IN BRIEF
FOUND AT APARTMENT COMPLEX
Man dies in hospital of gunshot wounds
A young man with gunshot wounds who was found at an apartment complex near Cheyenne Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard died at a hospital, North Las Vegas police said Sunday.
Police did not identify the man, who was age 18 or 19.
Police said they found the man at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 3260 Fountain Falls Way. He died at University Medical Center. Police did not identify any suspects.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.
COLORADO GIVEAWAY
Down on the farm, a frenzy over free food
A farm couple in Platteville, Colo., got a big surprise when they opened their fields to anyone who wanted to pick vegetables left over after the harvest: an estimated 40,000 people showed up.
Joe and Chris Miller's fields were picked so clean Saturday that a second day of gleaning -- the ancient practice of picking up leftover food in farm fields -- was canceled.
"People obviously need food," Chris Miller said.
She said she expected 5,000 to 10,000 people would show up Saturday to collect free potatoes, carrots and leeks. Instead, vehicles snaked around cornfields and backed up more than two miles. About 30 acres of the 600-acre farm 37 miles north of Denver became a parking lot.
Miller said they opened the farm after hearing reports of food being stolen from churches.
HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY CENTER
Man with swords killed at Scientology building
A guard shot and killed a man wielding two Samurai swords Sunday on the grounds of a Scientology building in Hollywood, police said.
The unidentified man approached three guards around noon in the parking lot of the Scientology Celebrity Centre, Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief Terry Hara said.
Detectives were questioning the guard to figure out the swordsman's motive and determine whether the shooting was justified. Surveillance tape showed the man arriving at the parking lot in a red convertible, then approaching the guards with a sword in each hand, Hara said.
Calls to Scientology spokespeople were not immediately returned Sunday.
DEEP-SEA OBSERVATORY
Scientists at work in $13.5 million facility
Engineers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, Calif., are studying 3,000 feet beneath the sea due to a new underwater observatory.
The Monterey Accelerated Research System, or MARS, is the first deep-sea observatory off the continental United States.
The $13.5 million facility took six years to build, and is run by scientists using remote control.
It is about the size of two compact cars, and bright orange.
