Shooter’s sister: ‘I am so sorry’

Jiverly Wong, the gunman whose bloody rampage in upstate New York left 14 people dead, was plagued by depression and frustration that likely sent him over the edge, his sister said Monday.

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NY gunman's sister: Surprise, shock over actions

The sister of the man who shot and killed 13 people inside the Binghamton, N.Y. immigrant center says her family was surprised and shocked to learn that he was the gunman.

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Wong Has Stellar Reputation in West

For his English-language debut "My Blueberry Nights," Wong Kar-wai didn't have to churn out a B-movie for a Hollywood studio. Instead, he called his own shots, working with his own production company to make a movie about an American road trip that drew some big stars: Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz.

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BINGHAMTON, New York (Reuters) - Authorities identified the gunman who killed 13 people and himself at an immigrant services center on Friday as Jiverly Wong, 41, a Vietnamese immigrant who had taken English classes there.

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Planned Protest on Australia's Weak Stance on Carbon Targets

The Federal Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme targets will be announced early next week. They are widely expected to contain carbon emissions targets that fall well short of what is needed to tackle climate change.

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A very dissapointing turn of affairs, Australia has so much to give, and yet we drag the chain as if Howard was still in charge. Australia looks set to agree to a target of CO2 emissions that will do nothing much to effect temperature rise on the planet.

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Australia will delay announcing its 2020 greenhouse target until December 15, 3 days after the UN Climate summit in Poznan concludes and despite prior assurances that it WOULD announce them at Poznan.

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Oz Opposition Water spokesperson and conservation groups have condemned Water and Climate Minister Wong and PM Rudd for their proposed passive destruction of the South Australia wetland lakes.

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Khun Yoon of the Nation's Newspaper in Bangkok ran into Malaysia's Star Chief Editor Dato Wong Chun and interviewed him on the power and importance that blogging played in the Malaysian elections and the future of newspapers.

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In a fairly unusual move the Dalai Lama grants the press access for a conference, probably as an opportunity to publically respond to the March protests in Tibet. The statements that Wong clips are quite informative showing his grasp of the political situation in Tibet and China.

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Acclaimed gay actor B.D. Wong, who is giving a talk about diversity Thursday night at NAU, called the Daily Sun offices Tuesday from New York City to have a chat with reporter Betsey Bruner.

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Posted on Oct 5, 2007 nmai.si.edu By Eunice Wong

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