One student was killed and four were injured in a shooting Monday morning at a high school in suburban Chardon, Ohio, authorities have reported.
A suspect was taken into custody, but his name was being withheld because he's a juvenile, said Chardon Police Chief Timothy McKenna. The suspect, who is believed to be a student at the school, has yet to be charged, the chief said.
McKenna announced the death and injuries in a televised briefing. The injured students were hospitalized, McKenna said, but he gave no additional details on their conditions.
Earlier, officials had said the gunman opened fire with a handgun in the school cafeteria about 7:30 a.m. The victims were found in three separate locations.
An adult forced the gunman out of the building, and he was arrested nearby, McKenna said.
The deadliest shooting at a high school was on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Colorado. Two seniors -- Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold -- killed 12 students and one teacher. They also injured 21 other students; three people were injured while attempting to escape. The pair later committed suicide.
Columbine was the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history -- after the 1927 Bath School disaster, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, and the 1966 University of Texas massacre.
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Missing 2-year-old boy from Webster County found dead in pond, half-mile from family home
By JOEL McNEECE
A 2-year-old Webster County boy who had been missing since Sunday afternoon was found dead Monday morning in a pond approximately a half mile from his home.Kyle Mitchell, 2, was found at approximately 8:45 a.m. by a team of searchers that included Calhoun County officials.
Calhoun County law enforcement officers and firemen joined in the search for the 2-year-old before daybreak Monday morning.
Calhoun Sheriff Greg Pollan said 18 people from Calhoun had joined the coordinated search early Monday morning after an "amber alert" was issued late Sunday.
Mitchell was playing in the front yard of his parents' Tomnolen home when they noticed him missing around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Webster County Sheriff's Department.
In addition to Calhoun, officials from other surrounding counties joined in the search that included helicopters surveying the area. The land surrounding the home was described as "very wooded with tall grasses."
Oscar Wins for ‘The Artist’ Mark Record for a French Film - Businessweek
Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The five Oscars awarded to “The Artist,” a black-and-white tribute to the silent-picture era, marks a record for a French film as it beat out bigger-budget movies with more famous stars.
The mostly silent film, judged the best picture, won Michel Hazanavicius the award for best director. Jean Dujardin was honored as best actor for playing George Valentin, an aging film star unable to make it in the talkies, making the 39-year-old the first French actor to win the award.
The movie “seduced the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with its ingenuity and grace,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a statement. The awards are a tribute to the “extraordinary vitality” of the country’s film industry.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Buffett Says He's on the Prowl for Large Berkshire Acquisitions
Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he's "on the prowl" for large acquisitions after the company's biggest subsidiaries posted record earnings in 2011.
Berkshire is seeking "to purchase some large operations that will give us a further boost," Buffett said today in his annual letter to shareholders. "We now have eight subsidiaries that would each be included in the Fortune 500 were they stand- alone companies. That leaves only 492 to go. My task is clear, and I'm on the prowl."
