By KERA News & Wire Services
Dallas, TX – Authorities believe an east Texas man accused of dropping more than 30 explosive devices into mailboxes did so out of anger with the federal government.
Robert R. Champion, federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agent, said Thursday officials believe Larry Eugene North is responsible for all 36 devices. Champion says North was angry at the government over an apparent court dispute but didn't have details.
Officials believe North acted alone.
North could face 10 years in prison if convicted of possessing an illegal firearm or destructive device. North, of Henderson, remained jailed without bond before his initial court appearance Thursday. Court officials didn't know if he had an attorney yet.
More details on Bush Library in Dallas
Newly released details on the planned George W. Bush Presidential Library depict a single building to house the library, museum and a policy institute.
Construction is slated to begin in November at the Bush complex at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The Bush library is expected to be completed by early 2013.
The updated plans, released Wednesday, include more than a dozen pages of illustrations. The layout shows two parking lots just north of the library. The Dallas Morning News reports Bush's policy institute and library is building an online presence on Facebook.
Colin Stewart, chief operating officer of the George W. Bush Foundation, says the Facebook application already has attracted about 6,000 users.
Texas land boss may still sell Christmas Mountains
The state's land boss says he will not transfer control of the Christmas Mountains in Big Bend to the National Park Service and still may sell it to a private bidder or lease it out for bow hunting.
In February, Congress lifted a ban on carrying firearms in national parks, but hunting is still prohibited. Environmental activists had hoped the lifting of the gun ban would sway Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson to agree to transfer the mountains to Big Bend National Park. But Patterson made clear in a February e-mail, "no guns, no hunting, no deal."
In any case, he says, private management would do a better job of preserving, restoring and supervising the 9,200 acres of wilderness.