| Police issue new information about home invasions in 2006
The man is suspected of committing a series of nine home invasions from May to October 2006. The most violent occurred on July 20, 2006, when Jacques Sénécal, a 61-year-old artist and teacher, was fatally shot during a robbery of his home in Laval's Ste. Dorothée district. The same man is believed to have shot and injured a Verdun businessman on July 17 during a home invasion on LaSalle Blvd. .
Security chief assassinated in Lebanon bomb
A senior Lebanese police officer and 10 other people were killed this morning when a powerful car bomb exploded in an east Beirut suburb. The mid-morning explosion is the latest in a string of assassinations over the past three years targeting politicians, journalists and lately security officials. Captain Wissam Eid died instantly when his vehicle was struck by the bomb placed in a car parked beside the main Beirut-Damascus road. Bodies were hurled into the air and landed on an overpass above the scene. At least 30 other people were wounded in the blast which shook eastern Beirut and sent a towering pillar of black smoke into the clear blue sky. Some 20 other vehicles were damaged or destroyed by the car bomb which left a deep mud crater on the side of the road.
An Overview of the Auto Market by Federal Reserve Districts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although overall the Federal Reserve indicated that vehicle sales were suffering a downswing, there were a few bright spots in areas that saw mixed results or even an improvement in sales.
In its summary of all 12 districts, the Fed reported that while many regions saw higher demand for consumer electronics and several saw demand for luxury goods increase, vehicle sales were a different story.
"By contrast, sales of automobiles and light trucks were flat to down, with contacts from several districts expecting declines going forward," the government said.
Additionally the Fed's summary indicated that "the national economy continued to expand during the survey period of October through mid-November, but at a reduced pace compared with the previous survey period.
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