Free Republic

The FBI has made an arrest in connection with the attempted bombing along the route of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in downtown Spokane. An FBI source in Washington, D.C., said one man was arrested Wednesday outside a home near Colville, Stevens County. Agents, including a bomb expert from Quantico, Va., were preparing to search a house where others associated with the suspect were living, the source said. The suspect is believed to be affiliated with white supremacists, the source said

By ROB JOHNSON Staff Writer Federal judge weighs evidence of mental illness, weapons stashes to determine a defendant's fate Michael Smith had pulled his Ford Contour up a Bowling Avenue median and stopped. Outside his driver's-side window he could see a brick wall emblazoned with the words ''Gan Yeladim'' and ''The Abraham and Olga Heller Pre-School.'' ''Gan Yeladim'' means Garden of Children. On this leafy street in Nashville's Richland neighborhood, Smith could study the Jewish school while traffic was forced to squeeze past him awkwardly on the right. One of those passing motorists saw the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on Smith's...