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Two shot at Wal-Mart
An employee and a 6-year old girl were shot and wounded inside a Wal-Mart store in southern New Mexico, and police were questioning two men who were arrested. The store's produce manager, was being treated at an area hospital for a chest wound. The girl suffered a wound to her hip. Both were in stable condition late on Tuesday, according to police Lieutenant James Wycoff. A motive was unclear, Wycoff said. "There's not this band of armed robbers running around," he said. Police Chief Michael Carillo said the suspects were inside the store when at least one of them opened fire.
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Lobbyist may cooperate
Lawyers for Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff are in discussions with the Justice Department about possible cooperation in a corruption probe, a source said. The probe involves a number of members of Congress and staff. Abramoff would plead guilty under a deal that would settle a criminal case against him in Florida as well as potential corruption charges in Washington, said the anonymous source. Abramoff and his partner, Michael Scanlon, collected over US$80 million from Indian tribes to lobby Congress on gambling and other issues. The Justice Department is investigating whether trips, gifts and donations arranged by Abramoff were in exchange for official acts by members of Congress, and whether the tribes were defrauded.
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