I have shot numerous people and have been shot seven times myself."But some who know or have met him insist that the 44-year-old fugitive is no longer a violent threat, and they question why police put a burglary suspect alongside gangsters that include seven suspects wanted for murder, one for attempted murder and one for federal narcotics charges."It's absolutely ridiculous to mention him on a top 10 list for burglary," said Alex Alonso, an academic who has studied gang territories in Los Angeles and who has met Scott."I can tell you that he does not gangbang any more and has not done so for many years," Alonso said.James Harris, a former Crips member and gang intervention worker who talked to Scott two months ago in Hollywood, said Scott is trying to turn his life around but has been hampered by drugs.Harris said the LAPD is not justified in putting him on the "most wanted" list."When I saw him he was trying to get a movie deal, which I think at the end of the day the police are trying to stop by putting him on this list. Baker Hughes rose $1.65 to $80.90, Suncor Energy added $2.45 to $78.23 and BP climbed 56 cents to $70.75.* On Nasdaq, the government's widening investigation of stock option grants to executives hurt shares of Juniper Networks, Brooks Automation and F5 Networks, after the companies said they were included in the probe. The two later fought after getting out of their cars.Kuenniger was taken from the track in an Irwindale Police Department patrol car, but no arrests were made, police said.Kuenniger's fine will be donated to the American Red Cross, DeFazio said.Meg Mallon, 42, who made the clinching putt when the Americans won the Solheim Cup, was released from an Indianapolis hospital after being treated for a rapid heart rate.Anita DeFrantz, president of the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, was among eight new members named to the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics She is also a member of the U.S Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee.. and One Thousand Steps, a new chain that sells designer footwear.Sales at stores open at least a year, a key measure of a retailer's health, have fallen every month this year but April.In August, the company posted $9.7 million in net income for the quarter ended July 29, down 54% from $21.1 million a year earlier.The company also announced Monday that total sales for the five weeks of September were up 4% from the same period last year. "I felt a little bit wary about that in the beginning," Gresham says.

11 commission, which generally endorsed the actions taken by the bureau since the attacks.On Monday, a former member of the Sept 11 panel, Jamie S. Enron's questionable accounting practices were blamed partly for its demise.The company concealed substantial amounts of debt through off-the-books partnerships, presenting a more positive view of its financial condition than was actually the case.In public statements, the company said it had done so with the support of its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, which destroyed documents after its audit.After the scandal, the California board called for accounting firms to carefully document any material removed from an audit.Firms were required to reveal who removed the material, what was removed and why it was done.The change was meant to ensure credible audits, so investors and banks are able to make smart choices about where to put their money.Last month, the board took a position in favor of scrapping that requirement. But in Los Angeles -- home to some of the world's first parking garages as well as those sprawling postwar shopping mall parking lots -- the price tags are raising some eyebrows.Real estate professionals said the setup seems unusual -- even along the canyon of high-rise condos in West Los Angeles. Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung suggested that U.S.

In October 2000, Lin decided to visit.The middle school, he recalled, was dark and gloomy There was no library, no music room, no cafeteria Lunch consisted of hard bread dipped in cold water Many youngsters dropped out before the seventh grade. He thinks the risks are worth the potential payoff."We believe commodities are an important asset class that is likely to represent a core investment for our fund," Read said, choosing his words carefully during an interview in CalPERS' new $265-million headquarters building.Read, 43, took over management of CalPERS' portfolio this summer, at a time when questions are being raised about the fund's ability to meet its ongoing -- and growing -- responsibility for paying retirement and healthcare benefits for 1.4 million active workers and retirees and their families.The new chief investment officer said he expected to begin putting his strategy in place at a September workshop on commodities trading with CalPERS' 13-member board.If the board approves, the fund could make its first commodities buys as early as October. Born before the revolution, he went from early success to opprobrium to hero of the Stalinist state. A curious clash between form and content besets "Cubicles" at Alliance Repertory Company. Eleven miners who perished in the Sago Mine were still alive after fleeing the initial shaft explosion and barricaded themselves behind a plastic curtain they erected to stave off deadly carbon monoxide, mining company officials said Wednesday.