District of Columbia
Gingrich considers run for president in 2012
WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he's more inclined to run for president in 2012 than not to make a bid.
Gingrich said he probably won't make a decision until late February or early March. But he said talking to friends and thinking about such an undertaking have made him more inclined to believe that "it's doable."
He told "Fox News Sunday" that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is probably the front-runner for the Republican nomination. And Gingrich said former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is probably the most popular of the likely GOP candidates.
As for where he stands in a potentially crowded field, Gingrich said he's competitive.
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Michigan
Teen who held class hostage memorialized
MENOMINEE - Hundreds of people showed up Sunday for a memorial to a 15-year-old Wisconsin boy who held his social studies class hostage before shooting himself last week, setting aside the terrifying standoff to remember him as a quiet, helpful leader who loved the outdoors.
Sam Hengel's family held the gathering in a school auditorium in Menominee, Mich., because they expected so many supporters. Menominee lies just across the Menominee River from Marinette, Wis., where Hengel held 26 classmates and his teacher at gunpoint for nearly six hours.
Why Hengel took his class hostage remains a mystery. Students and his teacher have said he was well-liked and had many friends.
The standoff last Monday at Marinette High School began when Hengel returned to his sixth-hour Western Civilization class from a bathroom break. He had two semiautomatic pistols and a backpack jammed with more than 200 rounds of ammunition and a pair of knives.
Students and police said he immediately fired three shots, blasting a hole in a wall and tearing apart a film projector.
A SWAT team stormed the room after Hengel fired the three shots at about 8 p.m., destroying the classroom phone and hitting a computer. Hengel shot himself as officers reached him. He died the next morning.
Montana
Unabomber property on sale for $69,500
LINCOLN - A 1.4-acre parcel of land in western Montana that was once owned by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski is on the market for $69,500.
The listing - by John Pistelak Realty of Lincoln - offers potential buyers a chance to own a piece of "infamous U.S. history."
"This is a one-of-a-kind property and is obviously very secluded," the listing says. It doesn't say who owns the property.
The forested land, which had been listed at $154,500, does not have electricity or running water. Photos posted with the online listing show tall trees, chain-link fences topped by barbed wire and a tree with "FBI" carved into it, though it's not clear why. Pistelak said Friday that he couldn't immediately comment on the listing, and he didn't return phone messages on Sunday.
The property does not include Kaczynski's cabin, which is on display at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Kaczynski is serving a life sentence for killing three people and injuring 23 during a nationwide bombing spree between 1978 and 1995. The Harvard-trained mathematician railed against the effects of advanced technology and led authorities on the nation's longest and costliest manhunt before his brother tipped off law enforcement in 1996.
Kaczynski was captured at the Montana cabin in 1996. He pleaded guilty in 1998 and is in a maximum-security prison in Colorado.
Government investigators labeled him the Una-bomber because some of his attacks were directed at university scholars.
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