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But she outline avenue q continued to broadway musicals imparts tell the 911 operators what was happening. "According to the chief, Haq said he "wanted the U. S to leave Iraq, that his people had been mistreated, the U. S. was arming Israel, and he didn't care if he died. "The official police report, released Saturday and based on interviews with witnesses in the office and on the transcript of the 911 call, quoted Haq as saying: "I'm not upset at you people; I'm upset at your foreign policy. These are Jews, and I'm tired of getting pushed around and our people getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East. "Then he repeated his name and gave his Social Security number, adding: "I just want us to get out of Iraq. I'm an American too, but I want our people out of Iraq. "Kerlikowske said Haq legally purchased the guns at two gun shops and picked them up Thursday after a required three-day waiting period.

He said authorities believed Haq had used the Internet to find a Jewish-related target in the Seattle area. In the 911 call, Klein and the dispatchers, speaking jointly to Haq, managed to calm him down and get him to stop shooting. After a few minutes, he blurted out: "I'll give myself up. "Responding to a dispatcher's question, Haq said he was "wearing a green shirt, blue pants avenue q play . I'm in jeans," the police report said. "I'll put my gun down," he said off broadway . "She says my gun is down. "Asked by a dispatcher who "she" was, Haq said it was Klein, "the woman I just shot. "Times researcher Lynn Marshall in Seattle contributed to this report Avenue Q - avenueq . ave q play . When President Bill Clinton flew into town in 2004 and needed a spot to sit for a few hours and sign a few hundred books, he chose Eso Won bookstore Sen puppets broadway . Barack Obama and singer Patti Labelle have signed their books in the same store. Eso Won has grown famous by hosting book-signings by nationally recognized figures and entertainers seeking to pitch memoirs, but it hasn't grown prosperous. After 20 years of hawking books -- some by popular authors; others, scholarly works, with rare and exotic titles -- L. A. 's leading independent bookstore specializing in writings by African Americans is facing bankruptcy. Indeed, Eso Won may be closing its doors by the end of the year. "We are suffering from what other independent bookstores have found -- that it's tough to compete against the Internet and the big chains," said James Fugate, a co-owner of the Leimert Park store. News of Eso Won's difficulties has sparked an outpouring of support. On Sunday, the pastor at the 19,000-member First African Methodist Episcopal Church will urge parishioners at all three services to buy books at the store. "It is essential that we support businesses that educate, enlighten and help perpetuate our culture," said Pastor John J.

Hunter, who calls the bookstore "a treasure in the African American community. "Earl Ofari Hutchinson, an author and political analyst who heads the Urban Policy Roundtable, said his organization would urge people to patronize the store . Avenue Q tickets "We just want people to go to the store and buy books -- buy one for yourself or give one as a gift," Hutchinson said. "Eso Won has stood the test of time It has gone beyond just being a bookstore avenue q show . It has sunk solid ties in our community. "This week Hutchinson kicked off his buy-books campaign by purchasing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' new book, "My Grandfather's Son. "He said he'll also buy some children's books ave q on broadway . "We have five grandchildren, so I figure I'll spread them around," he said. Encouraged by calls to help their struggling establishment, Fugate and Thomas Hamilton, the store's other co-owner, welcome the help, but also see the likelihood of closing as something they may not be able to avoid. "If people decide they don't want us, then it's time for us to leave," Hamilton said. Fugate and Hamilton started out by selling books from their car ave q musical Avenue Q - avenueq . Over the years, the store has had several locations, including a house on Slauson Avenue in L. A. , a storefront in Inglewood on La Brea Avenue, farther north on La Brea in Los Angeles, and now on Degnan Boulevard in Leimert Park -- each time seeking a foothold in a black community that itself has been shifting. Eso Won's book-signings have been major events, some even major coups like the 2004 visit by Clinton. "Clinton told all his friends he wanted them to meet him at Eso Won," Fugate said ave q broadway . "James Hahn came by, the president of Honda came, and Clinton's brother came. They were the nicest people. "Then when Clinton walked in, he said he wanted to do something to help an independent bookstore and that he was happy to be here," Fugate recalled. In several hours of furious signing, the bookstore sold more than 1,800 copies of the former president's book "My Life," a record for the bookstore. And that was more than double the number of books sold by former O. J.

Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden during a visit at the store in the '90s. But despite successful appearances by Obama and others, Thomas and Fugate said that sales had become progressively worse and the bookstore has barely managed to stay afloat. Some longtime customers learned of the bookstore's trouble and called offering their concern discount avenue q tickets . "They call but they don't come and buy," said Fugate, who said he suspects that some customers find it hard to believe that Eso Won may really go out of business. City Councilman Bernard C Avenue Q . Parks said his office was doing all it could to assist the bookstore, which may be hampered by its location, just off -- but not visible from -- Crenshaw Boulevard top broadway musicals . "We hope they can hold on so we can bring more attention to the store," he said. john. mitchell musical . About 5,000 Los Angeles teachers and other employees are expected to receive inaccurate paychecks today, marking another month of persistent problems with a new computerized payroll system. Supt David L dirty rotten scoundrels . Brewer cautioned employees, who have so far been overpaid by $53 million, not to spend the money as the Los Angeles Unified School District prepares to recoup it. "My job is very simple: get people paid correctly and on time," Brewer said, speaking at a morning news conference "And that's what I am trying to achieve We clearly, clearly understand the frustration out there. We are very close to getting this system corrected. "As in past months, the vast majority of the mistakes are overpayments; about 300 others are underpayments, school district officials said.

The number of errors this month showed no decline from the last two paydays. Brewer also vowed that by next month the district would reconcile how much money each of the tens of thousands of employees who have been overpaid owe the district avenue q theatre . Amid widespread confusion and distrust over the amounts being tallied by the flawed computer system, district officials have been holding off on recouping those funds ave q . At least 1,500 employees have been overpaid by more than $5,000, district documents show. With the end of the year approaching, Brewer and school board members have been under increasing pressure to rectify the overpayments before the district issues inaccurate income tax forms that would wreak havoc as employees try to file their state and federal taxes. To buy more time, the district is considering a plan to designate overpayments as no-interest loans that would not be counted as income, said David Holmquist, the district's interim chief operational officer. Brewer urged people who believe they have received too much pay: "Don't spend the money! Put it in an interest-bearing account, but don't spend the money. "He added that district officials were continuing to work with union leaders to settle on how and when the money would be recouped. Brewer said he anticipated that the technological glitch at the root of the problem would be fixed before the next payday in November, but left open the possibility that it could take longer musicals . Teachers and most all of the nearly 100,000 district employees are paid monthly. A key part of a comprehensive, $95-million technology upgrade, the payroll system has been hampered since it launched at the beginning of the year. wicked . LOS ALAMOS, N. M. — The sprawling nuclear weapons laboratory here is just starting construction of a $1-billion plutonium research center, part of an ambitious plan to modernize its outdated facilities. But congressional analysts and outside watchdogs are calling it a boondoggle -- a facility that will be obsolete less than eight years after it opens.