Monday,  June 11, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 333 • 22 of 38 •  Other Editions

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more in a shooting at a pool party near Auburn University. Two of the slain victims were former players for the school's powerhouse football program.
• Authorities were searching for Desmonte Leonard, 22, of Montgomery, who is accused of opening fire Saturday night at an apartment complex after getting into a fight with some of the victims over a woman. He faces three counts of capital murder.
• Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson said Leonard fled the scene in a white Chevrolet that he abandoned on the way back to Montgomery, about

55 miles away. They believed he was in the Montgomery area.
• Of the three wounded victims, John Robertson remained in critical condition after being shot in the head. Xavier Moss was released from the hospital. The third wounded victim was Eric Mack, a current football player who is expected to recover.
• Slain were Edward Christian, who had to quit the team because of a lingering back injury, and Ladarious Phillips, who had previously quit playing football. The other person killed was 20-year-old Demario Pitts.
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Iraqi president says premier's opponents unable to muster votes needed to unseat him

• BAGHDAD (AP) -- Opponents of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have failed to muster enough support to bring him down in a vote of no confidence, Iraq's president said in a statement posted on his website Sunday.

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