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Neighbors say Nevada hospital killer was angry about pain from botched 2010 vasectomy
• RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Authorities on Friday were trying to determine whether a Northern California man's anger over complications he suffered from a 2010 surgery prompted him to go on a shooting rampage at a Nevada urologist's office, killing one doctor and critically wounding another before committing suicide.
• Reno Police Lt. William Rulla said detectives were working to obtain Alan Oliver Frazier's medical records to learn more about his physical and mental health.
• Frazier, 51, made it clear in a suicide note that he had planned the attack and that his "focus was on the physicians at the specific office," Rulla said. Police recovered the note at Frazier's home.
• Investigators have declined to specify the kind of surgery he had or say whether the doctors he targeted had anything to do with it.
• But a couple who lived across the street from Frazier at Lake Almanor, about 130 miles north of Reno, said the operation he had was a vasectomy. They also said Frazier frequently posted complaints in an online chat group about the pain he suffered from what he claimed was a botched surgery.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Saturday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2013. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 12:11 p.m. Eastern time.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Dec. 21, 1913, what's regarded as the first newspaper crossword puzzle was published in the New York World. Created by journalist Arthur Wynne, it was billed as a "Word-Cross Puzzle."
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• On this date:
• In 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Mass.
• In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln signed a congressional act authorizing the Navy Medal of Honor.
• In 1879, the Henrik Ibsen play "A Doll's House" premiered at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen.
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