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(CNN) -- An Egyptian court on Thursday confirmed the death sentences of a business tycoon and a former police officer convicted of killing rising Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim.

Hisham Talaat Moustafa, a real estate mogul, has been found guilty of Suzanne Tamim's murder.

In a case that has captivated Egypt and the region because of the fame of the victim and one of the defendants, a judge sentenced to death real estate mogul Hisham Talaat Moustafa and former officer Muhsen el Sukkari last month. Tamim's body was found stabbed, with her throat slit, in her apartment in the United Arab Emirates in July 2008.

The court's latest decision came after a review of the sentence by Egypt's grand mufti, the country's highest religious official. Because the two men were sentenced under Islamic law, it is widely expected they will be hanged.

The court usually seeks to get the Mufti's "advice only on any death sentence, according to the law," a legal source in Cairo told CNN.

"However, the Mufti's advice to the court is not binding at all," added the source, who asked not to be named.

"Even if the Mufti was against the death sentence, that will not have any effect on the judge's decision, who will have the final say," the source said.

Since his 2003 appointment as grand mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa has received about 480 cases from the court that included death sentences. He supported the judge's decision in 478 and opposed twice, but the rule was implemented according to the court conviction.

Moustafa's lawyer previously told reporters that he would appeal the conviction, saying there was "a 1 million percent guarantee" the sentence would be overturned.

Prosecutors alleged Moustafa, a parliament member for the ruling National Democratic Party, paid el Sukkari $2 million to kill Tamim.

During the trial, Moustafa's lawyer told CNN his client loved the singer but could not take Tamim as a second wife because his family objected.

Polygamy is legal in Egypt, and it's not unusual for men such as Moustafa, a married father of three, to take on additional wives.

Prosecutors have said Tamim's death was a "means of taking revenge" but have not elaborated.

Moustafa and el Sukkari claim the prosecution's evidence could have been fabricated or tampered with by UAE authorities and should not be used against them.

Although Tamim was killed in the UAE, the Egyptian judiciary tried the case in Cairo because the accused were arrested in Egypt.

After Moustafa's arrest in September, Egyptian authorities indicted him, stripped him of his parliamentary immunity and jailed him pending trial.

He also resigned as chairman of Talaat Moustafa Group -- a conglomerate with construction and real estate arms that was founded by his father, Talaat Moustafa. Moustafa's brother, Tarek Talaat Moustafa, now chairs the company.

CNN.com Arabic's Mahmoud Gharib contributed to this story.

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) --   An advisory panel is recommending a major step up in protection for health workers dealing with patients suspected or confirmed to have H1N1 influenza.

One expert says that based on current knowledge, N95 respirators offer health workers the best protection.

The Institute of Medicine said Thursday, in recommendations requested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that loose paper masks are inadequate because the workers could still breathe in the virus.

Instead, health workers should switch to N95 respirators that form an airtight seal around the nose and mouth.

If properly fitted and worn correctly, N95 respirators filter out at least 95 percent of particles as small as 0.3 micrometers, which is smaller than influenza viruses, the report notes.

The institute provides independent, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, private entities and the public. It is one of four groups that make up the National Academies.

The study released Thursday was requested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

"Scientists do not know to what extent flu viruses spread through the air or whether infection requires physical contact with contaminated fluids or surfaces," a summary of the report says.

It calls for "a boost in research to answer these questions and to design and develop better protective equipment that would enhance workers' comfort, safety and ability to do their jobs."

"Based on what we currently know about influenza, well-fitted N95 respirators offer health care workers the best protection against inhalation of viral particles," said committee chairman Kenneth Shine, executive vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Texas in Austin. He is a former president of the institute.

"But there is a lot we still don't know about these viruses, and it would be a mistake for anyone to rely on respirators alone as some sort of magic shield."

Health care workers should use several strategies to guard against infection, such as innovative triage processes, washing hands, disinfecting, wearing gloves, getting vaccinated and using antiviral drugs, Shine said.

The institute was asked specifically to evaluate personal protective equipment designed to guard against respiratory infection, and therefore the committee focused on the efficacy of medical masks and respirators.

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Washington (CNN) -- The House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday to impeach Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, making him the nation's 15th federal judge ever impeached.

"Our investigation found that Judge Porteous participated in a pattern of corrupt conduct for years," said U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Judicial Impeachment.

"Litigants have the right to expect a judge hearing their case will be fair and impartial, and avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Regrettably, no one can have that expectation in Judge Porteous' courtroom."

After the impeachment vote, Schiff and Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, were named the lead impeachment managers for the Senate trial, which will decide whether to remove Porteous from the bench.

"Today's vote marks only the second time in over 20 years that this has occurred," Goodlatte said in a House news release. "However, when evidence emerges that an individual is abusing his judicial office for his own advantage, the integrity of the entire judicial system becomes compromised."

In a statement, Porteous' lawyer Richard W. Westling said the Justice Department had decided not to prosecute because it did not have credible evidence.

"Unfortunately, the House has decided to disregard the Justice Department's decision and to move forward with impeachment. As a result, we will now turn to the Senate to seek a full and fair hearing of all of the evidence."

In a telephone interview, Westling said he did not know when the Senate trial would be held. "There are no clear rules that dictate timing," he said.

Last year, the Task Force on Judicial Impeachment held evidentiary hearings that led to unanimous approval of the four articles of impeachment, citing evidence that Porteous "intentionally made material false statements and representations under penalty of perjury, engaged in a corrupt kickback scheme, solicited and accepted unlawful gifts, and intentionally misled the Senate during his confirmation proceedings," the House release said.

Porteous was appointed to the federal bench in 1994.

In 2007, after an FBI and federal grand jury investigation, the Justice Department alleged "pervasive misconduct" by Porteous and evidence "that Judge Porteous may have violated federal and state criminal laws, controlling canons of judicial conduct, rules of professional responsibility, and conducted himself in a manner antithetical to the constitutional standard of good behavior required of all federal judges."

The complaint said the department opted not to seek criminal charges for reasons that included issues of statute of limitations and other factors. But Westling said the statute of limitations was not applicable.

An Impeachment Task Force held four hearings late last year that focused on allegations of misconduct by Porteous, including:

-- Involvement in a corrupt kickback scheme

-- Failure to recuse himself from a case he was involved in

-- Allegations that Porteous made false and misleading statements, including concealing debts and gambling losses

-- Allegations that Porteous asked for and accepted "numerous things of value, including meals, trips, home and car repairs, for his personal use and benefit" while taking official actions on behalf of his benefactors

-- Allegations that Porteous lied about his past to the U.S. Senate and to the FBI about his nomination to the federal bench "in order to conceal corrupt relationships," Schiff said in his floor statement as prepared for delivery

Porteous was invited to testify, but he declined to do so, Schiff said. "His long-standing pattern of corrupt activity, so utterly lacking in honesty and integrity, demonstrates his unfitness to serve as a United States District Court judge," he said.

Porteous, 63, has not worked as a judge since he was suspended with pay in the fall of 2008, Westling said.

The last federal judge impeachment occurred last year, when Judge Samuel B. Kent of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas resigned after being impeached on charges of sexual assault, obstructing and impeding an official proceeding, and making false and misleading statements, according to the Web site of the Federal Judicial Center.

The Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment, dismissed the articles.

Before then, Judge Walter L. Nixon of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi was impeached in 1989 on charges of perjury before a federal grand jury. The Senate convicted him and removed him from office that year.

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answer: "intentionally made material false statements and representations under penalty of perjury, engaged in a corrupt kickback scheme, solicited and accepted unlawful gifts, and intentionally misled the Senate during his confirmation proceedings,"

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question: Who said Porteous "participated in a pattern of corrupt conduct for years"?

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HOLLYWOOD, California (CNN) -- Reality television featuring law enforcement officers on the beat is nothing new. A show featuring a lawman who makes jailed inmates wear pink underwear and uses actors to trick suspects, however, is a new twist.

Maricopa Co. Sheriff Joe Arpaio now has his own TV show, "Smile: You're Under Arrest."

Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- whose showy brand of justice has raised charges of discrimination and civil-rights abuses while making him a hero among fans of his tough-on-crime attitudes -- will star in "Smile: You're Under Arrest."

The show, which premiers this weekend on Fox Reality Channel, features Arpaio and other officers using elaborate ploys crafted by comedy writers and carried out by professional actors to arrest suspects with outstanding warrants.

In one, a suspect is invited to a fake fashion shoot and told he's going to become a supermodel, according to Fox Reality's Web site. In another, a suspect is tricked into what he thinks is a job as a movie extra and, after a staged argument between the film's "director" and another actor, gets promoted to the starring role.

"It's kind of fun to show how stupid they are and, as I say, the looks on their face," Arpaio, 76, said of the suspects wanted for DUIs, drug charges, missed court dates and other offenses.  Watch Arpaio explain his methods Â»

But Arpaio's critics aren't amused.

They say they fear the show will give the controversial sheriff positive publicity, ignoring what they call a darker side to his 16-year tenure as top lawman in the county that includes Phoenix.

"It's going to celebrate a sheriff that's frankly scaring this community, a sheriff that has seen violent crime increase significantly in his county, a sheriff that is racially profiling the Latino community, and I doubt that the show is going to reflect that," said Paco Fabian, spokesman for the immigrant-rights group America's Voice.

In a statement on the group's Web site, Fabian calls Arpaio a "modern day Bull Connor," comparing him to the public safety commissioner in 1960s Birmingham, Alabama, whose use of attack dogs and firehoses on civil rights demonstrators made him a symbol of racial intolerance.

Dubbed "America's Toughest Sheriff," Arpaio makes many of his county's 10,000 or so inmates live in tents. He reinstituted chain gangs -- including crews for women and juveniles -- banned smoking, coffee and movies in his jails and, most recently, moved to require all inmates with money in their jail accounts to pay for their own meals.

And then, of course, there's the pink underwear.

"They were stealing the white underwear, smuggling the underwear out of the jail," Arpaio told CNN. "So you know what? Give them pink. The other reason is they hate pink. Why would you give the 10,000 inmates the color they like?"

Earlier this year, the mayor of Phoenix wrote a letter to the U.S. attorney general's office, asking the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division to investigate Arpaio's aggressive illegal immigration crackdowns. Mayor Phil Brown wrote that Arpaio's sweeps show "a pattern and practice of conduct that includes discriminatory harassment, improper stops, searches and arrests."

The letter came after Arpaio, who had already been the target of hundreds of lawsuits, launched a series of what he calls crime-suppression patrols in largely Latino neighborhoods. Critics say the patrols use racial profiling to unfairly target Hispanic drivers and pedestrians, while Arpaio says they have resulted in the deportation of hundreds of illegal immigrants, including some with criminal records.

"We are the only ones cracking down on the state's human smuggling law," Arpaio said.

Fabian said America's Voice is considering putting pressure on companies that advertise during Arpaio's show. Either way, the series offers another moment in the spotlight for a lawman who has never shied away from it.

"I'm not going to brag," Arpaio said, "but there isn't anybody in the world who doesn't know who this sheriff is."

CNN's Brooke Anderson and Doug Gross contributed to this report.

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question: What is the name of Sheriff Arpaio's show?

answer: "Smile: You're Under Arrest."

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question: Who now has his own TV show?

answer: Maricopa Co. Sheriff Joe Arpaio

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question: What is the show called.

answer: "Smile: You're Under Arrest."

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(CNN) -- Schools of robotic fish could one day map the ocean floor, detect pollution or inspect and survey submerged boats or oil and gas pipelines, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say.

MIT researcher Pablo Valdivia Alvarado works in his lab on a robotic fish he co-created.

MIT engineers are showing off the latest generation of so-called robofish 15 years after they built the first one. The latest incarnation is sleeker, more streamlined and capable of mimicking the movements of a real fish.

And it's capable of exploring underwater terrain submersibles can't, said Pablo Valdivia Alvarado, a mechanical engineer at the school.

"Some of our sponsors were thinking of using them for inspection and surveillance," Alvarado said. "Since these prototypes are very cheap, the idea was to build hundreds -- 200, 500 -- and then just release them in a bay or at a port, and they would be roaming around taking measurements."

MIT researchers built their first robotic fish, "Robotuna," in 1994. But Robotuna has gone the way of the dinosaur. Alvarado said the new generation -- modeled after bass and trout -- cost only a few hundred dollars and have only 10 parts instead of the thousands used in Robotuna.

At five to 18 inches, the new fish is much smaller than Robotuna and built from a single, soft polymer. And unlike Robotuna, the fish is able to be released in the oceans.

"Most of the brains, the electronics, are embedded inside," said Alvarado, who designed the robofish with fellow MIT engineer Kamal Youcef-Toumi. "We have built prototypes with the battery inside, but for my experiments, for simplicity. We have a lot of prototypes that are simply tethered. We have a cable that runs out from the body and connects to a power supply."

The new generation has withstood harsh conditions in the lab, including two years of testing inside tanks filled with tap water, which is corrosive to standard robots, according to Alvarado, who says the Robotuna inspired him to take the technology to the next level.

The oil exploration company Schlumberger helped fund the research, but Alvarado says the U.S. Navy has also expressed interest in the robofish.

MIT's mechanical engineers are now turning their attention to new challenges: A robotic manta ray and a terrestrial robot in the form of a salamander.

CNN's Ninette Sosa contributed to this report.

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answer: 15 years

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(CNN) -- A Utah man with chronic health problems died Wednesday from complications associated with swine flu, a local health official said. If confirmed, it would be the ninth U.S. fatality associated with the flu outbreak.

Memorials appeared at the door of I.S. 238 in Queens, New York, this week after the death of an administrator.

The man, who was from around Salt Lake City, was between 18 and 25 years old and "had chronic medical conditions that may have contributed to severe complications from influenza," said Gary Edwards, executive director of the Salt Lake Valley Health Department.

Also on Wednesday, health and education officials in New York announced that 21 of the city's public schools had been closed after an increase of reports of students with flu-like symptoms. A school administrator in Queens died after being hospitalized with the H1N1 virus, commonly called swine flu.

Nineteen of the schools closed at the recommendation of the Health Department are public and two are private, the city's Education Department announced in a news release.

In addition, two private schools in Manhattan -- St. Davis Academy and Horace Mann -- have decided on their own to close after a number of students exhibited flu-like symptoms, according the schools' Web sites.

In the city's news release, city Health Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden repeated what has become a familiar refrain: "We continue to see a rising tide of flu in many parts of New York City. As the virus spreads, we will look to slow transmission within individual school communities by closing individual schools."

Late last week the city closed 11 schools in Queens and one in Brooklyn after confirming cases of the virus at Intermediate School 238 in Queens and unusually high levels of flu-like symptoms in the others.

Mitchell Wiener, an assistant principal at I.S. 238 who died Sunday after being hospitalized with the disease, had an underlying condition, according to Frieden.

The death in Utah was the first associated with the swine flu, or H1N1, virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked eight U.S. deaths to the flu outbreak, but had not confirmed a link to H1N1 in the Utah death as of Wednesday evening.

The outbreak has sickened at least 10,176 people and caused at least 80 deaths -- mostly in Mexico, according to the World Health Organization. The actual number of people affected may be higher, as it takes time for national governments to confirm cases and report them to the global body.

In the United States, at least 5,710 cases of swine flu have been reported, according to recent figures from the CDC.

Utah officials echoed national agencies in saying that the swine flu has largely behaved like typical seasonal influenza, which usually is fatal only among the very old, the very young or people with other health problems.

In New York, 19 of the schools closed at the recommendation of the Health Department are public and two are private, it and the city's Education Department announced in a news release.

In addition, two private schools in Manhattan -- St. Davis Academy and Horace Mann -- have decided on their own to close after a number of students exhibited flu-like symptoms, according the schools' Web sites.

In the city's news release, city Health Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden repeated what has become a familiar refrain: "We continue to see a rising tide of flu in many parts of New York City. As the virus spreads, we will look to slow transmission within individual school communities by closing individual schools."

Late last week the city closed 11 schools in Queens and one in Brooklyn after confirming cases of the H1N1 virus, commonly called swine flu, at Intermediate School 238 in Queens and unusually high levels of flu-like symptoms in the others.

An assistant principal of Intermediate School 238 died Sunday after being hospitalized with H1N1. Frieden has said the administrator, Mitchell Wiener, had an underlying condition.

CNN's Deb Brunswick contributed to this report

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- She survived a bloodbath at a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, Illinois, by playing dead. The only survivor, she gave police a detailed description of the gunman.

The Illinois State police worked closely with the survivor to come up with a composite of the gunman.

Police aren't identifying their witness to protect her safety. Five other women lost their lives at Lane Bryant on February 2, 2008. The gunman is still at large.

The crime began to unfold shortly after 10 a.m. when a man posing as a delivery man walked into the store. He chatted briefly with two customers and two employees. Then, police said, he pulled out a gun and announced a holdup.

He forced the four women into the back room, police said. He bound them with duct tape and placed them face down on the floor. Two more women who later entered the store also were taken to the back room, tied and placed next to the others.  Watch an update on the case Â»

Store manager Rhoda McFarland managed to call 911 from her cell phone at 10:44 a.m., just before she was shot to death. She got to her phone while the gunman was distracted, even though she was bound by the duct tape.

On the call, posted on the Tinley Park police Web site, a man can be heard saying, "I'm losing it."

The six women were shot execution style. Five of them were dead by the time police arrived, a few minutes after McFarland's call.

A sixth woman survived. She, too, had been shot and left for dead, but tricked the killer by pretending to be dead.

The killer was not wearing a mask or disguise, so she was able to describe him in detail. She told police he was a 6 foot African-American male, average weight, medium to dark skin tone, with braided hair and cornrows, husky build, and between 25 and 35 years old.

His hair was pulled back, but one braid hung along his right cheek with light-green beads at the end of it, she told police. Police have released a composite sketch based on the witness' description.

Besides store manager McFarland, the other women slain were Jennifer Bishop, Connie Woolfolk, Carrie Hudek Chiuso and Sarah Szafranski.

The investigation remains open and active, and all theories are still being investigated, police say. The investigation has included a thorough vetting of the victims' backgrounds to determine whether any of them had any enemies.

"None of the victimology so far has led to any suspects yet," said Commander Pat McCain of the Tinley Park Police Department.

Police aren't ruling out any theories, including robbery. The gunman took a few hundred dollars, police said.

"Certainly, the surviving witness didn't seem to recognize the killer, but maybe one of the dead victims knew him. We don't know," McCain said.

The weapon used was a .40-caliber Glock. Bullet casings were left at the scene and the killer took the weapon with him.

More than a year later, forensics from the crime scene are still being processed, police said. Investigators won't comment on whether the gunman left any fingerprints, hair or other trace evidence.

Police say they have received more than 5,000 tips and feel this case will be solved. But at this point, they have not named a person of interest or a suspect.

Investigators are asking for the public's help. There is a $100,000 reward for the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the Lane Bryant shootings.

Have information? Please call the Tinley Park Police tip line at (708) 444-5394 or go to the tip line on the department's Web site.

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text: Â

text: Store

text: manager

text: Rhoda

text: McFarland

text: managed

text: to

text: call

text: from

text: her

text: cell

text: phone

text: at

text: a.m.

text: just

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text: she

text: was

text: shot

text: to

text: death

text: She

text: got

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text: her

text: phone

text: while

text: the

text: gunman

text: was

text: distracted

text: even

text: though

text: she

text: was

text: bound

text: by

text: the

text: duct

text: tape

text: On

text: the

text: call

text: posted

text: on

text: the

text: Tinley

text: Park

text: police

text: Web

text: site

text: a

text: man

text: can

text: be

text: heard

text: saying

text: I

text: 'm

text: losing

text: it

text: The

text: six

text: women

text: were

text: shot

text: execution

text: style

text: Five

text: of

text: them

text: were

text: dead

text: by

text: the

text: time

text: police

text: arrived

text: a

text: few

text: minutes

text: after

text: McFarland

text: 's

text: call

text: A

text: sixth

text: woman

text: survived

text: She

text: too

text: had

text: been

text: shot

text: and

text: left

text: for

text: dead

text: but

text: tricked

text: the

text: killer

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text: to

text: be

text: dead

text: The

text: killer

text: was

text: not

text: wearing

text: a

text: mask

text: or

text: disguise

text: so

text: she

text: was

text: able

text: to

text: describe

text: him

text: in

text: detail

text: She

text: told

text: police

text: he

text: was

text: a

text: foot

text: African

text: American

text: male

text: average

text: weight

text: medium

text: to

text: dark

text: skin

text: tone

text: with

text: braided

text: hair

text: and

text: cornrows

text: husky

text: build

text: and

text: between

text: and

text: years

text: old

text: His

text: hair

text: was

text: pulled

text: back

text: but

text: one

text: braid

text: hung

text: along

text: his

text: right

text: cheek

text: with

text: light

text: green

text: beads

text: at

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: it

text: she

text: told

text: police

text: Police

text: have

text: released

text: a

text: composite

text: sketch

text: based

text: on

text: the

text: witness

text: description

text: Besides

text: store

text: manager

text: McFarland

text: the

text: other

text: women

text: slain

text: were

text: Jennifer

text: Bishop

text: Connie

text: Woolfolk

text: Carrie

text: Hudek

text: Chiuso

text: and

text: Sarah

text: Szafranski

text: The

text: investigation

text: remains

text: open

text: and

text: active

text: and

text: all

text: theories

text: are

text: still

text: being

text: investigated

text: police

text: say

text: The

text: investigation

text: has

text: included

text: a

text: thorough

text: vetting

text: of

text: the

text: victims

text: backgrounds

text: to

text: determine

text: whether

text: any

text: of

text: them

text: had

text: any

text: enemies

text: of

text: the

text: victimology

text: so

text: far

text: has

text: led

text: to

text: any

text: suspects

text: yet

text: said

text: Commander

text: Pat

text: McCain

text: of

text: the

text: Tinley

text: Park

text: Police

text: Department

text: Police

text: are

text: n't

text: ruling

text: out

text: any

text: theories

text: including

text: robbery

text: The

text: gunman

text: took

text: a

text: few

text: hundred

text: dollars

text: police

text: said

text: Certainly

text: the

text: surviving

text: witness

text: did

text: n't

text: seem

text: to

text: recognize

text: the

text: killer

text: but

text: maybe

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: dead

text: victims

text: knew

text: him

text: We

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: McCain

text: said

text: The

text: weapon

text: used

text: was

text: a

text: Glock

text: Bullet

text: casings

text: were

text: left

text: at

text: the

text: scene

text: and

text: the

text: killer

text: took

text: the

text: weapon

text: with

text: him

text: More

text: than

text: a

text: year

text: later

text: forensics

text: from

text: the

text: crime

text: scene

text: are

text: still

text: being

text: processed

text: police

text: said

text: Investigators

text: wo

text: n't

text: comment

text: on

text: whether

text: the

text: gunman

text: left

text: any

text: fingerprints

text: hair

text: or

text: other

text: trace

text: evidence

text: Police

text: say

text: they

text: have

text: received

text: more

text: than

text: tips

text: and

text: feel

text: this

text: case

text: will

text: be

text: solved

text: But

text: at

text: this

text: point

text: they

text: have

text: not

text: named

text: a

text: person

text: of

text: interest

text: or

text: a

text: suspect

text: Investigators

text: are

text: asking

text: for

text: the

text: public

text: 's

text: help

text: There

text: is

text: a

text: reward

text: for

text: the

text: arrest

text: of

text: the

text: person

text: or

text: persons

text: responsible

text: for

text: the

text: Lane

text: Bryant

text: shootings

text: Have

text: information

text: Please

text: call

text: the

text: Tinley

text: Park

text: Police

text: tip

text: line

text: at

text: or

text: go

text: to

text: the

text: tip

text: line

text: on

text: the

text: department

text: 's

text: Web

text: site

question: What is the tip hotline number?

answer: (708) 444-5394

text: (708) 444-5394

question: Who called 911 before being shot to death?

answer: Rhoda McFarland

text: Rhoda McFarland

question: What store did the shooting take place?

answer: Lane Bryant

text: Lane Bryant

question: Who said "I'm losing it"?

answer: a man

text: a man

question: Who was the store manager?

answer: Rhoda McFarland

text: Rhoda McFarland

question: Who released a detailed composite of Lane Bryant shooting suspect?

answer: Illinois State police

text: Illinois State police

question: How much is being offered for tips?

answer: $100,000