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To: AlienTech who wrote (8480)	4/24/1998 6:31:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 120523

Why the Market TANKED.. HOT STORY! The presidential pooch has been neutered. Will the president be next? Click here to see the Presidental dog. wire.ap.org WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's official. The presidential pooch has been neutered. And he is feeling just fine, according to Mike McCurry, the presidential press secretary, who had revealed last month that President Clinton intended to have Buddy undergo the operation. ''Buddy is happy and doing well,'' McCurry said Friday. Asked how he knew the dog's state of mind, McCurry replied with a grin, ''He told me.'' The procedure was performed last weekend by a veterinarian who asked not to be publicly identified, the spokesman said, adding that the Clintons felt it was the ''responsible thing.'' Anticipating questions about the wisdom of neutering, McCurry cited statistics from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals indicating that 70,000 puppies and kittens are born each day -- far more than can find homes -- and millions are euthanized each year. Roger Caras, president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, praised the Clintons' decision. ''This simple action by the president and his family helps send a message to the rest of America that spaying or neutering your companion animal should be a standard procedure in every household,'' Caras said.

To: AlienTech who wrote (8480)	4/24/1998 6:36:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

In case you havent paid the rent yet it might be prudent to move! Anyone know of a cheap place in beaverton I can stay at? Moving on monday after cashing in the loot from the latest runs. Landlord Convicted of Murdering 5 By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Writer NORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- A landlord was convicted Friday of murdering five men in a feud that started with a bounced rent check. Geoffrey Ferguson, 47, was found guilty of fatally shooting three of his tenants and two of their guests in 1995 and then setting the Redding apartment house on fire to cover up the crime. Each of the men was shot in the head; four of the bodies were burned beyond recognition. Ferguson faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. Earlier, prosecutors dropped a bid to seek the death penalty. The jury took 2 1/2 days to reach a verdict. The victims were Scott Auerbach, 21; David Froehlich, 22; Jason Trusewicz, 21; David Gartrell, 25; and Sean Hiltunen, 21. Prosecutors said Gartrell and Hiltunen were killed because they happened to be there. Prosecutors said Ferguson methodically killed the men after the tenants bounced a rent check and complained to authorities about his attempts to evict them. The defense suggested someone else killed the men, possibly in a drug deal gone bad. According to testimony, the men had used marijuana and had a sawed-off shotgun in their apartment. In addition, there were no witnesses to the killings, the gun was never found, and most of the physical evidence was destroyed by the fire. But two tenants testified they saw Ferguson -- a man with a long, gray ponytail -- in or around the house on the day of the murders. And witnesses described a bitter rent dispute that escalated just before the killings. Three weeks before the murders, the three tenants called police and reported code violations after Ferguson ripped out the toilet and removed their belongings in an attempt to evict them.