, The Arizona Rkpubuc A I 111 M UY. ArKII. 20. 2(H) I NATION Trash-hauling employee charged with 12 murders An employee at a Kansas City, Mo., trash-hauling company has been charged with strangling 12 women or teens in an arrest authorities said was made possible by new DNA technology. Authorities said Lorenzo J. Gilyard. 53, who was arrested Friday, preyed on prostitutes and teenage girls (rom 1977 to 1993, sexually assaulting all but one of the victims and strangling them, The bodies turned up in various places around Kansas City over the years. Eleven of the victims were prostitutes; the other was a mentally ill woman. They ranged trom ages 15 to 36. Brain scans gauge campaign ads. A6 Kronos to announce hormone-study centers A6 Presidential polls at odds. A7 i 1 4 i 1 "iv v vfvvl 'r my ' I y i J w 1 V v . - N t" . - A u Sue Ogrocki Associated Press Bella Kok (left), sister of bombing victim Baylee Almon, joins in singing the National Anthem. 9th anniversary of bombing in Oklahoma City is marked Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY Hundreds gathered Monday at the site where the Alfred P. Mur-rah Federal Building once stood, staying silent for 168 seconds, marking one second for each person killed in the bombing nine years ago. Children of the victims then recited the names of the dead. "These children, like all of you and our city, are portraits of our survival," Frank Hill, chairman of the foundation that supports the Oklahoma City National Memorial, told the crowd. The commemoration began at 9:02 a.m., the minute the Murrah building was destroyed by a fuel oil and fertilizer bomb on April 19, 1995. Jason Smith, 31, read names including that of his mother, Linda McKinney, who had , worked at the Secret Service ' office on the ninth floor. "Even though it's been nine years and a lot of us have' moved on in our lives and grown, it's nice to take a step back and remember that fateful day and honor their memory," he said. Also attending were 13 family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. 5 m 4. . -..;'v -'T,.- ,.:v: if -. . " Doug HokeOklahoman Flowers and wreaths adorn the memorial chairs Monday at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. Feds may relax Pa.'s airport security rule By Joe Mandak . Associated Press '" PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh International could become the nation's first major airport to get the OK to abandon the post-Sept. 11 rule that says only ticketed passengers are allowed past security checkpoints. Federal security officials are considering allowing people once more to say their hel-los and goodbyes to friends and loved ones at the gate. Airport officials and western Pennsylvania's congressional delegation have pushed for two years for the change for reasons of money and passenger convenience. What happens here could become a model for other airports. In Phoenix, Sky Harbor officials said they had not asked TSAto change its passenger meet-and-greet rules, and they don't intend to in the future. Deborah Ostreicher, a spokeswoman for the airport, said that if the federal government began allowing friends and family to accompany passengers into terminals, it could cause bottlenecks at government-mandated checkpoints. Because Sky Harbor is the fifth busiest airport in the world for takeoffs and landings, officials estimate that a minimum of 50,000 more people would go through the checkpoints each day if the rules changed. "While we would love to be able to go back to the way things were, pre- 911, that is not a priority over getting the passengers themselves to the gates," Ostreicher said. Sky Harbor also is not suffering financially from the TSA's rules, because unlike Pittsburgh, it has restaurant and retail outlets in the main areas and in the gated terminals, Ostreicher said. Pittsburgh is a strong candidate for the experiment becau-seit has a centralized security checkpoint in one terminal and its full-scale shopping mall has suffered a drop-off in business because it is reachable only by ticketed passengers. Staff reporter Ginger Richardson contributed to this article. 3 -wJl m J pnwf Li 1 77? IT1 i "' " - (1' i1" JTt ?3&-' 1 9976 N 91st Ave. 110 CC. ' J 623 487 9059 V Introducing FREE O-Network Calling Between 36 Million Verizon Wireless Customers From The National O Network Coverage Area GcVlRELESS Locations: Chandler 4980 W RayRd. 12 480 222 0016 2820 S Almo School Rd. 480 857 1999 Gilbert 6671 E Baseline Rd. 101 480 505 01 1 1 Phoenix- Ahwatukee 4810 E Roy Rd. 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The log that the information was pulled from contained reports that were never verified. Stacy A. Bauerschmidt, assistant to the special agent in charge of the agency's intelligence division, said the timeline was an internal log developed to help locate personnel lost in the bombing and determine if the agency was a specific target of the attack. Reports may have been based on mere speculation and the agency does not vouch for it reliability, she said. "It's for us. It's a crisis document," Bauerschmidt said during testimony at bombing conspirator Terry Nichols' murder trial in McAlester, Okla. "Security videotapes from the area show the truck detonation three minutes and six seconds after the suspects exited the truck," the Secret Service reported six days after the attack on a log of ; agents' activities and evidence in the Oklahoma investigation. The government has insisted McVeigh drove the truck himself and that it never had any video of the bombing or the scene of the Alfred P. Murrah building in the minutes before the April 19, 1995, explosion. Several investigators and prosecutors who worked the case told the Associated Press they had never seen video footage like that described in the Secret Service log. The document, if accurate, is either significant evidence , kept secret for nine years or a misconstrued recounting of investigative leads that were often passed by word of mouth during the hectic early days of the case, they said. "I did not see it," said Danny Defenbaugh, the retired FBI agent who ran the Oklahoma City probe. "If it shows what it says, then it would be significant." Other documents obtained Timothy McVeigh was executed in 2001 for his lead role in the Oklahoma City bombing. by AP show the Secret Service in late 1995 gave prosecutors several computer disks of enhanced digital photographs of the Murrah building, intelligence files on several subjects in the investigation and a file detailing an internal-affairs inquiry concerning an agent who reconstructed key phone evidence against McVeigh. "These abstract sheets are sensitive documents which we have protected from disclosure in the past," said a Secret Service letter that recounted discussions in late 1995 with federal prosecutors on what evidence would be turned over to defense lawyers. Lawyers for Nichols say they have never been given the security video, photo disks or internal investigative file referenced in the documents. The trial judge has threatened to dismiss the death-penalty case if evidence was withheld. . Nichols was sentenced to life in prison on federal charges before being tried by the state this year. New plans by Ridge aimed to hike security U.S. at greater risk with coming events By Adam Goldman Associated Press LAS VEGAS Facing a stream of symbolic events that may attract terrorists, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced plans Monday to bolster the nation's security by creating a government task force and strengthening his department's computer-based counterterrorism communications network. Beginning with the dedication of the World War II Memorial in Washington over Memorial Day weekend, a series of high-profile public events this year may make attractive targets for al-Qaida and like- minded terrorist groups, Ridge said during a speech to the Radio Television News Directors Association and Foundation in Las Vegas. "With so many symbolic gatherings in the next few months, we must be aggressive. These targets of opportunity for the terrorists are opportunities that can't be missed to tighten our security," Ridge said. With the new task force, Homeland Security officials will be joined by representatives from nine Cabinet-level agencies to try to improve coordination as the government works to secure critical infrastructure and increase the nation's readiness. Ridge met with local and state authorities to announce the expansion of the Home- Cabinet members join security task force In the new task force announced Monday, Homeland Security Department officials will join representatives from nine Cabinet-level departments and agencies for daily interaction about the nation's security. Members will include: Agriculture Department. Environmental Protection Agency. Defense Department. Energy Department. Health and Human Services Department. Interior Department. Justice Department. Treasury Department. 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