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• Munoz kept his word Friday during a nearly hour-long chase. With two hostages in the trunk of his car, Munoz sped along some 30 miles of desert highway, taking shots at passing motorists and trying to run oncoming cars off the road before police finally killed him in a hail of gunfire.
• Investigators were puzzling over what triggered the rampage by Munoz, 39, a reputed heroin dealer with a criminal record stretching back at least two decades.
• There were signs that his life had been unraveling.
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• ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Charlie Crist had barely entered the room before a throng of teachers swarmed him.
• The union delegates -- and stalwart Democrats -- wanted autographs, pictures, hugs and even kisses from the former Republican governor.
• "We love you, Charlie!" a woman shouted, locking arms with Crist as someone snapped a picture.
• "I love you all," he told those gathered at the Florida Education Association's annual convention this month.
• Nearly three years after losing a U.S. Senate campaign to Republican Marco Rubio and leaving the governor's mansion, Crist is plotting a political comeback that seems fantastical even by Florida's stranger-than-fiction standards.
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• KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia have banned a planned concert by U.S. pop singer Ke$ha after deciding it would hurt cultural and religious sensitivities.
• Concert organizer Livescape said it received a letter about the decision on the eve of the show that was to be held Saturday at a Kuala Lumpur stadium.
• The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia said separately that it was rejecting the application for Ke$ha to perform for reasons of religion and culture.
• The ministry's statement did not elaborate. Ke$ha, whose hits include "Tik Tok" and "Die Young," has songs that make explicit references to sex and liquor.
• Last month, Malaysian officials also barred a performance by American metal

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