From NPR news in Washington. I am LK. The upstate New York town of Webster is coping with a Christmas Eve tragedy after firefighters responding to a blaze and countered gunfire from a wood struct, two of them died. Police say the man suspected in the shooting is dead, and they have identified him as 62-year-old William Spengler. Webster police chief Gerald L. Pickering tells reporters it looks like the shots were set to draw the firefighters.

 

　　It does appear that was a trap that was set, for responding ,you know, first responders, but causative reasons, we don, t have this time.

 

　　Police say the suspected shooter died at a self-inflicted gun shot to the head. A winter storm morning is out for the S, between S and R, assuring a white but treacherous Christmas for some. Snowy road conditions are also rough set at the Oregon border. More rain is expected for Northern California tomorrow. The plain states and northeast meanwhile are bracing for a dose of winter weather, National Weather Service lead forcaster Bob O.

 

　　The definitely weather system is passing the country, some parts of the country have received some heavy snow in the past week, and the very stormy across the west, and with the new storm developing across the S, United States moving northeast toward a large part of the country from plains toward northeastern U.S., who had potential forceful storm on the ground on the Christmas day.

 

　　Bob O  with the National Weather Service. Next time the Airlines says your baggages overweight, don, t be so sure. NPR, S TR says an hour owner report show that at three local airports, a quater of the scales were out of complaints.

 

　　The A department of weight measures tested the scales at airline counters in Phenix and Tucson, some scales lacked signs with overweight baggage charges, from fifty dollars to two hundred dollars per bag, some scales didn, t work right, both in the passenger, s favor and in the airline, s. Department director K says weight heavy bags at home first.

 

　　Take it into your bedroom scale and hopefully your bedroom scale isn, t cheating you either, and it will give you an idea about how much your bag is going to weight, and so that you at least have some idea before you get to the airport.

 

　　Another tip, make sure the airline scale is at zero before your bag goes on it. Tr NPR NEWS, Tucson.

 

　　In lower Manhattan this evening, New Yorkers will gather at a 911 memorial for mid night mass on Christmas EVE, the tradition began 11 years ago the first Christmas after the attacks. On Wall Street, traders went home earlier for Christmas, worries about the fiscal cliff, put a damper on the outcome, Dow Jones Industrial Average  lost 51 points to close at 13 139, the NASDAQ was down 8. This is NPR.

 

　　Pakistan, s army chief says finding peace with Afghanistan is a top priority for his country, NPR, s D reports it is the clearest sign yet that Pakistan is serious about the discussions with the Taliban.

 

　　For some time now, there have been question swirling about the seriousness of the Pakistani government, s efforts to find peace with Afghanistan, now aguably, the most powerful man in Pakistan, army chief  A, has told officials that it should be a top priority. U.S. officials say they believe the new focus on peace grows out of Pakistani concern that once U.S. troops pulled out of Afghanistan in 2014, militants will set their sites on Pakistan, the question is whether the intelligence services here still hold enough sway with Taliban to move them towards talks. A great deal of mistrust built up between Pakistani intelligence service and the Taliban,  U.S. officials, for their part say they have noticed real shift in Pakistani attitude and that should give some momentum to the talks. D  NPR NEWS. Islamabad.

 

　　How did you do with your Christmas shopping, still shopping ,dont worry, you have company.

 

　　Just start...proberbly four, five more people...really...so I will be out for couple of more hours...

 

　　Washington shopper T says it is not his favorite thing to do, persistent worries about the economy, rough weather and the school shooting in New town dampen the shopping spirit over all, says a market researcher MPD, and shopper track says in the final week before the Christmas, traffic was bustling allright, but actual buying at the malls was not robust, I am L, NPR news, Washington.

 

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