Word: alarming
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ASTROWATCH Omega's Speedmaster Professional X-33 is no ordinary timepiece. Designed for astronauts, the $3,000 watch can resist temperatures up to 200[degrees]F, peal out an 80-decibel alarm (nearly as loud as a freight train) and track mission time. If it's good enough to be used in space, it's good to go on earth...
...they could have gotten the guns, Doug Golden, grandfather of 11-year-old suspect Andrew, told reporters the boy had admitted stealing seven of his rifles and pistols -- and pulling the fire alarm that began the ambush -- when Doug spoke to him in jail Wednesday. If true, it raises new questions about where the responsibility of gun-owning adults ends...
...Craighead County Sheriff Dale Haas said, "There's no explanation in my opinion why an 11-year-old or 13-year-old would do something like this. It breaks my heart." Haas says the boys were heavily armed and lying in wait in nearby woods when the alarm was pulled inside the school. When apprehended, they were running in the direction of a white van loaded with guns and ammunition. The connection of the van to the shooting is not yet known...
...Sheriff Dale Haas said the two boys, now in custody, were heavily armed and lying in wait in nearby woods when the alarm was pulled inside the school. When apprehended, the suspects were running in the direction of a white van loaded with guns and ammunition, although the connection of the van to the shooting is not yet known...
...suspects offered no explanation for the shootings, but a classmate said one of the boys had recently broken up with his girlfriend. A third boy, thought to have pulled the alarm, is still being sought. The dead students, all girls, have been identified as Natalie Brooks, Paige Ann Herring and Stephanie Johnson, all 12, and Brittany R. Varner, 11. Teacher Shannon Wright, 32, died after surgery. Nine of the wounded were also girls...