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At Finn McCool's Bar last Monday night there was a shooting with one person shot and killed. The accused shooter is Derrick Phillips is now behind bars. Also charged are Sunni Pompey, 23, and Kyle Mason, 22. And a fourth suspect, Fahim Allen, was arrested Monday evening.

There's no reason anyone should shoot another person. There's other ways to settle things. It's horrible that there are people like that in the world.

A venomous Egyptian cobra went missing from New York's Bronx Zoo. Zoo officials said they are confident the 20-inch-long snake is contained in a nonpublic, isolated area of the building.The Egyptian cobra is most commonly found in North Africa. The venom destroys nerve tissue and causes paralysis and death due to respiratory failure. It can kill a human in less than 15mins and a fully grown elephant in 3 hours.

James ~ be sure when summarizing, you summarize. I can see that you chose various facts/sentences throughout the article and what you chose was great in giving a short overview of the important parts of this article. Be sure, however, to always use your own words to retell what you read versus direct sentences from the source. Did I just see somewhere, too, that one escaped in California?

The tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri killed about 118 people and could have damages reaching 3 billion dollars in insured losses.

A devastating tornado hit Joplin, Mo., that killed at least 117 people. This tornado may have caused up to $3 billion dollars in damage & insured losses, according to an estimate from a catastrophe risk modeling firm released Tuesday.

this is very sad my cousin lives in Joplin with her family and was only about a hundred yards from the home depot that collapsed. there is barely anything left of her house. this is so sad for everyone involved in it.

We all hear about those false zombie outbreaks over in Europe, but that deadly Egyptian cobra on the loose in New York is a hole another story. A venomous cobra escaped from the New York Bronx Zoo. Workers say the snake was isolated in a non-public area of the building, what's next for the city of New York.

Snakes where? On a plane?

@Brett ~ what do you think might have been a better comment that could have added value to Corey's post and comment? Remember when commenting that your thoughts or questions should add value to the posting.