New York City: Two students wounded in high school shooting
A teen-ager opened fire Tuesday in the hallway at a high school near Lincoln Center, seriously wounding two fellow students in what may have been a gang-related shooting, authorities say.
The shooting on Manhattan's Upper West Side occurred at Martin Luther King Jr. High School on what would have been the 73rd birthday of the apostle of nonviolence.
Police spokesman Lt. Brian Burke said a young man outside the school was questioned, but no one had been arrested by Tuesday evening.
Authorities said Andrel Napper, 17, and Andre Wilkins, 18, were shot from behind in a fourth-floor hallway. Both were listed in serious condition.
Norway: Finance minister marries his gay partner
In a breakthrough for gay rights and a show of tolerance by Norway's political right, the country's Conservative finance minister has married his longtime companion.
The union, first reported Tuesday, came a year after Per-Kristian Foss announced he was gay and won a standing ovation from his party's Oslo chapter.
Foss married Jan Erik Knarbakk earlier this month, becoming the first member of a Norwegian government to enter a legally binding gay partnership.
Norway prides itself on its progressiveness on gay rights. In 1993, it became the second country, after Denmark, to legally recognize homosexual unions.
Colorado: Rock slide in rush hour fatal to 7-year-old
Boulders crashed down a mountainside onto a highway crowded with rush-hour traffic, killing a 7-year-old boy and injuring several others.
Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs was closed for three hours late Monday while damaged vehicles were towed and rocks were cleared.
The first vehicle hit by the rock slide was a pickup in which Michael Howdle was a passenger, the Colorado State Patrol said.
The boy's father was treated for a head injury and released.
Seven vehicles were damaged during the rock slide, and a police officer directing traffic was injured when he was hit by a vehicle. The officer was released after treatment.
Glenwood Springs is about 160 miles west of Denver.
Los Angeles: Galileo spacecraft to take its last pictures
Since 1989, the camera on NASA's Galileo spacecraft has captured a comet slamming into Jupiter and the first known moon orbiting an asteroid.
On Thursday, the camera will snap its last pictures. The mission budget does not cover any further pictures.
Galileo will continue making other scientific observations until September 2003, when the $1.4 billion spacecraft is expected to slam into Jupiter in a spectacular finale.
The images will be a bittersweet reminder of a mission that was supposed to provide scientists and the world with motion picture-like images of Jupiter's vibrant atmosphere.
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