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By Joe Mandak The Associated Press MURRYSVILLE, Pa. » No ev- idence has surfaced yet to show that a boy charged in a stabbing rampage at his high school was target - ing any particular student, and efforts to establish a motive are stalled because the suspect isn't talking and many victims remain hos - pitalized, a police chief said Friday. "At this point I don't have anybody that, you know, was targeted," Chief Thomas Seefeld said. "I know the issue of bullying has been brought up but his attorney has even said ... that bullying is not part of this and we have no ev - idence or reason to believe that it is." Alex Hribal, 16, is ac- cused of stabbing or slash- ing 21 students and a guard on Wednesday at the 1,200-student Frank- lin Regional High School east of Pittsburgh. Charges against him include four counts of attempted homi - cide and 21 counts of aggra- vated assault. Eight students remain hospitalized Friday, four in critical condition after one was downgraded, hospital officials said. Hribal used two kitchen knives he brought from home, his lawyer has said, in a n ap pa re nt r an do m at - tack on other students that began just minutes be- fore the start of classes in a crowded hallway, setting off a stampede. Police said Hribal flailed away with the knives down a long stretch of a hallway, leaving blood on the walls and floor. Two of the most seriously wounded students were found in a classroom, but it was not known whether they had just sought ref - uge there or were attacked there, the chief said. Police cannot get infor- mation from Hribal because his attorney, who is seeking a psychiatric evaluation of the boy, "has lawyered him up," Seefeld said. "It's a little hard to get his side of things right now," he said. The rampage, which po - lice said lasted only min- utes, was stopped when Hribal was tackled by an assistant principal. After being taken into custody, he made state - ment s s u g ge s t i n g he wanted to die, a prosecu- tor has said. hIgh SchooL StaBBIng Police: No known target in rampage Gene J. Puskar — The associaTed Press Mike kane, a parishioner at the newlonsburg Presbyterian church in Murrysville, Pa., works on a sign outside his church that abuts the Franklin regional school district campus, where more then a dozen people were stabbed Wednesday in Murrysville, Pa. By Ricardo alonso- Zaldivar The Associated Press WaShIngton » Abruptly on the spot as the new face of "Obamacare," Syl- via Mathews Burwell faces steep challenges, both logis- tical and political. Burwell, until now White House budget director, was named by President Barack Obama on Friday to replace Health and Human Ser - vices Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who oversaw the messy rollout of the health care overhaul. Now the new secretary must keep the complex program run - ning smoothly and some- how help restore a coopera- tive dialogue with Republi- cans who are hoping to use the law's problems to regain control of the Senate in No- vember. The president ignored calls for Sebelius to resign last fall, after the website for consumers to enroll in new coverage experienced weeks of crippling technical problems. Last month, as it started to look like sign-ups would beat expectations, Se - belius approached the White House about stepping aside, officials said. "Under Kathleen's leader - ship, her team at HHS turned the corner, got it fixed, got the job done," Obama said. "And the final score speaks for it - self." About 7.5 million peo- ple have signed up for sub- sidized private health insur- ance through the new law, exceeding an original target of 7 million widely thought to be unattainable because of the website problems. Obama quickly pivoted to Burwell, 48, a low-pro - f ile Washington veteran now serving as his budget chief. He stressed her role last year in helping to end a government shutdown and reach a two-year bud - get deal with a politically di- vided Congress. "Sylvia is a proven man- ager, and she knows how to deliver results," Obama said. Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who will hold confirmation hearings for Burwell, said there's an opportunity chance for her to move the health care de - bate beyond stalemate. While a political truce is unlikely over Obama's health overhaul, Wyden ticked off a list of other issues where Republicans and Democrats might be able to find com - promise. Among them: re- vamping the way Medicare pays doctors, providing co- ordinated care for patients with chronic illnesses and using data to encourage de- livery of quality health care at lower cost. affoRdaBLE caRE act New 'face,' but problems remain susan Walsh — The associaTed Press President Barack obama watches as outgoing health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius, center, goes to hug the president's nominee to replace sebelius, Budget director sylvia Mathews Friday in the rose Garden of the White house. By nicole Winfield The Associated Press VatIcan cItY » Pope Fran- cis said Friday he took per- sonal responsibility for the "evil" of priests who raped and molested children, ask- ing forgiveness from victims and saying the church must be even bolder in its efforts to protect the young. It was the first time a pope has taken personal responsibility for the sex crimes of his priests and begged forgiveness. Francis' off-the-cuff re - marks were the latest sign that he has become sensi- tized to the gravity of the abuse scandal after coming under criticism from vic- tims' advocacy groups for a perceived lack of attention to, and understanding of, the toll it has taken on the church and its members. The evolution began last month when he named four women and an abuse survi - vor to a sex abuse advisory panel that the Vatican has suggested will address the critical issue of sanctioning bishops who cover up for pe - dophiles. Francis delivered the comments to members of the International Catho - lic Child Bureau, a French Catholic network of organi- zations that protects chil- dren's rights. Sitting with them in his library Friday, "I feel compelled to take personal responsibility for all the evil that some priests, many — many in number, (although) not in compar - ison with the totality — to assume personal responsi- bility and to ask forgiveness for the damage caused by the sexual abuse of the chil- dren," he said. "The church is aware of this damage," he contin- ued. "We don't want to take a step back in dealing with this problem and the sanc- tions that must be imposed. On the contrary, I think we must be even stronger! You don't play around with the lives of children." VatIcan Pope assumes responsibility for priest sex abuse 530 566 1966 Ask about cushy country boarding Free 10 minute phone chat. You decide to pay. Dog Behavior help is available now by phone! www.brainydog.com help@brainydog.com $35 for 45 minutes. (530) 527-1000 • 1-800-545-3500 visit us at: www.redbluffroundup.com Like us on facebook RODEO AMERICA'S ORIGINAL EXTREME SPORT! 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