnie.

Dlamini-Manaway is married to David Manaway, an American businessman she met while studying psychology at Clark Atlanta University, and has a 10-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter. Her third child is due in January.

Her 32-year-old sister Swati Dlamini is a single mother with a 3-year-old daughter. She works in the communications field, as well as in setting up a charitable foundation focused on housing, education and health, according to show producers.

The youngest granddaughter to be showcased on the show is Dorothy Adjoa Amuah, 27, whose grandmother was the South African leader's first wife, Evelyn. She has a law degree and recently earned her master's in business administration -- specializing in luxury management -- from a school in Monaco, according to show producers. Described as sociable and fun, she lives with her brother and dog, Pan.

The description of the show describes all three women as "refreshingly authentic" and "positive role models to women all over the world." The Mandela family supports "the right for their children to choose their own destiny and their own path," the Cutting Edge release said.

CNN's Nadia Bilchik contributed to this report.

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question: what are the ages of Two sisters and a cousin?

answer: 27,

question: What prompted the meeting?

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question: when One of their husbands says it will air on an unspecified U.S. channel in January?

answer: David Manaway,

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question: whats Two sisters and a cousin, ages 27 to 34, will be showcased on the program?

answer: granddaughters of Mandela

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question: who did the meeting ?

answer: Dlamini-Manaway, her sister and a cousin met

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